Coastal & Estuary Management Planning

Overview

Coastal Zone Management Plans (CZMPs) provide sustainable plans for our coastal areas and are essential for both legislative and community reasons.

CZMPs develop best practice strategies that aim to protect the beauty and ecological value of our coastal areas and preserve and nurture natural environment sustainably.

Some of the key elements for consideration include:

• Community needs
• Climate change
• Developmental risks
• Benefits analysis 

Coastal Management

View: 

• Shoalhaven City Council’s Coastal Zone Management Plan 2018

View map and locations of:

• Shoalhaven CZMP actions

View background to the development of:

• Shoalhaven City Council’s CZMP 

Coastal risk development controls

Properties affected by coastal instability in the Shoalhaven are currently managed through provisions outlined in the Shoalhaven Development Control Plan 2014:

• Chapter G6, Areas of Coastal Management

Estuary management

Estuaries along the Shoalhaven coastline are a source of natural beauty, they include:

• Bays
• Lakes
• Lagoons
• Harbours
• Inlets
• River mouths

Estuaries are host to diverse ecosystems and have significant ecological, social and economic value and are home to a variety of native plants and animals and must be managed sustainably.

These estuaries open and close naturally depending on rainfall and ocean conditions.

Council’s estuary management studies and plans have been developed under the guidance of the:

• Shoalhaven Coast & Estuary Committee
• Shoalhaven Heads Estuary Taskforce
• Floodplain Risk Management Committees

Council’s entrance management plans

• Shoalhaven River Estuary Management Plan; Shoalhaven River Estuary Management Plan Implementation Plan
• Lake Wollumboola Estuary Management Plan
• Currarong Natural Resources Management Strategy 
• St Georges Basin Revised Estuary Management Plan
• Swan Lake & Berrara Creek Natural Resources Management Plan
• Lake Conjola Estuary Management Plan
• Burrill Lake estuary Management Plan
• Millards Creek Urban Stream Corridor Management Plan
• Narrawallee Inlet Natural Resources Management Strategy 
• Tabourie Lake Estuary Management Plan

The implementation and review of the plans are regularly discussed at committee meetings.