We’re constantly obtaining new flood information for the wider Melbourne area. We provide this information to councils, so they have accurate information about land that may be affected by flooding during severe storms.
Maintaining flood information in planning schemes
Amendments may be needed to maintain the accuracy of flood information shown on council planning scheme maps. Changes to maps occur through a Planning Scheme Amendment.
View all Planning scheme amendments - Department of Transport and Planning
Current amendments to planning schemes
Interim Planning Scheme Amendment – Maribyrnong catchment
An update that Amendment GC236 has been gazetted by the Minister for Planning, giving effect to an Interim Land Subject to Inundation Overlay (LSIO) controls across parts of the Maribyrnong River catchment that were directly impacted by the October 2022 flood event:
The amendment responds to the October 2022 Maribyrnong River flood event and implements Recommendation 12 of the Maribyrnong River Flood Event Independent Review Panel (Pagone Review - August 2023).
The Panel recommended the application of interim planning controls in flood affected locations, where no current flood overlay existed, pending completion of updated modelling of the Maribyrnong River.
The amendment affects:
- Macedon Ranges: 14 properties (Darraweit Guim)
- Moonee Valley: 74 properties (Rivervue Retirement Village, Avondale Heights)
- Brimbank: 10 properties (Keilor)
For more information visit amendment online
Planning Scheme Amendment (Brimbank, Melbourne, Maribyrnong and Moonee Valley)
An amendment to the Melbourne Planning Scheme would be needed to apply new permanent planning hazard controls to land along the Maribyrnong River, including the Kensington Banks area.
Melbourne Water will work with Department of Transport and Planning to consider further progress on this amendment.
