Sea level rise
The State Planning Policy recognises that mitigating and adapting to climate change is an important consideration for planning at all levels and that all State Interests should be applied and considered in the context of a changing climate.
Sea level rise from climate change is required to be considered in planning and development assessment by the State Planning Policy’s State Interest for Natural Hazards. It is included in the hazard assessments for coastal erosion and storm tide inundation. The policy mandates a sea level rise factor of 0.8m at 2100. This factor has been incorporated into statutory erosion prone area plans and indirectly in the coastal management district, which is a statutory layer used for triggering development assessment on the coast under the Planning Regulation 2017.
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