Beverley Park Overland Flow Risk Management Study & Plan

A  Floodplain  Risk  Management  Study  and  Plan  (FRMS&amp;P)  for  the  Beverley  Park 
catchment  has  been  prepared  by Cardno  Lawson  Treloar  for  Kogarah Council.    The 
FRMS&amp;P  identify  and  examine  options  for  the  management  of  flooding  within  the 
Beverley  Park  catchment  floodplain  and  is  prepared  in  accordance  with  the  NSW 
Government Floodplain Development Manual (2005). 

A locality plan can be found in Figure 1.1.  The outline of the study area can be found in 
Figure 1.2. 

Study Context

This study consists of the two stages of the multiple stages of the Floodplain 
Management process which includes:  
<ul>
<li>Formation of a Floodplain Management Committee </li>
<li>Data Collection </li>
<li>Flood Study </li>
<li>Floodplain Risk Management Study </li>
<li>Floodplain Risk Management Plan </li>
<li>Implementation of Floodplain Risk Management Plan.  </li>
</ul>

The study was jointly funded by Council and the Department of Natural Resources.  The 
Department  also  assists  in  the  provision  of  specialist  advice  on  flooding  and  related 
matters.   

Study Objectives

The objectives of the Floodplain Risk Management Study are to: 
<ul>
<li>review Councils existing environmental planning policies and instruments including 
Councils long-term planning strategies for the study area </li>
<li>identify  works,  measures  and  restrictions  aimed  at  reducing  the  social, 
environmental and economic impacts of flooding and the losses caused by flooding 
on development and the community, both existing and future, over the full range of 
potential flood events </li>
<li>assess the effectiveness of these works and measures for reducing the effects of 
flooding on the community and development, both existing and future </li>
<li>consider whether the proposed works and measures might produce adverse effects 
(environmental,  social,  economic  or  worsened  flooding)  in  the  floodplain  and 
whether they can be minimised </li>
<li>examine  the  present  flood  warning  system,  community  flood  awareness  and 
emergency  response  measures  in  the  context  of  the  NSW  State  Emergency 
Service's development and disaster planning requirements </li>
<li>examine ways in which the creek and floodplain environment may be enhanced by 
exploring  the  possibility  of  a  strategy  for  vegetation  planning  that  may  create  a 
valuable corridor of vegetation without having a detrimental effect on flooding, and </li>
<li>identify  modifications  that  are  required  to  current  policies  in  light  of  the 
investigations.   </li>
</ul>

The  objectives  of  the  Floodplain  Risk  Management  Plan  are  to  identify  actions  for 
implementation to: 
<ul>
<li>reduce the flood hazard and risk to people and property in the existing community 
and to ensure future development is controlled in a manner consistent with the flood 
hazard and risk </li>
<li>reduce private and public losses due to flooding </li>
<li>protect and where possible enhance the creek and floodplain environment </li>
<li>be consistent with the objectives of relevant state policies </li>
<li>ensure  that  the  floodplain  management  plan  is  fully  integrated  with  Council's 
existing corporate, business and strategic plans, meets Councils obligations under 
relevant Acts and has the support of the local community </li>
<li>ensure  actions  arising  out  of  the  management  plan  are  sustainable  in  social, 
environmental, ecological and economic terms </li>
<li>ensure  that  the  floodplain  management  plan  is  fully  integrated  with  the  flood 
response procedure and is flexible to accommodate provisions from other relevant 
catchment management plans </li>
<li>establish a program for implementation and a mechanism for the funding of the plan 
and  should  include  priorities,  staging,  funding,  responsibilities,  constraints  and 
monitoring.   </li>
</ul>

Tags: Beverley Park
Organization: Georges River Council