	{"id":59923,"date":"2022-10-10T04:00:52","date_gmt":"2022-10-09T17:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/?p=59923"},"modified":"2022-10-06T09:56:50","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T22:56:50","slug":"lara-flood-study-to-undergo-further-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/lara-flood-study-to-undergo-further-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Lara Flood Study to undergo further review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CITY of Greater Geelong councillors have hit the brakes on implementation of a new flood overlay that would affect thousands of Lara properties to allow for greater understanding of the changes.<\/p>\n<p>The council voted to defer a decision on actions from a Lara Flood Study, heeding community calls for more information on the justification and impacts of the complex planning rules.<\/p>\n<p>They ordered officers to review criteria for flood overlays following the study, to determine &#8220;reasonable opportunities&#8221; for removal of properties from the new controls and to allocate &#8220;appropriate resources&#8221; for a further review, which is estimated to cost the council about $30,000.<\/p>\n<p>The city will also review more than <a href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/council-flooded-with-submissions\/\">500 submissions<\/a> to the proposed changes individually, after scrutinising about 10 per cent of the objections in preparing its latest report.<\/p>\n<p>Lara Care Group president Barry White said the latest council decision was vindication of a local community campaign for answers, and he looked forward to greater engagement from the city.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As we&#8217;ve said along, there seems to be an overreach here,&#8221; Mr White said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s more of a focus on modelling, rather than evidence.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Particularly the people who have been in Lara a long time, are asking &#8216;Why now?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Despite the suggestions that it&#8217;s not going to have major implications, I think there are considerable doubts about that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>More than <a href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/confusion-around-flood-plan-as-decision-looms\/\">8,000 properties were recommended to be applied with Special Building Overlays<\/a> following the 2020 flood study, which residents feared would make their homes subject to higher insurance premiums and stricter regulatory controls around building and alterations.<\/p>\n<p>Residents have also queried reasoning for the broad-brush application of the new overlay, which will affect properties with no history of flooding for decades.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_56703\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56703\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-56703\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2022\/08\/IMG_1535_93448_tn-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2022\/08\/IMG_1535_93448_tn-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2022\/08\/IMG_1535_93448_tn-272x182.jpg 272w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2022\/08\/IMG_1535_93448_tn.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-56703\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lara residents are worried about the impacts of a planning change that will introduce flood overlays to more than 8000 properties. BY BILLY HIGGINS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cr Bruce Harwood said the city should pay greater attention to the outpouring of community opposition to the proposed changes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The point is to take on the overwhelming comments, views, opinions that have been received over some time. It&#8217;s to flesh out all the opinions and views of the Avalon-Lara-Fyansford community\u2026 as councillors, that&#8217;s our role.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not sure anyone feels comfortable right now with where we&#8217;re sitting, for good or bad.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>More than 500 residents had submitted their objections to a consultation process late last year, but the city&#8217;s report last month indicated it had only reviewed 50 submissions at random as part of its nine-month review.<\/p>\n<p>Windermere Ward councillor Anthony Aitken agreed with objectors that the city&#8217;s consultation on the issue had been inadequate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is enough uncertainty for the council group\u2026 that there deserves to be greater scrutiny of individual submissions made,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The community is confused. 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