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Flood advice

Free Flood Advice

If you require information regarding a property’s potential for flooding, you can request this by completing our online Flood Advice form

We will respond to you with a written letter providing details of whether your property is subject to flooding and to what extent.

If you have any questions, please call us (03) 5382 1544.

Flood information

A range of maps are also available for landholders to determine if properties are subject to flooding.

Flood and Flow Investigation Reports

Flood and Flow Extent Maps

Floodplain Management

Overlays and planning permits

Councils typically handle planning permits, and as such, they should be your first point of contact.

Councils will refer your application to us for advice on the permit implications with respect to flooding.

VicSmart

If you are considering using VicSmart planning permit application, you may need qualified information from Wimmera CMA. 

Use the
VicSmart Application form (PDF) or
VicSmart Application form (word) to supply the correct details for us to give you the appropriate information for your councils consideration in your application. 

You can submit the completed VicSmart form to planning@wcma.vic.gov.au 

We will respond to you with a written letter providing details of whether your property is subject to flooding and to what extent.

You can find more information in the VicSmart Guide website or in the VicSmart Application Guide (PDF) on lodging an application.

Flood investigations map

Showing all our flood investigation flood depths for a 1% AEP (Annual Exceedance Probability) flood and flow event extent maps (1-in-100 year event).

Type your address into the Search box. Click on the Property Address to see more details. Then you can see the Planning Property Report.

How to use the interactive map

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that this website may contain images of people who have died.