SWMPs
Stormwater Management Plans
Start here when council has asked for a SWMP, drainage response, stormwater strategy, or RFI response for a planning permit.
Open path → Blog · Notes from the practice
Plain-English explainers on stormwater in Melbourne and regional Victoria.
Notes on Melbourne Water referrals, council requirements, WSUD design, and the parts of the Victorian Planning Provisions that catch developers out. Written for council planners, developers, and the project managers who have to deal with all of it.
Topic paths
Find the stormwater question behind the council request.
Most searches start with a phrase from a permit condition or planner email. Use these paths to move from the wording in the request to the service page, council page, or guide that explains the likely stormwater deliverable.
Melbourne Water
Referral triggers
Clause 66.04, drainage schemes, flood overlays, assets, waterways, and the practical timing of Melbourne Water referral.
Open path → Subdivisions
Clause 56 stormwater
Residential subdivision stormwater, BPEM treatment objectives, Legal Point of Discharge, WSUD, and detention questions.
Open path → WSUD
Water quality strategy
Rainwater tanks, raingardens, bioretention, permeable paving, STORM scoring, MUSIC modelling, and council treatment expectations.
Open path → Local councils
Council areas served
Local stormwater pages for active Melbourne and Victorian councils, including growth-corridor and infill development contexts.
Open path → Project proof
Anonymised examples
Past project examples showing the kind of SWMP, WSUD, OSD and concept drainage issues that come up in real applications.
Open path → Have a project?