Launceston: planning zones, bushfire and flood codes
The 25 planning zones mapped in Launceston, Tasmania, the hazard codes counted address by address, and which registers cover the council.
A report can be bought for most addresses in Launceston that are in the state address register, $9.90 including GST, paid once. This page is the free part: what the Tasmanian planning registers hold for the council. The report is for one address, and reads the planning, heritage and hazard registers listed below for it. Check an address in Launceston first: the check is free and states the total before you pay.
What this page covers
This page covers Launceston’s part of the Tasmanian Planning Scheme: its zones, its codes, and the hazard codes counted below as its Local Provisions Schedule maps them. Declared landslip areas, and land the building rules treat as bushfire-prone where the map does not show it, are not counted here. This page carries no recorded crime: we hold none for Tasmania, and a heading with nothing under it reads as though there is none to hold.
The local instrument the register names here is Launceston Local Provisions Schedule.
Bushfire, flood and other hazard codes in Launceston
What the government maps show. Not a risk rating.
Bushfire-prone areas
- 6,968 on the map at the address point
- 111 on part of the lot only
- 991 at the edge only
- 25,386 not on the map
The planning scheme and the building rules also treat land within 100 m of 1 ha or more of bushfire-prone vegetation as bushfire-prone, whether or not this map shows it. See theLIST. Bushfire-prone areas by council, on our map.
How this is counted
7,079 of 33,456 addresses (21.2%) are on a lot shown, in whole or in part, as a bushfire-prone area under the Bushfire-Prone Areas Code, in the council’s Local Provisions Schedule. On 6,924 of 31,834 lots · 111 on part of the lot only · 991 touch only the edge. The planning scheme and the building rules also treat land within 100 m of 1 ha or more of bushfire-prone vegetation as bushfire-prone, whether or not this map shows it.
Flood-prone areas
- 178 on the map at the address point
- 133 on part of the lot only
- 28 at the edge only
- 33,117 not on the map
A flood-prone area is a planning map, not a flood model: overland flow is often not in it. The code can also apply to land this map does not show, where the council has other evidence the land can flood. See theLIST. Flood-prone areas by council, on our map.
How this is counted
311 of 33,456 addresses (0.9%) are on a lot shown, in whole or in part, as a flood-prone area under the Flood-Prone Areas Hazard Code, in the council’s Local Provisions Schedule. On 244 of 31,834 lots · 133 on part of the lot only · 28 touch only the edge. A flood-prone area is a planning map, not a flood model: overland flow is often not in it. The code can also apply to land this map does not show, where the council has other evidence the land can flood.
Landslip hazard bands
- 6,049 on the map at the address point
- 6,551 on part of the lot only
- 543 at the edge only
- 20,313 not on the map
By the most severe band on the lot: High 3; Medium-active 92; Medium 9,815; Low 2,690. Every band counts, Low to High. Declared landslip areas under the Mineral Resources Development Act 1995 are a separate register and are not part of this count. See theLIST. Landslip hazard bands by council, on our map.
How this is counted
12,600 of 33,456 addresses (37.7%) are on a lot shown, in whole or in part, as a landslip hazard band under the Landslip Hazard Code, in the council’s Local Provisions Schedule. By the most severe band on the lot: High 3; Medium-active 92; Medium 9,815; Low 2,690. On 11,585 of 31,834 lots · 6,551 on part of the lot only · 543 touch only the edge. Every band counts, Low to High. Declared landslip areas under the Mineral Resources Development Act 1995 are a separate register and are not part of this count.
Coastal inundation
- 51 on the map at the address point
- 203 on part of the lot only
- 27 at the edge only
- 33,175 not on the map
By the most severe band on the lot: High 89; Medium 63; Low 102. Every band counts, and so does an investigation area: land where the band has not yet been set, not a band lower than Low. The code plans for sea level rise. See theLIST. Coastal inundation by council, on our map.
How this is counted
254 of 33,456 addresses (0.8%) are on a lot shown, in whole or in part, as a coastal inundation hazard band or investigation area under the Coastal Inundation Hazard Code, in the council’s Local Provisions Schedule. By the most severe band on the lot: High 89; Medium 63; Low 102. On 187 of 31,834 lots · 203 on part of the lot only · 27 touch only the edge. Every band counts, and so does an investigation area: land where the band has not yet been set, not a band lower than Low. The code plans for sea level rise.
