New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WAGGA WAGGA RURAL LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 1991 - REG 22

22 Flooding

(1) A person shall not erect a building or carry out a work on the flood plain 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 land within a floodway if, in the opinion of the Council, the carrying out of the development is likely:

(a) to impede the flow of flood waters on the land or land in its immediate vicinity,

(b) to imperil the safety of persons on that land or land in its immediate vicinity in the event that flood waters inundate those lands,

(c) to exacerbate the adverse effects of floodwaters flowing on the land or land in its immediate vicinity with regard to erosion, siltation and the destruction of vegetation, or

(d) to have an adverse effect on the water table of the land or land in its immediate vicinity.