Hobart Interim Planning Scheme 2015: Hazard and Development Overlays

City of Hobart provides geospatial overlays from its 2015 Interim Planning Scheme. The data indicates locations of planning controls for hazards such as landslide, inundation, and coastal risks, as well as heritage areas. Its primary purpose is to give a general indication for planning; site-specific verification is recommended.

Use Cases

• Preliminary development feasibility checks based on hazard zone overlays
• Heritage conservation planning using designated area boundaries
• Climate change risk assessment for infrastructure using inundation and coastal layers
• Reviewing land-use constraints for engineering projects

Strengths

• Cross-platform presence on data.gov.au signals official municipal data
• Covers multiple specific planning domains: hazard, heritage, coastal, and climate change

Limitations

• Column names and data schema are not provided in any source description
• Metadata is inconsistent, with two sources listing a 2026 update date and one listing 2025
• Explicit disclaimer notes data may contain errors and is for general indication only

Provenance

Source

City of Hobart Open Data, author HCCGISICT

Collection Method

Likely digitized from the Hobart Interim Planning Scheme 2015 documents.

Time Range

2015

Freshness

Last updated: 2026-04 11 (conflict with 2025-03 date noted in limitations)

Geography

City of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia