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Cobbannah zoning & planning overlays

Cobbannah spreads over 26 ha conservation lots, 100% bushfire.

A planning-constraint profile of Cobbannah (East Gippsland, VIC) - 214.72 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained on the overlays we could measure - no flood mapping covers this suburb, so this is not a suburb-wide verdict.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Cobbannah's boundary, with the bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Magenta is where aircraft were observed in the sampled period, brightest below 3,000 ft. No flood layer is drawn because we hold no flood mapping for this area.

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Aircraft noise and flight paths over Cobbannah

The ANEF contour is a published planning forecast and observed overflight is what a sampled tracking feed recorded - neither describes any individual property.

Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 24 Oct 2026

Under observed aircraft
6%
of the suburb, at or below 10,000 ft
Below 3,000 ft
0%
of the suburb's area
Lowest measured
3,500 ft
averaging 8,000 ft
How often
not established
aircraft were seen, but not often enough to put a rate on

Night movements: not established - night is sampled as often as day, but too few night flights have been seen here to conclude either way.

How this is measured

Traffic is sampled rather than watched continuously, so every figure is a floor: aircraft not captured between samples are not represented. Rates are per 500 m square - the busiest square in the suburb, not a count of flights over the suburb - and a square is only rated where enough traffic was seen to measure it. Altitudes are above mean sea level. Flight paths change with runway use, weather, season and airspace design. This is a record of observed traffic; it is not a noise contour and not a planning control.

Cobbannah at a glance

Parcels 95 Median lot 261,408 m² Mapped easements 15

How Cobbannah is zoned

Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) 83%
Farming Zone (FZ1) 16%
Transport Zone (TRZ2) 0%
Farming Zone (FZ) 0%
Transport Zone (TRZ3) 0%

Selling in Cobbannah? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.

Across its 214.72 km², Cobbannah is highly constrained by the planning overlays we hold. We hold no flood mapping covering this suburb, so no flood figure is shown - that is a gap in our data, not an all-clear. Of what is mapped, 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 3 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ). The median lot measures about 261,408 m² across 95 parcels.

Cobbannah data sources and coverage

“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.

DatasetCoveragePublisher
Flood mappingNot mappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Bushfire-prone mappingMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
ZoningMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Heritage and environmentMapped where publishedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Aircraft noise contours (ANEF)Not heldVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services, Defence
Observed flight pathsObservedadsb.lol, under the Open Database License
DemographicsNot availableAustralian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA)

Profile last materially updated 24 October 2026. See the methodology and full source list. Source data changes over time and critical decisions should be checked with the responsible authority.

Check a specific Cobbannah address

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The report's Aircraft Overflight page narrows that to the address itself: how many aircraft a day, how low, and at what heights.

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Cobbannah planning - frequently asked

Is Cobbannah flood-prone?

We don't yet hold flood mapping covering Cobbannah, so this page can't say how much of the suburb is flood-affected - that is a gap in our data, not an indication that the suburb is free of flood risk. East Gippsland is the authority to check for flood mapping in this area.

Is Cobbannah bushfire-prone?

Around 100% of Cobbannah is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a East Gippsland average of 94%.

Is Cobbannah under a flight path?

Aircraft were observed over about 6% of Cobbannah in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 3,500 ft. Traffic is sampled rather than watched continuously and flight paths change with runway use, weather and season; the ANEF contour is the planning instrument.

What is the zoning in Cobbannah?

The dominant planning zone in Cobbannah is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ), though the suburb also includes Farming Zone (FZ1) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).

Does Cobbannah have heritage-listed places?

Cobbannah has 3 heritage-listed places on record.

What is the typical lot size in Cobbannah?

Across 95 surveyed parcels in Cobbannah, the median lot size is about 261,408 m². There are also 15 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Iguana Creek 9.0 km 4% 100%
Moornapa
Wellington
10.3 km Not mapped 100%
Glenaladale 10.9 km <1% 100%
Merrijig (Bairnsdale) 15.0 km Not mapped 100%
Tabberabbera 15.4 km Not mapped 100%
Woodglen 16.5 km 82% 100%
Wuk Wuk 16.9 km 7% 100%
Walpa 18.1 km 34% 100%
Toolome
Wellington
18.8 km Not mapped 100%
Stockdale
Wellington
18.9 km Not mapped 100%

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