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Queensland Planning Provisions

Closing date for feedback: 23 November 2009

The Department of Infrastructure and Planning welcomes your feedback on the Queensland Planning Provisions (QPP). The Queensland Planning Provisions is a result of new legislation due to commence late in 2009.
The Queensland Planning Provisions mandates a consistent form of planning schemes across Queensland through:

• standardised structure/format
• land use and administrative definitions
• zones
• levels of assessment
• overlays

• infrastructure planning provisions
• development assessment codes
• state interests or assessment codes
• other administrative matters.

Planning schemes are prepared by local governments to manage growth and change in their local government area. They are the primary instruments for integrating state, regional and local planning and development assessment and must coordinate and integrate planning matters within the local government area.

Local governments are responsible for making planning schemes. This includes setting out their scheme formats and defining terms (i.e. what is the definition of a garage, building works, zones, etc). There has been no requirement to use common terminology or formatting and many planning schemes across Queensland are now lengthy, complex and inconsistent documents. This has complicated the plan making process with substantial resources expended on basic decisions such as the format and structure of a scheme as opposed to concentrating on strategic analysis and drafting outcomes which respond to local issues.

New laws have been introduced to minimise this confusion and streamline the process. The Queensland Planning Provisions are a part of this process. They form a core component of Queensland’s planning and development system (Qplan) and help streamline the planning and development process.

There has been extensive consultation in drafting these provisions. We need your help to ensure it is easy to understand and cover all of the key elements.

How to have your say

You can respond in one of two ways:

• Complete and submit your response online
• Download, print and complete response form

Send your completed response form to the address below.

Responses must be made on or before 5pm on Friday 23 November 2009.

For more information about this consultation

Web site:	http://www.dip.qld.gov.au/planningprovisions
Email address:	planning@dip.qld.gov.au
Postal address:	Draft Queensland Planning Provisions feedback Department of Infrastructure and Planning Planning Reform Implementation PO Box 15009 CITY EAST QLD 4002 Australia
Telephone:	1800 070 609
Fax:	07 3235 4563

 

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