Toowoomba Regional Council's (TRC) Planning and Development Committee today recommended adopting an amendment to the Toowoomba Region Planning Scheme relating to the region-wide management of flood risk.
The amendment is to put measures in place so that future development in flood-affected areas does not place people or property at risk or make flooding worse.
It identifies which land uses and which types of development require development approval and the standards that new development must meet. The amendment was undertaken after the preparation of flood studies and extensive community consultation over the past 5 years.
The Committee recommendation will be considered for adoption at next Tuesday's (February 18) February Ordinary Meeting of Council.
TRC Strategic Planning and Economic Development portfolio leader Cr Anne Glasheen said the Committee's recommendations enabled Council to use provisions in the Planning Act 2016 that exempt Council from potential claims for compensation in relation to the new development controls.
