Queensland Consolidated Acts

PLANNING ACT 2016 - SECT 4

4 System for achieving ecological sustainability

The system to facilitate the achievement of ecological sustainability includes—

(a) State planning policies (including temporary ones) setting out planning and development assessment policies about matters of State interest; and

(b) regional plans setting out integrated planning and development assessment policies about matters of State interest for particular regions of the State; and

(c) planning schemes setting out integrated State, regional and local planning and development assessment policies for all of a local government area; and

(d) temporary local planning instruments (TLPIs) setting out planning and development assessment policies to protect all or part of a local government area from adverse impacts in urgent or emergent circumstances; and

(e) planning scheme policies setting out policies, for all or part of a local government area, that support—

(i) planning and development assessment policies under planning schemes; and

(ii) action by a local government in making or amending local planning instruments; and

(iii) action by a local government under the development assessment system; and

(f) a development assessment system, including SARA, for implementing planning instruments and other policies and requirements about development by—

(i) categorising development; and

(ii) categorising types of assessment for particular development; and

(iii) stating the processes for making, receiving, assessing and deciding development applications; and

(iv) establishing rights and responsibilities in relation to development approvals; and

(g) arrangements to expeditiously identify and authorise development of key infrastructure; and

(h) planning, development assessment, charging and other arrangements for infrastructure, to promote—

(i) integrated land use and infrastructure planning; and

(ii) the cost-effective provision of infrastructure to service development; and

(i) a variety of offences and enforcement arrangements; and

(j) Ministerial powers to protect, or give effect to, the State’s interests relating to planning and development assessment; and

(k) dispute resolution (including appeals and declarations) for administrative decisions.