New Planning Scheme
We are preparing a new Planning Scheme (replacing the City Plan) and a Local Growth Management Strategy to help us plan and deliver for our growing city over the next 20 years.
As we move towards 2046, the new Planning Scheme and Strategy a will help us plan for:
388,300 more residents
161,700 new dwellings
173,800 more jobs
Planning Scheme
Under Queensland Government planning legislation, every local government prepares and maintains its own planning scheme as the main ‘rule-book’ for determining where and how new developments should occur in their local area.
The planning scheme is an evolving document, reviewed regularly to respond to changes in the community and planning circumstances, while meeting challenges to help protect our Gold Coast way of life.
Planning scheme considerations
- Population growth and density: the right mix of housing choice and diversity, housing supply and affordability
- Infrastructure: new and upgraded water, sewer, stormwater, roads and open space
- Employment: growth in appropriate locations, scale and mix of uses, individual and household salary profile, diverse and affordable housing
- Lifestyle and community" continue to enhance the Gold Coast way of life
- Resilience and natural environment: evolve a city built on a coastal plain and boarded by mountain ranges and plan for future flooding, bushfire, landslide and coastal hazards while continuing to protect and enhance our natural environment
Local Growth Management Strategy
We’re developing a Local Growth Management Strategy to provide an overarching strategic direction for our new planning scheme.
The Strategy is a long-term, big picture planning tool helping to tackle future planning and growth matters. Using an evidence-based approach it will identify and address growth challenges and opportunities, so we can plan for these at a neighbourhood level.
Local Growth Management Strategy considerations
- Where people and their families will live during their lifetime and types of housing needed
- What types of jobs there will be and where
- How people will commute easily to work or access services
- Response to technology, environmental protection, natural hazards and infrastructure
To learn more about the progress of the new Planning Scheme and Local Growth Management Strategy, visit Plan our City
Queensland Government's role
The Queensland Government’s Department of State Development, Infrastructure and Planning is the custodian of the overarching planning framework to ensure state and local interests are integrated into local government planning schemes to guide and shape the future of our communities.
The Queensland Government is closely involved in the process of preparing new planning schemes. The Planning Minister will provide Ministerial approval for our Planning Scheme at significant milestones during its development. The Planning Scheme contains benchmarks that align with the State Planning Policy and South East Queensland Regional Plan – Shaping SEQ 2023, for example dwelling supply targets. Development is regulated using these benchmarks.