1. Pumicestone Electorate Office
1/43 Benabrow Street
BELLARA QLD 4507
Telephone: 34086436
Email: pumicestone@parliament.qld.gov.au
STATE PLANNING POLICY
Have your say on draft State Planning Policy
Local governments, industry and the community are invited to have their say on the draft
State Planning Policy (SPP), the latest initiative in the Newman Government’s planning
and development reform agenda. The document can be viewed at www.dsdip.qld.gov.au.
Feedback will be undertaken from 15th
April to the 12th
June and will be used to finalise
the SPP before its release later this year.
The new SPP will provide greater clarity for local government, as it will set out in one
document the state interests and policies that councils must take into account when
preparing or amending local planning schemes or, in some cases, assessing development
applications.
The SPP would encourage new flexible and locally appropriate approaches to planning
and empower and support councils to make the best planning decisions for their
communities.
The draft policy also set out the matters that must be considered by a Minister before
designating land for community infrastructure and in preparing and amending regional
plans.
State interests are matters the Queensland Government has an involvement in to meet
economic or environmental objectives, or to ensure Queensland’s planning system
operates efficiently and effectively.
The draft SPP groups 18 state interests under five categories:
• Housing and liveable communities
• Economic growth
• Environment and heritage
• Hazards and safety
• Transport and infrastructure.
An Interactive Mapping System is being developed, which will be available with the final
SPP, and tools and guidance material will assist implementation.
Submissions on the draft State Planning Policy can be made from Monday 15 April until
Wednesday 12 June.