FMA President Speaks to PIA Seminar
1st July 2017
The Northern NSW Branch of the Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) recently held a Planning to be Resilient Seminar at Bingara. The session covered a range of topics related to natural disaster resilience, including Flood Planning where FMA President Ian Dinham discussed Rethinking Floodplain Planning using a Flood Risk Management Approach.
Mr Dinham said the Flood Risk Management (FRM) process is an excellent method in theory but it takes years to complete, let alone implement. “Planners have many factors to consider in any planning proposal or development application, and flooding is just one of the many” Mr Dinham said.
“The timing of the FRM process may delay planning proposals, reviews and determinations, however, FRM is extremely important as we’ve seen this year with the Brisbane River Flood Study and the Hawkesbury-Nepean Flood Study Review.”
The presentation summarised how to incorporate FRM into the NSW Local Government planning process, and discussed areas for improvement, which have been highlighted in FMA’s submissions to the Department of Planning and Environment.
FMA’s submissions on land use planning issues can be found on the FMA Submissions page.
