Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) Each of the following are core matters for the preparation of a planning scheme--
(a) land use and development;
(b) infrastructure;
(c) valuable features.
(2) In subsection (1)(a)--
land use and development includes each of the following--
(a) the location of, and the relationships between, various land uses;
(b) the effects of land use and development;
(c) how mobility between places is facilitated;
(d) accessibility to areas;
(e) development constraints (including, but not limited to, population and demographic impacts).
(3) In subsection (1)(b)--
infrastructure includes the extent and location of proposed infrastructure, having regard to existing infrastructure networks, their capacities and thresholds for augmentation.
(4) In subsection (1)(c)--
valuable features includes each of the following, whether terrestrial or aquatic--
(a) resources or areas that are of ecological significance (such as habitats, wildlife corridors, buffer zones, places supporting biological diversity or resilience, and features contributing to the quality of air, water (including catchments or recharge areas) and soil);
(b) areas contributing significantly to amenity (such as areas of high scenic value, physical features that form significant visual backdrops or that frame or define places or localities, and attractive built environments);
(c) areas or places of cultural heritage significance (such as areas or places of indigenous cultural significance, or aesthetic, architectural, historical, scientific, social or technological significance, to the present generation or past or future generations);
(d) resources or areas of economic value (such as extractive deposits, fishery resources, forestry resources, water resources, sources of renewable and non-renewable energy and good quality agricultural land).