Coastal erosion
- 34 on the map at the address point
- 160 on part of the lot only
- 14 at the edge only
- 33,248 not on the map
By the most severe band on the lot: High 15; Medium 73; Low 68; investigation area 38. Every band counts, and so does an investigation area: land where the band has not yet been set, not a band lower than Low. See theLIST. Coastal erosion by council, on our map.
How this is counted
194 of 33,456 addresses (0.6%) are on a lot shown, in whole or in part, as a coastal erosion hazard band or investigation area under the Coastal Erosion Hazard Code, in the council’s Local Provisions Schedule. By the most severe band on the lot: High 15; Medium 73; Low 68; investigation area 38. On 194 of 31,834 lots · 160 on part of the lot only · 14 touch only the edge. Every band counts, and so does an investigation area: land where the band has not yet been set, not a band lower than Low.
Check an address in Launceston, free
Free: which registers cover the address. The report ($9.90 including GST): whether the lot is on them, and how much of it.
How these are counted
Counted from every address in our Tasmanian build (each LIST address whose land could be identified), in build 63 of 23 October 2026, out of the addresses on land each register covers; a share is given only where the register covers nine in ten of the council’s addresses. Addresses, not homes: an apartment building is many addresses on one lot, and a vacant block is one. “Part of the lot” counts land, not buildings: the mapped area may not reach the house. A lot the map touches only at the edge, within the map’s accuracy, is shown as “Check” in a report and is counted in the base but not as on the map, so a share can be low by up to the edge count in its row. These are counts of what the government maps show, by our method; they are not a risk rating, and a council’s own count of “properties” may not match them. See why unmapped is not clear.
Counts derived by WattleAddr from these registers, by our method. Addresses: LIST Address Points from theLIST ©State of Tasmania. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/; Lots: LIST Cadastral Parcels from theLIST ©State of Tasmania. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/; Zones, which decide whose Local Provisions Schedule applies: Tasmanian Planning Scheme - Zoning from theLIST ©State of Tasmania. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/; Hazard codes: Tasmanian Planning Scheme - Code Overlays from theLIST ©State of Tasmania. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/; Council boundaries: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Edition 3, 2021, Local Government Areas. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Address and parcel data: Land Tasmania (Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania), the creator. Tasmanian Planning Scheme data: Tasmanian Planning Commission, custodian, distributed by Land Tasmania through theLIST. Used under the licence named in each notice; none of them has reviewed or endorsed this report. The same holds for the counts on this page, which we derived: neither has reviewed or endorsed them. Licences: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia for theLIST data, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/; Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 for the council boundaries, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
Which of our 27 Tasmanian planning registers map Launceston
- Attenuation CodeCovers Launceston · updated 14 September 2022
- Declared landslip areas (Mineral Resources Tasmania)One list for the whole State · updated 23 October 2026
- Electricity Transmission Infrastructure Protection CodeCovers Launceston · updated 14 September 2022
- Local Historical Heritage CodeCovers Launceston · updated 14 September 2022
- Natural Assets CodeCovers Launceston · updated 14 September 2023
