Hobart Interim Planning Scheme 2015: Landslide Hazard Band Overlays

City of Hobart provides geospatial overlays for the Hobart Interim Planning Scheme 2015, specifically mapping Landslide Hazard Band 2013. The data indicates locations of council services and environmental hazards for planning purposes. Its primary purpose is to offer a general guide, and users are advised to conduct site investigations before project commencement.

Use Cases

• Preliminary site risk assessment based on landslide hazard zoning
• Planning application preparation referencing Interim Planning Scheme overlays
• Infrastructure development planning considering environmental hazard bands
• Climate change adaptation studies using coastal and inundation hazard data

Strengths

• Data is published by the authoritative local government source, City of Hobart
• Available in multiple geospatial formats (GEOJSON, KML, CSV, ZIP) for flexibility
• Explicitly covers specific planning scheme (2015) and hazard assessment (Landslide Hazard Band 2013)

Limitations

• Critical metadata is missing: column names, row counts, and file sizes are unknown
• License is listed only as 'other', creating uncertainty for reuse
• The data provider explicitly warns the information may contain errors or omissions and is for general indication only

Provenance

Source

City of Hobart Open Data, author HCCGISICT

Collection Method

Likely digitized from council planning and hazard assessment documents

Time Range

References the 2015 Interim Planning Scheme and Landslide Hazard Band 2013

Freshness

Last updated on 2026-04-11 according to the most recent platform entry

Geography

City of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia