Lismore property flood information
Council has detailed flood information and free Property Flood Certificates available for the urban and southern areas of the Lismore Local Government Area (LGA).
Note: Work is underway to expand the availability of Property Flood Certificates throughout the Lismore region.
The Lismore Flood Study allows you to identify a property and access flood information to understand its potential flood risk in various flood event scenarios.
Use the Lismore Flood Study to locate your property and determine if a Property Flood Certificate is available.
For assistance navigating the Lismore Flood Study and downloading a Property Flood Certificate, access our step-by-step guide(PDF, 9MB).
What is a Property Flood Certificate?
The Property Flood Certificate contains data that will help you better understand the potential flood risk to your property. It includes information such as the natural ground level, building flood level, planning and flooding levels (including 2022 flood event), as well as definitions for commonly used flood terms.
Note: Reports are automatically generated therefore some of the information may not be correct.
How do I read my Property Flood Certificate?
The information below helps to explain some of the key features of the Property Flood Certificate:
- Building imagery: a helpful visual that includes a flood level and flood levels specific to your property, to assist you to understand the potential flooding impact to your property for selected flood event scenarios.
- Technical information: this section of the Property Flood Certificate contains detailed flood information for your property, often required for planning and development purposes.
- Mapping: provides an indication of flood depth, velocity and hazard vulnerability of a 1% AEP flood event.
- Flood definitions: useful definitions of commonly used flood-related terms.
Recipients are encouraged to obtain professional advice specific to their requirements regarding this information.
Flood Risk Management
Lismore Flood Risk Management and Study Plan
The Lismore Flood Risk Management Study and Plan provides the strategic framework for understanding and managing flood risk across the urban area of Lismore.
The Study incorporates detailed flood modelling and risk assessments to identify flood behaviour, flood hazards and flood risks associated with a range of flood events.
For details on the different flood event scenarios modelled for Lismore refer to the Lismore Flood Risk Management Study (2021).
The Lismore Flood Risk Management Plan (2024) aims to reduce the impacts of flooding on the urban community, economy and environment through a combination of flood mitigation measures, land use planning, emergency management and community awareness initiatives.
The Plan seeks to minimise exposure to flood risk, improve community resilience, and ensure that new development is compatible with the level of flood hazard and does not create additional flood impacts.
Development controls for flood-prone land are contained within Chapter 8 of the Lismore Development Control Plan and are to be applied in conjunction with the adopted flood risk precinct mapping and associated flood planning controls.