Coastal Hazard Risk Management and Adaptation Plans in WA1 Project Manager/ Project Region Project Title Study Area Project Summary Reference Details Status

Broome Townsite Coastal Hazard Risk The Coastal Hazard Risk Management and Management and Adaptation Plan Adaptation Plan (CHRMAP) will inform the (2017) community about potential risks; identify community and cultural values as well as key coastal infrastructure and assets; and provide a clear Baird Australia prepared for the Broome Townsite pathway for the and partners to Completed Shire of Broome address coastal hazard risks over time. Ultimately, the CHRMAP will guide investment decision by the Shire in terms of the location and maintenance of coastal infrastructure, and provide guidance for the development of statutory planning controls. Derby Coastal Hazard Risk The Shire completed a Coastal Hazard Risk Management and Adaptation Plan Management and Adaptation Plan (CHRMAP) to

Kimberley (2017) evaluate and prioritise the likelihood and consequence of the identified risk, especially in Derby Townsite and Shire of Derby/West Kimberley relations to key assets (e.g. Derby town site, Derby immediate Completed and RFF Wharf and Derby Airport). The CHRMAP will inform surroundings the assessment of statutory and strategic planning decisions within the coastal zone, including developing a local planning policy to guide development with the coastal zone. Coastal Hazard Risk The objectives of this CHRMAP include: Management and Adaptation Plan • Improve the understanding and awareness of (2014) coastal features, processes and hazards within the

District;

• Identify and map the extent of coastline vulnerable to coastal processes and storm surge where mapping is already available; Karratha, Dampier, • Build and improve mapping over time and Point Sampson, City of Karratha resources become available to better understand Completed Roebourne and the impacts of coastal processes and storm surge Wickham within the District; • Determine the likelihood and consequence of the adverse impacts of coastal hazards on the assets, and assign a level of risk through application of the City’s risk assessment framework; • Identify a range of possible management and adaptation measures to guide decision making.

Onslow Coastal Hazard Risk The Coastal Hazard Risk Management and Management and Adaptation Plan Adaptation Plan (CHRMAP) has been prepared to (2017) provide a long-term view of the possible strategies to adapt to the changing future conditions that will impact the current town. A key aspect for the future of the town is the threat of steadily rising sea levels, combined with storm events - ocean storm surge, Onslow coast local rainfall-induced flooding and rising water tables Completed – that will affect the viability of low lying areas of the town. In addition, coastal erosion is likely to threaten some infrastructure in the lee of the present Town Beach, including the Bindi Bindi community area. Strategies that might be adopted to respond to these threats at significant future turning points are articulated in this plan. Port Hedland Townsite Coastal Hazard The has identified the Risk Management and Adaptation Plan vulnerability of the Port Hedland townsite to coastal (2019) processes through a Coastal Hazard Risk Port Hedland townsite Management and Adaptation Planning (CHRMAP) Town of Port Hedland project. The project supports the state government’s Completed State Planning Policy No. 2.6 State Coastal Planning Policy (SPP2.6), which recommends a risk management approach for decision making relating to coastal hazards.

Denham Townsite Coastal Hazard Risk The Denham Townsite CHRMAP identifies coastal Management Risk and Adaptation Plan hazards, evaluates their likelihood and consequences (2020) for specific assets, and identifies management and adaptation responses to the risk as well as prioritisation of these responses. It also informs the Water Technology for the Shire of Denham townsite community about potential coastal hazard risks; Completed Shark Bay identifies community and cultural values as well as key coastal infrastructure and assets at risk; and

Gascoyne provides a clear pathway for the to address coastal hazard risks over time.

Shire of Irwin Coastal Hazard Risk The Coastal Hazard Risk Management and Management and Adaptation Plan Adaptation Plan (CHRMAP) provides strategic (2016) guidance on coordinated, integrated and sustainable

management and adaptation for land use and development in the coastal zone. Specifically, this , Curtin University CHRMAP: and Northern Agricultural Shire of Irwin coastline • Provides information on the effects of coastal Completed Catchments Council hazards; • Presents a decision-making framework to assess Mid WestMid the associated risks; • Highlights coastal hazard areas in terms of vulnerability and risk; and • Suggests possible adaptation options. Coastal Hazard Risk The City of Greater Geraldton has completed a suite Management and Adaptation Planning of studies indicated that portions of the coastline are Project (2018) at risk from inundation and erosion coastal hazards over a 100-year planning timeframe. The City is Cape Burney to adopting a risk management and adaptation Baird Australia for the City of Drummond Cove planning approach to deal with the adverse impacts Completed Greater Geraldton coastline of coastal hazards. This approach will ensure these hazards are appropriately factored into decision making processes regarding assets at risk or potentially at risk, sustainable land use and any future development. Horrocks Beach Coastal Hazard Risk Management and Adaptation Plan (2020) The CHRMAP identifies the potential extent of coastal hazards over a 100-year planning timeframe, GHD for the Shire of Horrocks Beach evaluates their likelihood and consequences for Completed Northampton specific assets, and identifies management and adaptation responses to the risk.

Gingin Coastal Hazard Risk The has prepared a Coastal Hazard Management and Adaptation Plan Risk Management and Adaptation Plan (CHRMAP) for (2019) the Shire’s coastal settlements, including Seabird, Ledge Point and Lancelin. It was prepared to provide Currently Lancelin, Ledge Point Shire of Gingin a long-term view of the potential future coastal being and Seabird erosion impacts to the coastal towns and provide reviewed possible strategies to adapt to the changing coastal conditions. The CHRMAP is currently being reviewed to include the findings of an inundation study. Dandaragan Coastal Hazard Risk The has prepared a Coastal Management and Adaptation Plan Hazard Risk Management and Adaptation Plan

Wheatbelt (2018) (CHRMAP) for the Shire’s coastal settlements, Cervantes and Jurien including Cervantes and Jurien Bay. The CHRMAP Shire of Dandaragan Completed Bay identifies areas and assets vulnerable to coastal erosion and sea level rise, and provides strategies to help minimise the risk and preserve coastal values.

City of Cockburn Coastal Adaptation The plan provides a decision-making framework and Plan (2015) recommended adaptation pathways and actions to assist the adapt to coastal risks in Cockburn Sound Coastal Alliance the immediate and long-term. This plan has been City of Cockburn coast Completed and the City of Cockburn prepared to adapt to the changing coast, and provides recommended timeframes and trigger points for decision-making and planning for the

Cockburn coast from South Beach to Naval Base.

City of Kwinana Coastal Adaptation This plan has been prepared to adapt to the changing Plan (2016) coast along the , and provides recommended timeframes and trigger points for decision-making and planning for the Kwinana Cockburn Sound Coastal Alliance coast. The plan has been prepared as the first City of Kwinana coast Completed and the City of Kwinana iteration of an evolving, long-term planning and decision-making process for the City of Kwinana, the community, and key stakeholders to adapt our settlements and infrastructure to coastal processes – including risks of coastal erosion and inundation. South Fremantle This plan has been prepared to adapt to the changing Coast Coastal Adaptation Plan (2016) coast south of the Swan River, and provides recommended timeframes and trigger points for decision-making and planning for the Fremantle Cockburn Sound Coastal Alliance South Mole to South coast from South Mole to South Beach. The Completed and the City of Fremantle Beach adaptation plan includes an implementation stage that recommends specific coastal adaptation activities to be delivered in the immediate (15-year) planning horizon. Port, Leighton and Mosman Beach The Coastal Hazard Risk Management and Coastal Hazard Risk Management and Adaptation Plan will inform coastal managers and Adaptation Plan (2018) decision makers of the types of coastal hazards and GHD prepared for the City of Port, Leighton and associated risks to assets and values, and the Fremantle and Town of Mosman Completed Mosman beaches resultant vulnerabilities these risks have to the Park community and stakeholders, allowing informed decisions to be made about future coastal management and planning.

