Brisbane City Plan 2014 Flood Overlay for Creek Waterway Planning Areas

A Brisbane City Council geospatial dataset delineating creek and waterway flood planning areas as part of the City Plan 2014 Flood overlay. The data includes five sub-categories for flood planning areas and is maintained by Brisbane City Council. It was last updated on 2026-06-28.

Use Cases

• Assess property development constraints based on designated creek flood planning area sub-categories.
• Model flood inundation extents for urban planning based on the defined flood overlay zones.
• Inform land-use policy and emergency management planning based on the council's flood risk mapping.

Strengths

• Data is officially maintained and updated by Brisbane City Council.
• The dataset explicitly defines five distinct sub-categories for flood planning areas.
• It is published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified as the last update timestamp is in the future (2026).

Provenance

Source

Brisbane City Council

Collection Method

Published as part of the Brisbane City Plan 2014 regulatory framework.

Time Range

Aligned with the City Plan 2014, with regular updates.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-28 14:39:39.775246

Geography

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia