Have you tried to get planning approval for works to protect or rehabilitate your riverbank from flooding?

As part of the Riverbank Rehabilitation Project, Local Land Services is undertaking work to better understand the challenges landholders experience when seeking approvals for waterways and riverbank works across NSW.

This project includes an anonymous survey to capture insights on the time, cost, effort and approval processes landholders navigate when undertaking riverbank rehabilitation works, and to identify where improvements could be made to better support landholders in the future.

The survey is open to people in NSW who have:

• applied for waterways approvals
• started but not completed an approval process
• undertaken works without approval
• considered works but decided not to proceed.

If this applies to you, we encourage you to complete the survey here.

The survey will close 17 May, 2026.

The Riverbank Rehabilitation Project is jointly funded by the Australian Government and NSW under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements.