Floodplain management resources

Floodplain Development Guidelines

Guidelines for Development in Flood Affected Areas (DEECA)- online PDF

Guidelines for Coastal Catchment Management Authorities (DEECA)- online PDF

Glenelg Hopkins CMA Floodplain Guidelines

Guidelines for fencing in flood prone areas (PDF)

Guidelines for floodplain cut and fill in the Glenelg Hopkins CMA region (PDF)

Floodplain Modelling Guidelines

GHCMA Floodplain Modelling Guidelines and Specifications (2024) (PDF)

Victorian Guideline for Modelling the Interaction of Catchment & Coastal Flooding (PDF)

Local Floodplain Development Plans

Beaufort Local Floodplain Development Plan (2012) (PDF)

Burrumbeet Creek Local Floodplain Development Plan (2016) (PDF)

Glenelg Shire Local Floodplain Development Plan (2022) (PDF)

Hamilton & Coleraine Local Floodplain Development Plan (2020) (PDF)

Port Fairy Local Floodplain Development Plan (PDF)

Skipton Local Floodplain Development Plan (2013) (PDF)

Flood Investigations

2020 Upper Mount Emu Creek Regional Flood Investigation Summary Report (PDF)

2018 Coleraine Flood Investigation Summary Report (PDF)

2018 Chetwynd Flood Intelligence and Mapping Report (PDF)

2018 Fitzroy River, Darlot Creek and Heywood Regional Floodplain Mapping Study Summary Report (PDF)

2017 Ararat Flood Investigation Summary Report (PDF)

2017 Harrow Flood Investigation Summary Report (PDF)

2014 Russells Creek Total Flood Warning Scoping Study (PDF)

2014 Port Fairy Flood Warning Assessment Project (PDF)

2014 Casterton Flood Warning & Intelligence Improvements (PDF)

2013 Burrumbeet Flood Investigation (PDF)

2013 Port Fairy Coastal Hazard Assessment (PDF)

2013 Wickliffe Flood Investigation (PDF)

2013 Skipton Flood Investigation (PDF)

2012 Hamilton Flood Investigation (PDF)

2011 Casterton Flood Study (PDF)

2010-2011 Victorian Floods Review (PDF)

2010 Port Fairy Regional Flood Study – Sea Level Rise Modelling (PDF)

2010 Portland Flood Study (PDF)

2010 North Warrnambool Flood Study (PDF)

2008 Surry River Flood Study (PDF)

2008 Glenelg Flood Investigations (PDF)

2008 Port Fairy Regional Flood Study (PDF)

2008 Beaufort Flood Study (PDF)

2007 Dennington Flood Study (PDF)

2007 South Warrnambool Flood Study (PDF)

Planning maps online (DTP)

Planning schemes online (DTP)

Constructing or maintaining flood mitigation infrastructure (DEECA)

Chapter 17 of the Victorian Floodplain Management Strategy 2016 sets out a series of policies, accountabilities and actions for levees and other forms of flood mitigation infrastructure. Collectively, they define the Management Framework for Flood mitigation Infrastructure in Victoria – see below.

Data request

Are you seeking data and other information relating to floodplains?
If you would like to request a copy of flood modelling files or other forms of data from the CMA, please complete the online Data Request Application Form.

Floodplain management

Home page for our work on floodplain management

Flood Advice

Find out how to get advice on flooding, links to mapping & the Flood Portal

Flood emergency information

Local flood information & resources from the authorities that manage flood emergencies

GHCMA strategies, plans & reports

Find a catalogue of wider Glenelg Hopkins CMA strategies and other documents

Access resources

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