Eastern Victoria Region
Melina BATH (Eastern Victoria) (13:40): (161) My constituency question is to the Minister for Water. After two years my constituent is still receiving contradictory advice and cannot move forward on a planning permit to build a dream home at 62 Sandy Point Road, Sandy Point. The two government agency guidelines contradict each other in relation to flood mitigation. Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action guidelines, including for development in flood-affected areas, and West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority guidelines for development in flood-prone areas are at odds. DEECA states 0.5 metres over the road egress irrespective of land zone category, and West Gippsland CMA states 3.3 for farm zone and 1.2 for residential zone. The South Gippsland shire are amenable to the planning permit, but they fear that the West Gippsland CMA will object. My colleague Danny O’Brien has raised this before. Minister, my question is: which guidelines are applicable on this site, and how can you offer assistance to my constituent to navigate through this and get his dream home at Sandy Point?