Restricted and Unavailable Crown Land for Geothermal Energy Operations in Victoria

A geospatial dataset classifying land in Victoria where special permission is required for geothermal energy operations under the Geothermal Energy Resources Act 2005. The layer is an amalgamation of features from multiple public land management sources, including regional parks, national parks, wildlife reserves, heritage rivers, and water authority land. It was last updated on 2026-04 09 by the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action.

Use Cases

• Identify restricted areas for geothermal exploration based on legal sections from the Geothermal Energy Resources Act 2005.
• Map land use constraints by overlaying features like national parks, wilderness zones, and heritage rivers.
• Support environmental impact assessments by analyzing proximity to protected areas such as wildlife reserves and marine sanctuaries.

Strengths

• Derived from multiple authoritative public land management sources, including PLM25 and VEACREC25_POLYGON.
• Explicitly linked to specific legal sections (79, 81, 82, 85) of the Geothermal Energy Resources Act 2005.
• Available in multiple common geospatial file formats, including SHP, GDB, and DWG.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and spatial extent are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (Victoria, Australia)

Collection Method

Derived from selections and amalgamation of multiple public land management datasets (e.g., PLM25, PLM100_V_MMT series).

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 07:22:51.320183; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Victoria, Australia