Description: The Flood Storage Preservation Area map is based on the Defined Flood Event and shows where map shows where flood storage preservation is intended to occur and also differentiates regional flood storage areas.Regional flood storage areas are large flood storage areas that are located upstream of existing core urban areas.
Description: The Defined Flood Event is the Sunshine Coast Planning Scheme’s reference Flood Event.The Defined Flood Event map represents a flooding and storm tide event with 1 % chance of occurring or being exceeded each year. The map is also based on planning horizons set at the year 2100. As such, the mapping makes allowances for climate change which includes 0.8m sea level rise and 20 % increase in rainfall intensity.