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“None of us in Tamarind Avenue can get flood insurance so we are sitting ducks now and getting surrounded by more and more fill.”

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T WEED SHIRE Council’s Director of Planning and Regulation Vince Connell said Council staff “have been communicating with a number of residents about their concerns for compliance with the construction of the previous DA approval for a residential subdivision development at 79 Tamarind Avenue”.

“Council is aware the flood heights reached in Tamarind Avenue and other parts of Bogangar were well above the 1:100 flood level,” Mr Connell said.

“There have been no changes to flood policies around flood-prone development at this stage, and minimum flood protection for new residential development remains at 1:100 plus 0.5m, being the standard adopted in the Tweed Development Control Plan.

“Where fill is imposed, it must demonstrate no significant worsening of the current flood situation, and this is considered in detail during the development assessment process.

“Council has recently installed new stormwater drainage infrastructure between the street and canal, which will reduce nuisance flooding in the street but will not prevent flooding of the magnitude of the February-March 2022 event.

“Council does not have the ability to repeal previous development consents or remove fill or development that has been constructed lawfully.

“Flood mitigation schemes and other risk management measures will be considered for Bogangar as the review of the 2022 event progresses.”

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