The Ipswich Integrated Catchment Plan is part of Council's fulfilment of recommendations from the Queensland Flood Commission of Inquiry and is part of the Brisbane River Strategic Floodplain Management Plan (released April 2019).

This detailed local floodplain management plan is important with Ipswich's high exposure and vulnerability to flood.

Gathering knowledge throughout the community is an important aspect of adapting and increasing resilience to our flooding issues.

Community input will be used to help inform outcomes and planning within disaster management, land use planning, flood mitigation and ecology and waterway health outcomes within our creeks and rivers.

There are many buildings on the Ipswich floodplain.

The Plan will chart the way forward for the whole City and provide clear actions and priorities to manage current and future flood risk.

These actions will be important for the whole community, whether or not they live in an area affected by flood.

No. The Ipswich Integrated Catchment Plan is separate from the Planning Scheme Review.

However there are elements that will cross over and be important for consideration in city planning.

Council's Infrastructure and Environment and Planning and Regulatory Services departments are working together on the Ipswich Integrated Catchment Plan.

Inland Rail is a major Australian Government infrastructure project. As such, flood modelling is being undertaken by that project to determine potential impacts on surrounding areas.

The Ipswich Integrated Catchment Plan is not including Inland Rail due to current uncertainty around route and project timelines.

It is important to note that Ipswich Integrated Catchment Plan modelling will be due for update in about 5 years, at which time there should be more certainty regarding Inland Rail.