- Parking and Sustainable Transport CodeCovers Launceston · updated 14 September 2022
- Potentially Contaminated Land CodeCovers Launceston · updated 14 September 2022
- Road and Railway Assets CodePublishes nothing for this council
- Safeguarding of Airports CodeCovers Launceston · updated 14 September 2022
- Scenic Protection CodeCovers Launceston · updated 14 September 2022
- Tas bushfire proneCovers Launceston · updated 14 September 2022
- Tas coastal erosion highCovers Launceston · updated 14 September 2022
- Tas coastal erosion investigationCovers Launceston · updated 14 September 2022
- Tas coastal erosion lowCovers Launceston · updated 14 September 2022
- Tas coastal erosion mediumCovers Launceston · updated 14 September 2022
- Tas coastal inundation highCovers Launceston · updated 14 September 2022
- Tas coastal inundation investigationPublishes nothing for this council
- Tas coastal inundation lowCovers Launceston · updated 14 September 2022
- Tas coastal inundation mediumCovers Launceston · updated 14 September 2022
- Tas flood proneCovers Launceston · updated 14 September 2022
- Tas landslip highCovers Launceston · updated 14 September 2022
- Tas landslip lowCovers Launceston · updated 14 September 2022
- Tas landslip mediumCovers Launceston · updated 14 September 2022
- Tas landslip medium activeCovers Launceston · updated 14 September 2022
- Tasmanian Heritage RegisterOne list for the whole State · updated 25 September 2026
- Tasmanian Planning Scheme - General OverlaysCovers Launceston · updated 14 September 2022
- Tasmanian Planning Scheme - ZoningCovers Launceston · updated 14 September 2022
Planning zones mapped in Launceston
25 zones in use
- Agriculture
- Central Business
- Commercial
- Community Purpose
- Environmental Management
- Future Urban
- General Business
- General Industrial
- General Residential
- Inner Residential
- Landscape Conservation
- Light Industrial
- Local Business
- Low Density Residential
- Open Space
- Particular Purpose
- Recreation
- Rural
- Rural Living — Rural Living Zone A
- Rural Living — Rural Living Zone B
- Rural Living — Rural Living Zone C
- Rural Living — Rural Living Zone D
- Urban Mixed Use
- Utilities
- Village
The 25 distinct zones the register maps here, and how many separate areas each is mapped over. The map reference is the scheme’s own. A Tasmanian zone has no short alphabetic code, so the reference and the name are both carried rather than one being flattened into the other. Zone names are as the register publishes them, capitals and all. This counts mapped areas in the register, not properties: a zone over one large polygon may cover more land than a zone over fifty.
The zones as a table, with mapped areas
| Map reference | Name | Mapped areas |
|---|---|---|
| 120.21 | Agriculture | 49 |
| 120.16 | Central Business | 2 |
| 120.17 | Commercial | 43 |
| 120.27 | Community Purpose | 72 |
| 120.23 | Environmental Management | 90 |
| 120.30 | Future Urban | 1 |
| 120.15 | General Business | 4 |
| 120.19 | General Industrial | 5 |
| 120.8 | General Residential | 101 |
| 120.9 | Inner Residential | 39 |
| 120.22 | Landscape Conservation | 15 |
| 120.18 | Light Industrial | 39 |
| 120.14 | Local Business | 65 |
| 120.10 | Low Density Residential | 43 |
| 120.29 | Open Space | 200 |
| 120.31 | Particular Purpose | 12 |
| 120.28 | Recreation | 31 |
| 120.20 | Rural | 116 |
| 120.11.1 | Rural Living — Rural Living Zone A | 10 |
| 120.11.2 | Rural Living — Rural Living Zone B | 17 |
| 120.11.3 | Rural Living — Rural Living Zone C | 7 |
| 120.11.4 | Rural Living — Rural Living Zone D | 1 |
| 120.13 | Urban Mixed Use | 18 |
| 120.26 | Utilities | 50 |
| 120.12 | Village | 7 |
Local controls named in the Launceston scheme
Specific Area Plans, Local Area Objectives, precincts and site-specific qualifications, under the names the scheme gives them. These are local instruments: they exist in Launceston and generally nowhere else, and a zone lookup alone does not show them.
