Information for coastal managers

Use, development and works on marine and coastal Crown land (DOCX, 116.1 KB)

Use, development and works on marine and coastal Crown land (PDF, 850.4 KB)

General consent (DOCX, 108.5 KB)

General consent (PDF, 732.9 KB)

Coastal Management Plans (PDF, 247.5 KB)

Flexible coastal tenure arrangements (DOC, 1.3 MB)

Across Victoria approximately 1,200 voluntary Committees of Management (CoMs) manage 1,500 Crown land reserves.

A further 2,800 reserves are managed by municipal councils as CoMs. Many of these reserves are on the coast.

More information about Committees of Management.

Regional Coastal Plans implement the Victorian Coastal Strategy 2014 at the regional scale. They provide guidance to local coastal managers in preparing their own local coastal management plans.

Information on coastal cliff hazards and how to manage them

Living with cliffs (DOC, 1.3 MB)

Living with cliffs - Anglesea (DOC, 4.1 MB)

Living with cliffs - Port Campbell (DOC, 1.0 MB)

Living with cliffs - St Leonards (DOC, 2.3 MB)

Victorian Coastal Acid Sulphate Soils Strategy and guidelines

Coastal Acid Sulphate Soils Strategy (PDF, 3.0 MB)
Coastal Acid Sulphate Soils Strategy (DOC, 560.5 KB)

Victorian Best Practice Guidelines for Coastal Acid Sulphate Soils (PDF, 1.3 MB)
Victorian Best Practice Guidelines for Coastal Acid Sulphate Soils (DOC, 529.5 KB)

The benefits of open space

Open space on the coast (DOC, 3.0 MB)

Managing coastal stormwater outfalls

Managing the end of the pipe: Coastal stormwater outfalls (DOC, 1.3 MB)

Monitoring sandy coasts in south west Victoria: Coastal management guidelines (PDF, 6.3 MB)

Information on dredging is available here.

Across Victoria approximately 1,200 voluntary Committees of Management (CoMs) manage 1,500 Crown land reserves.

A further 2,800 reserves are managed by municipal councils as CoMs. Many of these reserves are on the coast.

More information about Committees of Management.

Recommendations from the RSM Factual Findings Report 2017 and responses are highlighted. Please click here to see more.

Boating Coastal Action Plans (BCAPs) provide guidance for the planning, management and funding of recreational boating facilities. They provide a framework in which to consider the water quality, environmental, safety and shared-access issues associated with boating.

There are three BCAPs currently in place (the BCAP for the central coastal region is now a Recreational Boating Facilities Framework), and together they provide a 'whole of coast picture' for the management and improvement of boating facilities. 

Recreational Boating Facilities Framework Part 1
(PDF, 656.1 KB)

Recreational Boating Facilities Framework Part 2 (PDF, 1.8 MB)

Recreational Boating Facilities Framework Part 3 (PDF, 1.9 MB)

Recreational Boating Facilities Framework Appendices
(PDF, 509.2 KB)

Gippsland Boating Coastal Action Plan 2013  (PDF, 10.1 MB)

Western Boating Coastal Action Plan 2010  (PDF, 7.7 MB)

Regional Boating Coastal Action Plans and Recreational Boating Facilities Framework Review 2019 (PDF, 850.6 KB)

The following external websites may provide information that is useful:

Former regional coastal board websites - search https://trove.nla.gov.au/website (ensure you select the 2018 'snapshot').

OzCoasts - Australian Online Coastal Information from Geoscience Australia

Please email marine.coasts@delwp.vic.gov.au for further information.