Flood study awaits approval

Gosford Council's flood management committee has been presented with a report about the Brisbane Water Flood Study.

It has told Gosford Council that a draft technical brief is currently awaiting the final approval of the Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources.

Following the approval, consultants would then be invited to submit their quotations for the study, according to the report.

The report also stated that a recommendation to encode the Section 149 certificates for various properties surrounding Brisbane Water had also been completed.

A Section 149 certificate provides information about the zoning of the property, flooding, the relevant state, regional and local planning controls and other property affectations such as land contamination and road widening.

Other versions of the certificate can provide additional information such as advice from other authorities, subdivision history and easements where council has information available.

"Approximately 350 properties were encoded, which resulted in a number of complaints from the affected property owners," the report stated.

Council agenda FM.004, October 4