Local Area Objectives
- Cataract Gorge Management Specific Area Plan Local Area Objective 39
- Invermay/Inveresk Flood Inundation Specific Area Plan Local Area Objective 16
- Particular Purpose Zone – Boags Brewery 2
- Particular Purpose Zone – Franklin Village 2
- Particular Purpose Zone – Inveresk Site 5
- Particular Purpose Zone – North Bank Silos 1
Precincts and Defined Areas
- Flood Risk Precincts 73
Site Specific Qualifications
- 6-8, 7, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19 Goodman Court, Invermay 1
- 18 Connector Park Drive, Kings Meadows 1
- 40 Ann Street, Launceston 1
- 213-215 Wellington St Launceston 1
- 217-229 Wellington St Launceston 1
- 237-247 Wellington Street 1
- Rose Lane, South Launceston 1
Specific Area Plan
- Cataract Gorge Management Specific Area Plan 1
- Cataract Gorge Subdivision Specific Area Plan 2
- Central Area Specific Area Plan 1
- Development Potential Specific Area Plan 3
- Drivers Run Specific Area Plan 1
- Flood Levee Protected Areas Specific Area Plan 4
- Forestry Area Specific Area Plan 30
- Gorge Hotel Specific Area Plan 1
- Hillary Street Specific Area Plan 1
- Launceston Plaza Retail Specific Area Plan 1
- Mount Stuart Drive Specific Area Plan 1
- Raglan Street Specific Area Plan 1
- Southern Gateway Specific Area Plan 1
- The Green Specific Area Plan 1
- Western Hillside SAP. Alterations of electronic planning map made under s.80O of LUPAA 1
The local controls as a table
| Control | Kind | Mapped areas |
|---|---|---|
| Flood Risk Precincts | Precincts and Defined Areas | 73 |
| Cataract Gorge Management Specific Area Plan Local Area Objective | Local Area Objectives | 39 |
| Forestry Area Specific Area Plan | Specific Area Plan | 30 |
| Invermay/Inveresk Flood Inundation Specific Area Plan Local Area Objective | Local Area Objectives | 16 |
| Particular Purpose Zone – Inveresk Site | Local Area Objectives | 5 |
| Flood Levee Protected Areas Specific Area Plan | Specific Area Plan | 4 |
| Development Potential Specific Area Plan | Specific Area Plan | 3 |
| Cataract Gorge Subdivision Specific Area Plan | Specific Area Plan | 2 |
| Particular Purpose Zone – Boags Brewery | Local Area Objectives | 2 |
| Particular Purpose Zone – Franklin Village | Local Area Objectives | 2 |
| 18 Connector Park Drive, Kings Meadows | Site Specific Qualifications | 1 |
| 213-215 Wellington St Launceston | Site Specific Qualifications | 1 |
| 217-229 Wellington St Launceston | Site Specific Qualifications | 1 |
| 237-247 Wellington Street | Site Specific Qualifications | 1 |
| 40 Ann Street, Launceston | Site Specific Qualifications | 1 |
| 6-8, 7, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19 Goodman Court, Invermay | Site Specific Qualifications | 1 |
| Cataract Gorge Management Specific Area Plan | Specific Area Plan | 1 |
| Central Area Specific Area Plan | Specific Area Plan | 1 |
| Drivers Run Specific Area Plan | Specific Area Plan | 1 |
| Gorge Hotel Specific Area Plan | Specific Area Plan | 1 |
| Hillary Street Specific Area Plan | Specific Area Plan | 1 |
| Launceston Plaza Retail Specific Area Plan | Specific Area Plan | 1 |
| Mount Stuart Drive Specific Area Plan | Specific Area Plan | 1 |
| Particular Purpose Zone – North Bank Silos | Local Area Objectives | 1 |
| Raglan Street Specific Area Plan | Specific Area Plan | 1 |
| Rose Lane, South Launceston | Site Specific Qualifications | 1 |
| Southern Gateway Specific Area Plan | Specific Area Plan | 1 |
| The Green Specific Area Plan | Specific Area Plan | 1 |
| Western Hillside SAP. Alterations of electronic planning map made under s.80O of LUPAA | Specific Area Plan | 1 |
Registers that cover Launceston
25 of the 27 Tasmanian planning registers we hold map Launceston. Land in this council that is not in one of them is outside its mapped area, and that is a finding.
