New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WEDDIN LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 2002 - REG 33

33 Flood affected land

(1) No development except for the purpose of agriculture shall be carried out on flood prone land without development consent.

(2) Consent may be granted to the carrying out of development on land which, in the opinion of the consent authority, is within a floodway only if the consent authority has considered whether the carrying out of the development is likely:

(a) to impede the flow of floodwaters on the land, or

(b) to endanger the safety of persons on the land in the event of the land being inundated with floodwaters, or

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

(d) to have an adverse effect on the watertable of the land or of land in its immediate vicinity, or

(e) to have an adverse effect on riverbank stability, or

(f) to increase the level or flow of floodwaters on other land.