The Waterway and Coastal Protection Area Guidance Map has been prepared to provide guidance for local government in preparing the waterway and coastal protection area overlay for the application of the Natural Assets Code as part of the Local Provisions Schedules in the Tasmanian Planning Scheme. The Guidance Map identifies the relevant buffer distances for the waterway and coastal protection area overlay based on the class of watercourse and the type of wetland. The waterway and coastal protection area overlay in Local Provisions Schedules should be derived from the Guidance Map in accordance with Guideline No. 1 – Local Provisions Schedule (LPS): zone and code application: http://www.planning.tas.gov.au/news/news_items/guidance_for_drafting_lps

This is a map service of the 1972 Wetland Maps. These are guidance maps for regulatory purposes and not (and never were) a wetland delineation. Service Link: https://mdgeodata.md.gov/imap/rest/services/Hydrology/MD_WetlandMaps1972/MapServer/1

This dataset identifies the Management Areas declared under the Waterways Conservation Act 1976. Under the Waterways Conservation Act 1976, the Minister for Water and the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation have responsibility for the conservation of the waters and associated land in five declared Management Areas. The declared Management Areas are Albany waterways, Avon River, Wilson Inlet, Peel Inlet and Leschenault Inlet. The Department of Water and Environmental Regulation has an approval process for certain works affecting waterways and foreshore areas and can provide advice on other developments affecting, or likely to affect, the condition and public amenity of these waterways. Key aspects of the Act relate to protecting and managing the condition and amenity of waterways when there are disturbance activities within or adjacent to the Management Areas. Activities within or adjacent to the Management Area that should be referred to the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation for discussion or licensing include: changes or intensification of land use adjacent to or impacting on waterways or their foreshore areas (e.g. land planning, development, mining, mineral exploration, drainage or flood risk management proposals) dredging, reclamation, dewatering, drainage and construction activities including retaining walls, jetties, private boat ramps or public facilities other activities that may affect declared management areas, for example, those that may increase nutrients. Further information and advice can be sought from Department of Water and Environmental Regulation's regional offices. Contact information for regional offices is available at the Department of Water website.

This layer is used in association with the GMA layer and represents the internal zone boundaries within each GMA (if applicable).