The 25 covering registers as a table, with what each maps
| Register | In Launceston | Last updated |
|---|---|---|
| Tas landslip low | 26,828 mapped areas | 14 September 2022 |
| Tas landslip medium | 8,747 mapped areas | 14 September 2022 |
| Tas coastal inundation medium | 2,331 mapped areas | 14 September 2022 |
| Local Historical Heritage Code Local heritage places and precincts, and places of archaeological potential. |
1,997 mapped areas | 14 September 2022 |
| Natural Assets Code Priority vegetation areas, waterway and coastal protection areas and future coastal refugia areas. |
1,941 mapped areas | 14 September 2023 |
| Tas coastal inundation low | 1,112 mapped areas | 14 September 2022 |
| Tasmanian Planning Scheme - Zoning The zone for every parcel under this council’s Local Provisions Schedule. It is the authorised planning map under s.80M of the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993, not a derived or indicative layer. |
1,037 mapped areas | 14 September 2022 |
| Tas coastal inundation high | 418 mapped areas | 14 September 2022 |
| Tas flood prone | 362 mapped areas | 14 September 2022 |
| Tasmanian Planning Scheme - General Overlays Specific Area Plans, Local Area Objectives, Precincts and Defined Areas and Site-Specific Qualifications: the locally named controls that a zone alone does not show. |
195 mapped areas | 14 September 2022 |
| Scenic Protection Code Scenic protection areas and scenic road corridors. |
53 mapped areas | 14 September 2022 |
| Tas landslip medium active | 46 mapped areas | 14 September 2022 |
| Safeguarding of Airports Code Obstacle limitation surfaces, public safety areas and noise exposure areas around airports. |
26 mapped areas | 14 September 2022 |
| Electricity Transmission Infrastructure Protection Code Corridors either side of transmission infrastructure within which use and development is controlled. |
26 mapped areas | 14 September 2022 |
| Tas coastal erosion low | 20 mapped areas | 14 September 2022 |
| Attenuation Code Attenuation areas around activities whose emissions constrain sensitive uses nearby. |
15 mapped areas | 14 September 2022 |
| Tas coastal erosion medium | 14 mapped areas | 14 September 2022 |
| Tas coastal erosion high | 10 mapped areas | 14 September 2022 |
| Tas coastal erosion investigation | 9 mapped areas | 14 September 2022 |
| Tas bushfire prone | 6 mapped areas | 14 September 2022 |
| Potentially Contaminated Land Code Land recorded as potentially contaminated by a previous use. Land absent from it has not been recorded, which is not a finding that it is clean. |
1 mapped area | 14 September 2022 |
| Parking and Sustainable Transport Code Parking precincts and areas with their own parking provision requirements. |
1 mapped area | 14 September 2022 |
| Tas landslip high | 1 mapped area | 14 September 2022 |
| Declared landslip areas (Mineral Resources Tasmania) Land declared an A or B landslip area by order of the Minister under Part 9A of the Mineral Resources Development Act 1995. The order is recorded on the title. Mineral Resources Tasmania describes A areas as land where no more development is allowed, and B areas as land where development is allowed under strict controls; ask Mineral Resources Tasmania what approval any works need. Every current declaration in the State; the boundaries are indicative, not surveyed. |
one list for the whole State | 23 October 2026 |
| Tasmanian Heritage Register Places entered in the Register under the Historic Cultural Heritage Act 1995, kept by the Tasmanian Heritage Council. One list for the whole State, separate from each council’s local heritage listing: a place is on it or it is not. |
one list for the whole State | 25 September 2026 |
Registers that leave Launceston unresolved
We hold 2 further Tasmanian planning registers, and a search of them in Launceston settles nothing. That is not a finding about the land.
2 of them name the councils they map, and none names Launceston: this council never published that control, so there is nothing here to search.
The 2 registers that settle nothing here, as a table
| Register | In Launceston | Last updated |
|---|---|---|
| Road and Railway Assets Code Areas beside roads and railways within which access and development is controlled. |
publishes nothing for this council | — |
| Tas coastal inundation investigation | publishes nothing for this council | — |
Tasmanian council areas next to Launceston
The other Tasmanian council areas that share a stretch of land boundary with Launceston, in alphabetical order; councils across the State border or across open water are not listed. Sharing a boundary says nothing about hazards, zoning or crime on either side of it: each page has its own figures. Every council area in Tasmania is on one page.
Neighbours worked out by WattleAddr from the council boundaries (Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Edition 3, 2021, Local Government Areas. Licensed under CC BY 4.0).
Sources
Reproduced verbatim, as the licences require.
Tasmanian Planning Scheme - Code Overlays from theLIST ©State of Tasmania Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia Licence, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/.
Tasmanian Planning Scheme - Zoning from theLIST ©State of Tasmania Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia Licence, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/.
Tasmanian Planning Scheme - General Overlays from theLIST ©State of Tasmania Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia Licence, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/.
Proclaimed Landslip Areas (Mineral Resources Tasmania) © Mineral Resources Tasmania Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia Licence, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/.
Tasmanian Heritage Register: Heritage Tasmania - the LIST © State of Tasmania Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia Licence, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/.
Council names and boundaries: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Edition 3, 2021, Local Government Areas. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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