Sponsors

Chair:
Gary White, Government Planner

Speakers:
Brendan Nelson, General Manager, Land Use Planning, Qld Reconstruction Authority

Stephen Dredge, Manager, Land Use Planning, Qld Reconstruction Authority


The weather events of 2010/2011 will forever be a turning point for Queensland. With more than $6.8 billion in damage to state assets and 91% of the State disaster activated as a result of flooding, improving the resilience of our floodplains is key to a more resilient future. Whilst rebuilding is continuing at a rapid pace around the State through local governments, the state, private enterprise and the public, there is still much to be done.

Key to this rebuilding effort is ensuring that the State is more resilient to future weather events. Building resilience enhances our ability to minimise the effects of future floods on our communities, economy and environment. It also means we efficiently and effectively cope with their impacts when they do occur. Resilience is a dynamic quality and is usually developed and strengthened over time, it builds upon rather than replaces existing strengths and arrangements. Bringing the floodplain management system into better alignment with the planning scheme preparation process is paramount in achieving development outcomes that exhibit this resilience.

Very simply, better floodplain management results in more resilient communities. Land use planning, as a key component of the floodplain management process, can assist greatly in improving community resilience.
In September 2011, Part 1 of the Planning for stronger, more resilient floodplains two-part Guideline was released. Part 1 – interim measures to support floodplain management in existing planning schemes delivered a toolkit including a Guideline, mapping product and model code provisions to better support floodplain management in existing planning schemes. The intention of the Part 1 Guideline was to provide an interim toolkit for Councils to bring floodplain mapping and development assessment provisions into their existing planning schemes whilst they prepared their new generation planning schemes.
This seminar will focus on the Part 2 Guideline – Measures to support floodplain management in future planning schemes, which continues this journey to improving the consideration of flood in land management and planning arrangements in Queensland.

Queensland has a unique opportunity to learn from the weather events of 2010/11 by ensuring that resilience to flooding events is built into the new generation of planning schemes, particularly those prepared under the Sustainable Planning Act 2009. Given very few Councils are at an advanced stage in preparing these planning schemes, now is the time to influence policy making and address flood resilience across the State in a consistent and coordinated manner.

This seminar will also outline some of the key findings from the Queensland Floods Commission of Inquiry which is scheduled for release on 16 March 2012.

Cost:
$65 PIA Members
$85 Non Members
$35 Student PIA Members

Registrations close 12th March 2012. Cancellations and refunds will not be available after this date.

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