PLANET NSW | Flood risk management
This session is aimed at equipping town planners to understand floodplain risk management considerations when assessing development applications and Planning Proposals, focused on the NSW planning system.
This session will inform town planners about fundamental flood risk management principles and how to understand floodplain risk management considerations when assessing development applications and Planning Proposals. We will review how to properly address the statutory matters in LEPs and planning controls typically encountered in development control plans, and the relevant matters for consideration when reviewing a Planning Proposal. This will include an introduction on how to understand flood mapping and demystifying terminology you might often hear from a flood engineer. The interplay between the planning system and the NSW flood risk management process will be discussed including relevant parts of the 2023 Flood Risk Management Manual and associated complementary Guides.
By the end of the course, you should be able to approach the review of flood risk management considerations for development applications and planning proposals with confidence, know when to seek specialist advice, speak some of the language and obtain a high level understanding of flood risk management principles that can generally assist planners.
Presenters
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Catherine Walker is a Director at WMS Engineering with 10 years’ experience in floodplain risk management. Catherine is passionate about developing collaborative relationships between consultants, councils and communities to improve flood resilience across Australia. Catherine has an honours degree (first class) in Civil Engineering and Arts, is a Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland, Chartered Engineer with Engineers Australia and is registered on the National Engineering Register (NER).
One of Catherine’s key strengths is the ability to translate technical information to non-technical audiences, and she became certified with the International Association of Public Participation (IAP2) in 2020. Catherine is skilled in the development and delivery of community consultation strategies for a range of projects, particularly relating to floodplain risk management projects. Catherine was a member of the inaugural NSW Young Floodplain Managers Committee and led the compilation of flood education resources for use by the FMA community.
She has published several papers and presented at numerous Floodplain Management Australia conferences and was awarded the best poster at both the 2017 and 2018 Floodplain Management Australia conferences. Catherine was the recipient of the Highly Commended Award for the 2022 Harold Sternbeck Medal from the 2022 FMA National Conference at Toowoomba for her presentation entitled Getting the most out of flood studies: Connecting consultants, councils and classrooms, and as a Young Floodplain Manager, was also awarded the 2022 Highly Commended Award for the Young Floodplain Manager Outstanding Presenter Award.
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Paul Grech RPIA is a director of GLN Planning with over 40 years’ experience working as a town planner and, while practicing broadly, has been involved in flood risk management for most of that time. Paul’s involvement in flood risk management has included preparing papers, presenting on the topic at seminars, workshops and short courses, undertaking the planning components of over 25 flood risk management studies, and consulting to various government bodies across Australia including the provision of evidence on behalf of the 2011 Queensland Floods Commission of Inquiry. Paul is a co-recipient of the national FMA Risk Manager of the Year Award (2021). |
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