New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WAKOOL LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 1992 - REG 24

24 Flood liable land

(1) A person shall not erect a building or carry out a work for any purpose on flood liable land except with the consent of the Council.

(2) The Council shall not consent to the erection of a building or the carrying out of a work on flood liable land if the Council is satisfied that the development is likely:

(a) to impede the flow of flood water on that land or on adjoining land,

(b) to imperil the safety of persons on that land or on adjoining land in the event of those lands being inundated with flood water,

(c) to aggravate the consequences of flood water flowing on that land or on adjoining land with regard to erosion, siltation and the destruction of vegetation, or

(d) to have an adverse effect on the water table to that land or adjoining land.

(2) The Council shall not grant a consent required by this clause unless it has taken into consideration:

(a) the cumulative effect of the development on flood behaviour,

(b) the risk of pollution to the waterways caused by the development, and

(c) the availability of flood free access to the development.