We've updated our web pages to make information clearer and easier to find. You can find information on floodplain management grants on a separate page.
Current funding round
The 2022–23 funding round for the planning stream is open.
Funding for the implementation stream is closed.
Councils may apply for funding throughout the year for works related to sites of significant open coast hazards that cannot wait until the next funding round.
The program aims to help:
- manage risks from coastal hazards, such as coastal erosion
- restore degraded coastal habitats
- improve the health of estuaries, wetlands and littoral rainforests across New South Wales.
The program supports coastal and estuary planning projects and the implementation of works identified in certified coastal zone management plans or coastal management programs. Grant offers are subject to statewide priorities and availability of funds each financial year.
Who can apply
- Local councils
- Joint organisations (established under an Act of Parliament)
- Incorporated Regional Organisations of Councils (ROC)
- Where multiple councils are working together within the same coastal sediment compartment or estuary to prepare and implement a Coastal Management Program, one council (county council, joint organisation or incorporated ROC) is required to be the lead agency in terms of signing the funding agreement, managing monies and reporting on the project
- Local Land Services, county councils and public land managers (such as a Crown reserve trust or a location-specific NSW Government authority) in partnership with a lead council, providing the council or other eligible organisation is the principal applicant and assumes overall responsibility for administrating the grant
What will be funded
Funding is available under 6 funding streams: a planning stream, 4 implementation streams and one for identified significant open coast hazards locations.