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Take a look at our updated flood maps, learn more about these changes and make a submission.
The State Government is supporting us in implementing the most up to date flood mapping data into the Baw Baw Planning Scheme via draft Amendment C164.
This will help us ensure that our future planning is based oncurrentflood risk information and that new developments are safe from flooding.
We're now inviting you to review the updated flood maps and get in touch if you have any questions or would like to make a formal submission. More information can also be found in the frequently asked questions sectionof this page and in the background flood studies document library.
You can also use our interactive map to search for your property, to see if the flood mapping amendment affects you.
Project background
It is a State Government requirement to ensure flood prone land is mapped in the Baw Baw Planning Scheme. Water authorities across Victoria are updating flood risk information and flood mapping,including the West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority (WGCMA) who are the floodplain management authority across a large portion of Baw Baw Shire.
The State Government also recently established a Flood-related Amendments Standing Advisory Committee to enable quicker and more consistent decisions for the implementation of all flood-study-related planning scheme amendments. To help complete this work, the Department of Transport and Planning (DTP) has provided Council with funding through the Victorian Government's Regional Flood-related Amendments Program to undertake draft Amendment C164.
Draft Amendment C164 proposes to update the maps to the existing Floodway Overlay (FO) and Land Subject to Inundation Overlay (LSIO) controls within WGCMA's area of jurisdiction. The revised maps will reflect the best available flood information held by the WGCMA and Baw Baw Shire Council.
What is flood mapping?
The flood modelling undertaken as part of the studies uses data and computer simulations to predict where water could go during severe rainfall and storm surges. It shows where water is likely to go, how deep and how fast it is likely to move. It considers data such as topography, rainfall records and existing infrastructure.
The updated flood mapping will help inform future planning decisions, ensuring new developments are designed to better protect people, properties and communities from flood risk.
How will the updated flood maps affect you?
The updated maps will help our community make confident decisions about future development, ensuring new homes and buildings are designed with local flood risks in mind.
The updated flood mapping applies to properties as per below:
1438 properties are proposed to be newly affected by flood overlay/s
510 properties are already affected and are proposed to remain affected by flood overlay/s
131 properties are proposed to have the flood overlay/s removed
Owners and occupiers of these properties will receive a letter informing them of how the amendment will affect their property.
Have your say
We encourage community members affected by the changes to the flood mapping overlays to speak with Council officers and provide us with a formal submissionon the draft Amendment.
Submissions can be emailed to strategic.planning@bawbawshire.vic.gov.au with 'Draft Amendment C164' in the subject line; or via post to: Baw Baw Shire Council, Draft Amendment C164, PO Box 304 Warragul VIC 3820.
Further information regarding submissions:
Submissions must be made in writing giving the submitter’s name and contact address, clearly stating the grounds on which the amendment is supported or opposed and indicating what changes (if any) the submitter wishes to make.
Reading previous Planning Panel Reports about flood amendments can be a useful guide to understand how submissions can impact amendments. Some of these amendment reports are referred to in our FAQs and are available at: All schemes Planning Scheme - Amendments.
Privacy Collection:
The submissions received may be shared, along with any personal information included in the written submission, with the Minister for Planning and the Flood-related Amendments Standing Advisory Committee (the Committee) for the purpose of the draft planning scheme amendment.
Any unresolved submissions to draft Amendment C164 may be sent to and considered via the Committee. For further information, please visit the Planning Panels Victoria website. If required, dates for the Committee are reserved for:
• Directions Hearing - week commencing 15 March 2027
• Committee Hearing - week commencing 12 April 2027
If you would like to speak to a Council officer to ask questions and to find out more, please email strategic.planning@bawbawshire.vic.gov.au or call Strategic Planning on 5624 2411.
The closing date for feedback is Friday 29 January 2027.
The State Government is supporting us in implementing the most up to date flood mapping data into the Baw Baw Planning Scheme via draft Amendment C164.
This will help us ensure that our future planning is based oncurrentflood risk information and that new developments are safe from flooding.
We're now inviting you to review the updated flood maps and get in touch if you have any questions or would like to make a formal submission. More information can also be found in the frequently asked questions sectionof this page and in the background flood studies document library.
You can also use our interactive map to search for your property, to see if the flood mapping amendment affects you.
Project background
It is a State Government requirement to ensure flood prone land is mapped in the Baw Baw Planning Scheme. Water authorities across Victoria are updating flood risk information and flood mapping,including the West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority (WGCMA) who are the floodplain management authority across a large portion of Baw Baw Shire.
The State Government also recently established a Flood-related Amendments Standing Advisory Committee to enable quicker and more consistent decisions for the implementation of all flood-study-related planning scheme amendments. To help complete this work, the Department of Transport and Planning (DTP) has provided Council with funding through the Victorian Government's Regional Flood-related Amendments Program to undertake draft Amendment C164.
Draft Amendment C164 proposes to update the maps to the existing Floodway Overlay (FO) and Land Subject to Inundation Overlay (LSIO) controls within WGCMA's area of jurisdiction. The revised maps will reflect the best available flood information held by the WGCMA and Baw Baw Shire Council.
What is flood mapping?
The flood modelling undertaken as part of the studies uses data and computer simulations to predict where water could go during severe rainfall and storm surges. It shows where water is likely to go, how deep and how fast it is likely to move. It considers data such as topography, rainfall records and existing infrastructure.
The updated flood mapping will help inform future planning decisions, ensuring new developments are designed to better protect people, properties and communities from flood risk.
How will the updated flood maps affect you?
The updated maps will help our community make confident decisions about future development, ensuring new homes and buildings are designed with local flood risks in mind.
The updated flood mapping applies to properties as per below:
1438 properties are proposed to be newly affected by flood overlay/s
510 properties are already affected and are proposed to remain affected by flood overlay/s
131 properties are proposed to have the flood overlay/s removed
Owners and occupiers of these properties will receive a letter informing them of how the amendment will affect their property.
Have your say
We encourage community members affected by the changes to the flood mapping overlays to speak with Council officers and provide us with a formal submissionon the draft Amendment.
Submissions can be emailed to strategic.planning@bawbawshire.vic.gov.au with 'Draft Amendment C164' in the subject line; or via post to: Baw Baw Shire Council, Draft Amendment C164, PO Box 304 Warragul VIC 3820.
Further information regarding submissions:
Submissions must be made in writing giving the submitter’s name and contact address, clearly stating the grounds on which the amendment is supported or opposed and indicating what changes (if any) the submitter wishes to make.
Reading previous Planning Panel Reports about flood amendments can be a useful guide to understand how submissions can impact amendments. Some of these amendment reports are referred to in our FAQs and are available at: All schemes Planning Scheme - Amendments.
Privacy Collection:
The submissions received may be shared, along with any personal information included in the written submission, with the Minister for Planning and the Flood-related Amendments Standing Advisory Committee (the Committee) for the purpose of the draft planning scheme amendment.
Any unresolved submissions to draft Amendment C164 may be sent to and considered via the Committee. For further information, please visit the Planning Panels Victoria website. If required, dates for the Committee are reserved for:
• Directions Hearing - week commencing 15 March 2027
• Committee Hearing - week commencing 12 April 2027
If you would like to speak to a Council officer to ask questions and to find out more, please email strategic.planning@bawbawshire.vic.gov.au or call Strategic Planning on 5624 2411.
The closing date for feedback is Friday 29 January 2027.
Baw Baw C164bawb Explanatory Report_Notice.pdf (278 KB) (pdf)
C164 Flood Mapping background studies
