Clarence Valley Coastline and Estuaries plans and studies

• Open Coast Coastal Management Program Stage 1 Scoping Study – Final
• Open Coast Coastline and Estuaries Coastal Management Program Stage 2 - Vulnerabilities and Opportunities(PDF, 8MB)
• Open Coast Coastline and Estuaries Coastal Management Program - Appendix 2 - Inundation Report and Mapping (PDF, 5MB)
  - Appendix A - Brooms Head (PDF, 3MB)
  - Appendix A - Clarence River(PDF, 6MB) 
  - Appendix A - Minnie Water(PDF, 2MB) 
  - Appendix A - Sandon (PDF, 4MB)
  - Appendix A - Wooli(PDF, 16MB)
  
  
• Open Coast Coastline and Estuaries Coastal Management Program - Appendix 3 - Coastal Erosion Hazard Mapping (PDF, 7MB)
• Open Coast Coastline and Estuaries Coastal Management Program - Appendix 3 - Additional Erosion Details(PDF, 3MB)
• Open Coast Coastline and Estuaries Coastal Management Program - Appendix 3a(PDF, 641KB)
  -  Brooms Head Erosion Mapping (PDF, 30MB)
  - Diggers Camp Erosion Mapping(PDF, 28MB)
  - Lake Cokora Entrance Erosion Mapping(PDF, 33MB)
  - Minnie Water Erosion Mapping(PDF, 32MB)
  - Pippi Beach Erosion Mapping(PDF, 39MB)
  - Sandon Erosion Mapping(PDF, 26MB)
  - Sandon Village Erosion Mapping(PDF, 34MB)
  - Shark Bay Erosion Mapping(PDF, 36MB)
  - Spooky Beach Erosion Mapping(PDF, 3MB)
  - Whiting Beach Erosion Mapping(PDF, 2MB)
  - Woody Head Erosion Mapping(PDF, 5MB)
  - Woody Head Campground Erosion Mapping(PDF, 6MB)
  - Wooli Erosion Mapping(PDF, 2MB)
  - Wooli Village Erosion Mapping(PDF, 27MB)
  
  
• Open Coast Coastline and Estuaries Coastal Management Program - Appendix 4 - Regional Scale Erosion Mapping(PDF, 2MB)
• Open Coast Coastline and Estuaries Coastal Management Program - Appendix 5 - Geotechnical Hazard Desktop Review(PDF, 18MB)

Clarence Valley Open Coast CMP Stage 3(PDF, 12MB)

Clarence Valley Open Coast CMP Stage 4 (for certification)(PDF, 14MB)
The CMP Stage 4 report (link above) was adopted for certification (Resolution 07.24.158) at the August Ordinary Council Meeting. Following adoption the CMP was submitted to the NSW Minister for Environment for certification. The CMP was certified by the Minister in December 2024 and published in the NSW Government Gazette January 10 2025 and now has effect.

Yamba Pilot Hill Interim Strategy June 2024(PDF, 337KB)

• Estuary Coastal Management Program Stage 1 Scoping Study – Final
• Estuary Coastal Management Program Stage 1 Scoping Study – Appendices

• Brooms Coastal Zone Management Plan
• Draft Coastal Zone Management Plan Wooloweyah Lagoon Part 1 Background Plan
• Draft Coastal Zone Management Plan Wooloweyah Lagoon Part 2 Appendices
• Risk Assessment and Stabilisation of Pilot Hill Yamba
• UNE Clarence Ecohealth Report.pdf
• Wooli Coastal Zone Management Plan
• Wooli Village Coastal Hazards Report
• Yamba Coastline Interim Emergency Strategy Pilot Hill

Under the Coastal Management Act, 2016 on 31 December 2023 Coastal Zone Management Plans ceased to have effect, and need to be replaced with a gazetted Coastal Management Program (CMP).  At its August 2024 meeting Council resolved to submit an Open Coast CMP to the Minister for gazettal.

• Palmers Island Riverbank Management Plan
  
  

• Ulmarra Riverbank Management Plan

• Woodford Dale Riverbank Management Plan