Wanneroo Coastal Hazard Risk The has prepared a Coastal Hazard Management and Adaptation Plan Risk Management and Adaptation Plan (CHRMAP) for (2018) the City’s coastline. Part 1 (hazard assessment) was completed in 2015, with Part 2 (risk assessment, Cardno prepared for the City of City of Wanneroo coast analysis and adaptation planning) finalised in 2018. Completed Wanneroo The final CHRMAP resulted in 13 recommendations that will enable the City to make informed coastal management decisions in the future and how coastal hazards will be managed. Coastal Hazard Risk Management and Adaptation Plan The City of Joondalup are currently developing a CHRMAP for their coastline. The coastal hazards have City of Joondalup City of Joondalup coast been identified and the potential adaptation options Underway are being consulted with the community. The CHRMAP is due for completion in 2021. Coastal Hazard Risk Management and Adaptation Plan The City of Rockingham has prepared a Coastal (2019) Hazard Risk Management and Adaptation Plan (CHRMAP) for their 37km of coastline. The CHRMAP City of Rockingham Rockingham Completed outlines key directions for coastal adaptation over a 100-year planning timeframe and prioritises management works over the next 10 years.

The Town are developing a CHRMAP which will set the framework for identifying coastal hazards, analysing vulnerability for specific assets, identifying and prioritising management and adaptation responses, and providing an implementation plan. It will also inform the community and stakeholders about potential coastal hazard risks; identify Coastal Hazard Risk community and stakeholders’ values as well as key Management and Adaptation Plan Town of Cambridge coastal infrastructure and assets at risk; and provide

Town of Cambridge coast a clear pathway for the Town to address coastal Underway hazard risks over time.

The CHRMAP will provide strategic guidance for coordinated, integrated and sustainable land use planning and management decision-making by the Town. The CHRMAP will also guide necessary changes to the Town’s Local Planning Strategy, Local Planning Scheme and other relevant strategies and local planning policies.

City of Stirling Coastal Hazard Risk Management and Adaptation Plan The City are developing a CHRMAP for its coastline which builds on previous work including a coastal City of Stirling coast erosion assessment and geophysical investigation. Underway The CHRMAP will enable long-term management of areas that may be impacted by coastal hazards.

City of Mandurah Northern Beaches The purpose is to prepare a CHRMAP for the Coastal Hazard Risk Management and developed coastline of the from Adaptation Plan Roberts Point to Madora Bay. The preparation of the CHRMAP will inform stakeholders and the community about: Roberts Point to the • Potential risks arising from coastal hazards (e.g. City of Mandurah northern boundary of erosion and inundation) Underway Madora Bay • Key coastal infrastructure and assets at risk • Community and cultural values of the coastal zone

• Adaptation pathways and management options that the City and other stakeholders can pursue to

Peel address the risks from coastal hazards over time.

Shire of Murray Coastal Hazard Risk The CHRMAP will inform the community and decision Management and Adaptation Plan makers about potential estuarine coast and riverine Low-lying estuarine hazards (such as erosion and inundation), the risks reaches of the and necessary actions. The CHRMAP will outline key Underway Harvey and the Murray directions for estuarine coast and riverine adaptation and Serpentine Rivers over a 100 year planning timeframe, while also prioritising management responses over the short to medium term. Shire of Augusta-Margaret River Coastal Hazard Risk Management and The Coastal Hazard Risk Management and Adaptation Plan (2015) Adaptation Plan provides strategic guidance on management and adaptation in areas exposed to Prepared by Shore Coastal for the Shire of Augusta- coastal processes within key settlements. These Completed Shire of Augusta-Margaret River Margaret River settlements include Gracetown, Prevelly, Gnarabup, Hamelin Bay, Molloy Island, Augusta North (Blackwood River) and Augusta South (Flinders Bay).

Shire of Harvey Coastal Hazard Risk Management and Adaptation Plan (2017) The Coastal Hazard Risk Management and Prepared by Damara WA Pty Ltd, Adaptation Plan for the broadly

Land Insights & Evaluate establishes the context, undertake a coastal hazard Environmental for the Shire of Shire of Harvey risk identification, analysis and evaluation and Completed Harvey and Peron Naturaliste develops coastal hazard risk treatment options. The Partnership (PNP) PNP Coastal Adaptation Decision Pathways Project informed the Project.

