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The Planning Act defines what development is, the types of development, and the various application options.

Many people are not sure when, or even if, they require development approval for a project they are considering.

How BCC manages car parking requirements and ratios for development.

The property development game is one of calculated risk. So it pays to know what those risks might be, and if you can manage them.

Flooding is a major constraint and has implications for any type of development therefore it needs to be appropriately managed.

Surprisingly, you cannot actually rezone land in Queensland any more and in fact haven’t been able to since 1998.

Queensland’s new Planning Act 2016 does not dramatically change the process for changes to development applications and approvals but it has an interesting new addition.

If you are involved in the industrial, food production, manufacturing or intensive animal industries your town planning process will likely include ERAs.

Development Application (DA) assessment fees are charged by Councils for the time and effort they put into assessing your DA.

There’s changes afoot for Queensland’s planning industry that will impact communities and developers. From 3 July, a new Planning Act will commence.