Other Useful Town Planning Information

  • ​The Central Queensland Regional Plan (October 2013) is one of the Queensland Government's statutory regional plans providing strategic direction and policies to deliver regional outcomes which align with the State's interests in planning and development.

    ​The Livingstone Planning Scheme 2018, specifically the strategic framework, appropriately advances the Central Queensland Regional Plan, as it applies in the planning scheme area.

  • ​The SPP outlines State Government interests that must be considered in every planning scheme across Queensland. These state interests are arranged under five broad themes:

    • ​liveable communities and housing
    • economic growth
    • environment and heritage
    • safety and resilience to hazards
    • infrastructure

    ​The integration of the SPP into local planning schemes ensures that the most important state planning interests are protected and managed in a way that is relevant to every area across Queensland. The State Government works with Councils to ensure that state interests are adequately reflected in their schemes, and the Planning Minister provides the final approval of these schemes.

    The State Government does not mandate how state interests should be applied because Queensland Councils are too diverse. A Council in a remote part of the state, for example, will have different needs, priorities and policies than will an urban council. 

    As Councils prepare their local planning schemes, they need to show how the state interests will be reflected locally. Each of the 17 state interests in the SPP is supported by a guideline. These guidelines help Councils put the policy into action. Development applications may also have to address the SPP where relevant mapping and triggers apply. 

    Access the State Planning Policy and Mapping here.

  • The Capricorn Municipal Development Guidelines provides guidance on procedures and outlines the engineering drawings and specifications which are adopted by Council for use in development. Council's development conditions, which form part of a Decision Notice Approval, may specify compliance with different sections of the Capricorn Municipal Design Guidelines. 

  • The QLD State Government has a publicly free to use GIS mapping tool, which has a vast array of useful information on various topics. The tool is called Queensland Globe. The Queensland Globe can be used to access hundreds of spatial data layers on Queensland roads, property and land parcels, topography, mining and exploration, land valuations, natural resources (vegetation, water, soil etc.) and more. More information can be found here: Business Queensland - Using the Queensland Globe or Queensland Globe

Local Planning Studies

Local planning studies contain information that assisted with the preparation of the Livingstone Planning Scheme 2018.

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