Bega Valley flood map check
Bega Valley Shire Council publishes its own flood mapping, and the Site Checker reads it for any Bega Valley address. It maps flood planning constraint categories, FPCC1 to FPCC4, across eleven floodplains, each tied to the study behind it.
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Is my Bega Valley property flood affected?
A Bega Valley property is flood affected for planning when any part of it is in one of Bega Valley Shire Council's flood planning constraint categories, FPCC1 to FPCC4. The Site Checker above reads the council's layers, the NSW Planning Portal map and the NSW SES extents, and shows each answer separately. The official answer is still Bega Valley Shire Council's, and the questions below explain how to get it.
Where is the Bega Valley Shire Council flood map?
Bega Valley Shire Council's flood mapping is linked from its Flooding and Landuse Planning page, which says it shows the land identified as flood prone throughout the shire. The studies behind it are on its flood studies page: the Bega and Brogo rivers, Merimbula and Back Lake, Eden, Twofold Bay and the Towamba River, the Pambula River, Pambula Lake and the Yowaka River, Cobargo and Tura Beach.
Which Bega Valley Shire Council flood layers does the Site Checker read?
The council publishes one layer of 44 polygons, each carrying a category and the study for its floodplain, such as the Bega and Brogo Rivers Floodplain Risk Management Study (Cardno, 2018), from which the checker reads the study year. It reads the layer with the council's consent, given on 21 September 2026, because the data's own licence reserves republication.
The checker asks one layer: Flood planning constraint categories, FPCC1 to FPCC4. Every one answered a test query on 18 September 2026.
What do FPCC1 to FPCC4 mean in the Bega Valley?
They rank flood prone land from least to most suitable for development. FPCC1, the 1% AEP floodway, flood storage and H6 hazard land, excludes most kinds of development; FPCC2 is the next least suitable; FPCC3, the flood planning area, suits development that meets the flood controls; and FPCC4, out to the probable maximum flood, may attract special considerations.
How do I get a flood certificate from Bega Valley Shire Council?
Bega Valley Shire Council does not name a separate flood certificate. Its Flooding and Landuse Planning page sets out guidelines on how to obtain flood information from the council, which you can ask for on 02 6499 2222 or at council@begavalley.nsw.gov.au, and its section 10.7 planning certificate covers flooding.
Why does the Bega Valley Shire Council map differ from the state map?
They are drawn by different bodies for different jobs. The NSW SES Flood Database compiles flood extents from studies across the state, while Bega Valley Shire Council's map is the one its planning controls are written against, and a flood planning area usually sits above the 1% AEP extent because it adds freeboard. A withdrawn LEP flood map on the Planning Portal shows as a former map with its date, never as a current control. The checker never merges the sources into one verdict, and where they disagree, Bega Valley Shire Council settles it.
What else do people ask?
Does the Bega Valley flood map show how deep the water would get?
No. An extent says whether land is inside a modelled flood, not how deep or fast the water is. Flood levels in metres AHD (height above average sea level) come from Bega Valley Shire Council, through a request under its flood information guidelines.
If my Bega Valley block is outside the mapped area, can it still flood?
Yes. The Bega Valley mapping covers the eleven floodplains its studies modelled, from the Bega and Brogo rivers to Tura Beach, and not every creek in the shire. Land outside every map can still flood from overland flow no study has modelled, and a council can apply flood controls to land its published map does not show.
Is this the same as a section 10.7 planning certificate?
No. Bega Valley Shire Council's section 10.7 planning certificate is the formal statement of the controls on a lot, including whether flood related development controls apply. Order one through Bega Valley Shire Council planning certificate application form.
Where does this information come from?
- Bega Valley Shire Council flood mapping, the map service the Site Checker reads
- Bega Valley Shire Council, flood information
- Bega Valley Shire Council, flood studies
- Bega Valley Shire Council planning certificate application form
- NSW Planning Portal spatial viewer
- NSW SES Flood Database, statewide 1% AEP and probable maximum flood extents
This page and the Site Checker are general information from published maps, not a flood certificate, a section 10.7 planning certificate or a survey. They do not replace advice from the council, your certifier, an engineer, a lawyer or your own designer. Check any decision to buy or build against the council's own documents.