Infrastructure charges resolution
The Council of the City of Gold Coast Charges Resolution (Charges Resolution) is our current infrastructure charging regime and applies to developments approved from 1 July 2015. Although the Charges Resolution is not part of the City Plan, it is attached to it. Its purpose is to set out how and when infrastructure charges will be applied to City development. It also provides required sections dealing with:
- criteria for deciding conversion applications
- methodology for valuing trunk infrastructure for offsets and refunds
- details of applicable credits.
On 6 June 2025, the Council of the City of Gold Coast resolved to adopt the Council of the City of Gold Coast Charges Resolution (No. 1) of 2025 ("2025 Charges Resolution").
The 2025 Charges Resolution will take effect on 1 July 2025 and will replace the existing Council of the City of Gold Coast Charges Resolution (No.1) of 2023 ("2023 Charges Resolution").
The 2025 Charges Resolution adopts charges for providing trunk infrastructure for development within the City of Gold Coast local government area in accordance with the Planning Act 2016.
Changes to the resolution include the following:
- Replacement of exemptions for Family Accommodation with exemptions for Secondary Dwelling.
- Retirement of exemptions for developments currently listed under sections 5.1 and 5.2 of the 2023 Charges Resolution. The exemptions are to be phased out with a reduction to 50% from 1 January 2026 and to 0% from 1 January 2027.
- Adoption of the 'prescribed amount' prescribed under Schedule 16 of the Planning Regulation 2017 as the adopted charge for each type of development.
Full details are contained in the 2025 Charges Resolution below.
For further clarification on changes to the resolution, please refer to the Frequently Asked Questions in the Related information section of this page.
History
The creation of the Charges Resolution was a requirement of legislative changes arising from the Sustainable Planning (Infrastructure Charges) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2014 (SPICOLA). The Charges Resolution supersedes the Adopted Infrastructure Charges Resolution v1.4 as the framework for infrastructure charging within the City of Gold Coast.
Amendments to the Charges Resolution are listed below.