Mid Richmond Place Plans
The Mid Richmond place plans were adopted by Council on 16 July 2024 and cover the towns and villages of Coraki, Evans Head, Woodburn, Broadwater and Rileys Hill.
Planning for the Mid Richmond’s future requires consideration of economic, social and environmental influences across local, regional and national scales. These include population growth and housing demand, wider economic conditions and employment trends, regional infrastructure investment, natural disaster events and climate change.
The Mid Richmond’s celebrated coastal and riverine landscapes are particularly susceptible to the impacts of climate change and the increasing risk presented by more frequent and severe natural hazard events. Recent events experienced across the region, like the 2019 and 2020 black summer bush fires and the 2022 floods, have combined with other stresses like COVID-19 and a regional housing crisis to test the resilience of our region’s people and its places.
In this context, a broad reaching and forward-thinking approach to planning for our towns, villages and communities is vital. This is achieved through a range of State and Council strategic plans and policies which inform Richmond Valley’s land use and development, environmental sustainability and infrastructure including the North Coast Regional Plan 2041, Community Strategic Plan 2040, Local Strategic Planning Statement 2020 and the Growth Management Strategy 2023 .
The Coraki Place Plan can be found by clicking this link
The Mid Richmond Place Plans (Evans Head, Woodburn, Broadwater and Rileys Hill) can be found here:
- Part A – Introduction
- Part B –