South West City of Coastal Adaptation The City is preparing a Coastal Adaption Strategy (the Strategy Strategy) that will be based on the Coastal Hazard Risk Management and Adaption Plan (CHRMAP) framework. The City has already completed some of the key elements (such as coastal hazard and vulnerability assessments) required in the preparation of a CHRMAP. The Strategy will set out Advisian for the Busselton Underway the strategic direction for coastal adaption scenarios, including the identification of future pathways and decision points, financial modelling of these scenarios over the short to medium term (25 years) and longer term (25 to 100 years) together with funding options for coastal management within those timeframes. Koombana Bay Coastal Hazard Risk Management and Adaptation Plan The CHRMAP identifies and considers coastal erosion (2019) and inundation hazards and risks for the project area (shorelines of southern and western Koombana Bay). This will culminate in a recommended adaptation GHD for the Southwest pathway with action to assist in adapting to Development Commission, City of immediate and short-term coastal erosion and Bunbury, Department of Koombana Bay Completed inundation risks, and undertaking appropriate Transport, LandCorp and the planning to address increasing risk over time. The Dolphin Discovery Centre CHRMAP considers coastal hazard risk in the immediate term (2018), short-term planning timeframe (2018-2030), the medium-term (2030-

2070) and the long-term (2070-2120).

Capel – Leschenault Coastal Hazard Risk Management and Adaptation Plan

Forrest Beach to The primary objective of the CHRMAP is to identify McKenna Point, how the assets vulnerable to the adverse impacts of Koombana Bay (inc. coastal erosion and inundation are to be managed Inner Harbour to Cut), , Shires of Capel, with clear immediate, short, medium and long-term Leschenault Dardanup and Harvey; implementation actions based on time and or event- Inlet/Estuary/Peninsula, Department of Biodiversity, based triggers (including capital and recurrent costs). Underway Capel, Preston, Conservation and Attractions; and Ferguson, Collie, Southern Ports Authority The development of the CHRMAP will involve the Brunswick Rivers, Five community to ensure they are aware of the issues Mile Brook Diversion, and are involved in the decision-making for the the Parkfield Drain and coast. Millar’s Creek

Ocean Beach and Peaceful Bay Coastal Hazard Risk Management and The has completed a Coastal Adaptation Plan (2018) Hazard Risk Management and Adaptation Plan and ten-year Concept Plan for the most highly valued

Seashore Engineering and Land Ocean Beach and sections of beach and foreshore at Ocean Beach and Completed Insights for the Shire of Denmark Peaceful Bay Peaceful Bay. The project identifies the vulnerability of these portions of coastline to coastal hazards in order to properly plan development and land use, with emphasis on the next ten years.

Emu Point to Middleton Beach Coastal The has completed a CHRMAP for Emu Hazard Risk Management and Point to Middleton Beach, which builds on previous Adaptation Plan (2019) community engagement and data collection. Council Aurora Environmental, Evo Coast, Emu Point to Middleton and the community will draw on this information to Great Southern Great Shape Urban and Jeremy Benn Completed Beach determine possible treatments and consider the Pacific for the City of Albany implications, trade-offs, planning mechanisms and timeframes.

Esperance Coastal Hazard Adaptation -

Strategy (2016) The Strategy contains adaptation measures derived from broad categories of potential adaptation options available for the management of risks from BMT JFA Consultants for the Shire coastal hazards that the urban areas of Esperance Completed of Esperance will face over the medium to long term, and establish an implementation program for those adaptation measures. Goldfields Goldfields Esperance

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1 It is important to note that neither the Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage (DPLH) or the Western Australian Planning Commission (WAPC) have made judgements as to the technical merit of the methodologies used in all of these studies and in no way endorses all of the projects or their findings. Some of these projects have received funding through the WAPC and DPLH has provided assistance and support though participation in project steering committees. Any representation, statement, opinion or advice expressed or implied in this table is made in good faith and on the basis that the Government, its employees and agents are not liable for any damage or loss whatsoever which may occur as a result of action taken or not taken, as the case may be, in respect of any representation, statement, opinion or advice referred to herein. Professional advice should be obtained before applying the information contained in this table to particular circumstances.