Northern Midlands: planning zones, bushfire and flood codes
The 22 planning zones mapped in Northern Midlands, Tasmania, the hazard codes counted address by address, and which registers cover the council.
A report can be bought for most addresses in Northern Midlands 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 Northern Midlands first: the check is free and states the total before you pay.
What this page covers
This page covers Northern Midlands’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 Northern Midlands Local Provisions Schedule.
Bushfire, flood and other hazard codes in Northern Midlands
What the government maps show. Not a risk rating.
The Northern Midlands Local Provisions Schedule maps none of these codes; the few addresses counted are on lots that a neighbouring council’s mapped area reaches. That is not a finding that the land is clear.
- Coastal erosion Every band counts, and so does an investigation area: land where the band has not yet been set, not a band lower than Low. Coastal erosion by council, on our map.
- Coastal inundation 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 inundation by council, on our map.
Bushfire-prone areas
- 3,161 on the map at the address point
- 74 on part of the lot only
- 281 at the edge only
- 3,938 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
3,235 of 7,454 addresses (43.4%) 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 3,215 of 7,424 lots · 74 on part of the lot only · 281 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
- 81 on the map at the address point
- 259 on part of the lot only
- 50 at the edge only
- 7,063 not on the map
- 1 with no map for this land: not known
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
340 of 7,453 addresses (4.6%) 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 328 of 7,423 lots · 259 on part of the lot only · 50 touch only the edge. 1 address has no Tasmanian Planning Scheme zone in the layers we read, so the code could not be tested, and is left out. 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
- 64 on the map at the address point
- 356 on part of the lot only
- 99 at the edge only
- 6,934 not on the map
- 1 with no map for this land: not known
By the most severe band on the lot: Medium 138; Low 282. 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
420 of 7,453 addresses (5.6%) 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: Medium 138; Low 282. On 412 of 7,423 lots · 356 on part of the lot only · 99 touch only the edge. 1 address has no Tasmanian Planning Scheme zone in the layers we read, so the code could not be tested, and is left out. 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.
Check an address in Northern Midlands, 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 Northern Midlands
- Attenuation CodeCovers Northern Midlands · updated 9 November 2022
- Declared landslip areas (Mineral Resources Tasmania)One list for the whole State · updated 23 October 2026
- Electricity Transmission Infrastructure Protection CodeCovers Northern Midlands · updated 9 November 2022
- Local Historical Heritage CodeCovers Northern Midlands · updated 9 November 2022
- Natural Assets CodeCovers Northern Midlands · updated 9 November 2022
- Parking and Sustainable Transport CodePublishes nothing for this council
- Potentially Contaminated Land CodePublishes nothing for this council
- Road and Railway Assets CodePublishes nothing for this council
- Safeguarding of Airports CodeCovers Northern Midlands · updated 9 November 2022
- Scenic Protection CodeCovers Northern Midlands · updated 9 November 2022
- Tas bushfire proneCovers Northern Midlands · updated 9 November 2022
- Tas coastal erosion highPublishes nothing for this council
- Tas coastal erosion investigationPublishes nothing for this council
- Tas coastal erosion lowPublishes nothing for this council
- Tas coastal erosion mediumPublishes nothing for this council
- Tas coastal inundation highPublishes nothing for this council
- Tas coastal inundation investigationPublishes nothing for this council
- Tas coastal inundation lowPublishes nothing for this council
- Tas coastal inundation mediumPublishes nothing for this council
- Tas flood proneCovers Northern Midlands · updated 9 November 2022
- Tas landslip highPublishes nothing for this council
- Tas landslip lowCovers Northern Midlands · updated 9 November 2022
- Tas landslip mediumCovers Northern Midlands · updated 9 November 2022
- Tas landslip medium activeCovers Northern Midlands · updated 9 November 2022
- Tasmanian Heritage RegisterOne list for the whole State · updated 25 September 2026
- Tasmanian Planning Scheme - General OverlaysCovers Northern Midlands · updated 9 November 2022
- Tasmanian Planning Scheme - ZoningCovers Northern Midlands · updated 9 November 2022
Planning zones mapped in Northern Midlands
22 zones in use
- Agriculture
- Community Purpose
- Environmental Management
- Future Urban
- General Business
- General Industrial
- General Residential
- Landscape Conservation
- Light Industrial
- Local Business
- Low Density Residential
- Open Space
- Particular Purpose
- Recreation
- Rural
- Rural Living
- Rural Living — Rural Living Zone A
- Rural Living — Rural Living Zone B
- Rural Living — Rural Living Zone C
- Rural Living — Rural Living Zone D
- Utilities
- Village
The 22 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 123.21 | Agriculture | 65 |
| 123.27 | Community Purpose | 46 |
| 123.23 | Environmental Management | 56 |
| 123.30 | Future Urban | 4 |
| 123.15 | General Business | 22 |
| 123.19 | General Industrial | 7 |
| 123.8 | General Residential | 47 |
| 123.22 | Landscape Conservation | 18 |
| 123.18 | Light Industrial | 5 |
| 123.14 | Local Business | 9 |
| 123.10 | Low Density Residential | 14 |
| 123.29 | Open Space | 71 |
| 123.31 | Particular Purpose | 3 |
| 123.28 | Recreation | 23 |
| 123.20 | Rural | 58 |
| 123.11 | Rural Living | 1 |
| 123.11.1 | Rural Living — Rural Living Zone A | 1 |
| 123.11.2 | Rural Living — Rural Living Zone B | 6 |
| 123.11.3 | Rural Living — Rural Living Zone C | 7 |
| 123.11.4 | Rural Living — Rural Living Zone D | 6 |
| 123.26 | Utilities | 34 |
| 123.12 | Village | 9 |
Local controls named in the Northern Midlands 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 Northern Midlands and generally nowhere else, and a zone lookup alone does not show them.
Site Specific Qualifications
- 4 Nile Road, Evandale 1
- 5 Eskleigh Rd Perth 2
- 6-8 Bridge Street, Ross 1
- 10 Union Street, Longford 1
- 16A Logan Rd, Evandale 1
- 18 Logan Road, Evandale 2
- 201 Pateena Road, Longford 3
- Devon Hills 1
Specific Area Plan
- Campbelltown Specific Area Plan 1
- Cressy Specific Area Plan 1
- Devon Hills Specific Area Plan 1
- Evandale Specific Area Plan 1
- Longford Specific Area Plan 1
- Perth Specific Area Plan 1
- Ross Specific Area Plan 1
- Translink Specific Area Plan 1
The local controls as a table
| Control | Kind | Mapped areas |
|---|---|---|
| 201 Pateena Road, Longford | Site Specific Qualifications | 3 |
| 18 Logan Road, Evandale | Site Specific Qualifications | 2 |
| 5 Eskleigh Rd Perth | Site Specific Qualifications | 2 |
| 10 Union Street, Longford | Site Specific Qualifications | 1 |
| 16A Logan Rd, Evandale | Site Specific Qualifications | 1 |
| 4 Nile Road, Evandale | Site Specific Qualifications | 1 |
| 6-8 Bridge Street, Ross | Site Specific Qualifications | 1 |
| Campbelltown Specific Area Plan | Specific Area Plan | 1 |
| Cressy Specific Area Plan | Specific Area Plan | 1 |
| Devon Hills | Site Specific Qualifications | 1 |
| Devon Hills Specific Area Plan | Specific Area Plan | 1 |
| Evandale Specific Area Plan | Specific Area Plan | 1 |
| Longford Specific Area Plan | Specific Area Plan | 1 |
| Perth Specific Area Plan | Specific Area Plan | 1 |
| Ross Specific Area Plan | Specific Area Plan | 1 |
| Translink Specific Area Plan | Specific Area Plan | 1 |
Registers that cover Northern Midlands
15 of the 27 Tasmanian planning registers we hold map Northern Midlands. Land in this council that is not in one of them is outside its mapped area, and that is a finding.
The 15 covering registers as a table, with what each maps
| Register | In Northern Midlands | Last updated |
|---|---|---|
| Tas landslip low | 30,982 mapped areas | 9 November 2022 |
| Tas landslip medium | 11,980 mapped areas | 9 November 2022 |
| Natural Assets Code Priority vegetation areas, waterway and coastal protection areas and future coastal refugia areas. |
3,831 mapped areas | 9 November 2022 |
| Local Historical Heritage Code Local heritage places and precincts, and places of archaeological potential. |
636 mapped areas | 9 November 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. |
512 mapped areas | 9 November 2022 |
| Tas flood prone | 375 mapped areas | 9 November 2022 |
| Safeguarding of Airports Code Obstacle limitation surfaces, public safety areas and noise exposure areas around airports. |
358 mapped areas | 9 November 2022 |
| Scenic Protection Code Scenic protection areas and scenic road corridors. |
90 mapped areas | 9 November 2022 |
| Attenuation Code Attenuation areas around activities whose emissions constrain sensitive uses nearby. |
43 mapped areas | 9 November 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. |
20 mapped areas | 9 November 2022 |
| Electricity Transmission Infrastructure Protection Code Corridors either side of transmission infrastructure within which use and development is controlled. |
17 mapped areas | 9 November 2022 |
| Tas bushfire prone | 1 mapped area | 9 November 2022 |
| Tas landslip medium active | 1 mapped area | 9 November 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 Northern Midlands unresolved
We hold 12 further Tasmanian planning registers, and a search of them in Northern Midlands settles nothing. That is not a finding about the land.
12 of them name the councils they map, and none names Northern Midlands: this council never published that control, so there is nothing here to search.
The 12 registers that settle nothing here, as a table
| Register | In Northern Midlands | Last updated |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
publishes nothing for this council | — |
| Parking and Sustainable Transport Code Parking precincts and areas with their own parking provision requirements. |
publishes nothing for this council | — |
| Road and Railway Assets Code Areas beside roads and railways within which access and development is controlled. |
publishes nothing for this council | — |
| Tas coastal erosion high | publishes nothing for this council | — |
| Tas coastal erosion investigation | publishes nothing for this council | — |
| Tas coastal erosion low | publishes nothing for this council | — |
| Tas coastal erosion medium | publishes nothing for this council | — |
| Tas coastal inundation high | publishes nothing for this council | — |
| Tas coastal inundation investigation | publishes nothing for this council | — |
| Tas coastal inundation low | publishes nothing for this council | — |
| Tas coastal inundation medium | publishes nothing for this council | — |
| Tas landslip high | publishes nothing for this council | — |
Tasmanian council areas next to Northern Midlands
The other Tasmanian council areas that share a stretch of land boundary with Northern Midlands, 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.
Where a report can be bought
A report is on sale for most addresses in the Australian Capital Territory, every address in New South Wales, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Moreton Bay, Noosa and Toowoomba in Queensland, most addresses in Tasmania and almost every address in Victoria. In Western Australia a shorter report is free, read at the address point only (addresses whose location is on the property). The check is free: it tells you which registers cover an address and what the report costs for it, before you pay anything. Reports from $9.90 including GST, paid once, and the price belongs to the jurisdiction the address is in.
Check an address in Northern MidlandsAll council areas · Every council area in Tasmania · What “unmapped” means