Search

Queensland Consolidated Acts

Search AustLII

▼
Search Options
  • Advanced Search…
×
Close
  • Specific Year
    Any

PLANNING ACT 2016 - As at 10 June 2022 - Act 25 of 2016

- As at 10 June 2022 - Act 25 of 2016

Table of Provisions

CHAPTER 1 - PRELIMINARY

  • 1 Short title
  • 2 Commencement
  • 3 Purpose of Act
  • 4 System for achieving ecological sustainability
  • 5 Advancing purpose of Act
  • 6 Definitions
  • 7 Act binds all persons

CHAPTER 2 - PLANNING

PART 1 - INTRODUCTION

PART 2 - STATE PLANNING INSTRUMENTS

PART 3 - LOCAL PLANNING INSTRUMENTS

Division 1 - Introduction

Division 2 - Making, amending or repealing local planning instruments

  • 18 Making or amending planning schemes
  • 19 Applying planning scheme in tidal areas
  • 20 Amending planning schemes under Minister’s rules
  • 21 Making or amending LGIPs
  • 22 Making or amending planning scheme policies
  • 23 Making or amending TLPIs
  • 24 Repealing TLPIs or planning scheme policies
  • 25 Reviewing planning schemes

Division 3 - State powers for local planning instruments

  • 26 Power of Minister to direct action be taken
  • 27 Power of Minister to take urgent action
  • 28 Limitation of liability

PART 4 - SUPERSEDED PLANNING SCHEMES

Division 1 - Applying superseded planning scheme

  • 29 Request to apply superseded planning scheme
  • 29A When superseded planning scheme application for prohibited development may be made

Division 2 - Compensation

  • 30 When this division applies
  • 31 Claiming compensation
  • 32 Deciding compensation claim
  • 33 Amount of compensation payable
  • 34 Recording payment of compensation on title

PART 5 - DESIGNATION OF PREMISES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE

  • 35 What is a designation
  • 36 Criteria for making or amending designations
  • 37 Process for making or amending designation
  • 38 Process after making or amending designation
  • 39 Duration of designation
  • 40 Repealing designation—designator
  • 41 Repealing designation—owner’s request
  • 42 Noting designation in planning scheme
  • 42A Amending and repealing designations under old Act

CHAPTER 3 - DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT

PART 1 - TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT AND ASSESSMENT

  • 43 Categorising instruments
  • 44 Categories of development
  • 45 Categories of assessment
  • 46 Exemption certificate for some assessable development

PART 2 - DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS

Division 1 - Introduction

  • 47 What part is about
  • 48 Who is the assessment manager
  • 49 What is a development approval, preliminary approval or development permit

Division 2 - Making or changing applications

  • 50 Right to make development applications
  • 51 Making development applications
  • 52 Changing or withdrawing development applications
  • 53 Publicly notifying certain development applications

PART 3 - ASSESSING AND DECIDING DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS

Division 1 - Referral agency’s assessment

  • 54 Copy of application to referral agency
  • 55 Referral agency’s assessment
  • 56 Referral agency’s response
  • 57 Response before application
  • 58 Effect of no response

Division 2 - Assessment manager’s decision

  • 59 What this division is about
  • 60 Deciding development applications
  • 61 Assessing and deciding variation requests
  • 62 Complying with referral agency’s responses
  • 63 Notice of decision
  • 64 Deemed approval of applications

Division 3 - Development conditions

  • 65 Permitted development conditions
  • 66 Prohibited development conditions
  • 67 Agreements about development conditions

PART 4 - DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT RULES

  • 68 Development assessment rules
  • 69 Amending the development assessment rules
  • 70 Access to and evidence of the development assessment rules

PART 5 - DEVELOPMENT APPROVALS

Division 1 - Effect of development approval

  • 71 When development approval has effect
  • 72 When development may start
  • 73 Attachment to the premises
  • 73A Development permits for building work given by private certifiers

Division 2 - Changing development approvals

Subdivision 1 - Changes during appeal period
  • 74 What this subdivision is about
  • 75 Making change representations
  • 76 Deciding change representations
    • Subdivision 2 - Changes after appeal period
  • 77 What this subdivision is about
  • 78 Making change application
  • 78A Responsible entity for change applications
  • 79 Requirements for change applications
  • 80 Notifying affected entities of change applications for minor changes
  • 81 Assessing change applications for minor changes
  • 81A Deciding change applications for minor changes
  • 81B Withdrawing change applications for minor changes
  • 82 Assessing and deciding change applications for other changes
  • 82A Additional referral agencies for change applications other than for minor changes
    • Subdivision 3 - Notice of decision
  • 83 Notice of decision

Division 3 - Cancelling development approvals

  • 84 Cancellation applications

Division 4 - Lapsing of and extending development approvals

  • 85 Lapsing of approval at end of currency period
  • 86 Extension applications
  • 87 Assessing and deciding extension applications
  • 88 Lapsing of approval for failing to complete development

Division 5 - Noting development approvals on planning scheme

  • 89 Particular approvals to be noted

PART 6 - MINISTER’S POWERS

Division 1 - Introduction

  • 90 What part applies to
  • 91 Limit on Minister’s powers

Division 2 - Minister’s directions

Subdivision 1 - Directions generally
  • 92 Minister not required to notify, consult or consider particular material
  • 93 Directions generally
    • Subdivision 2 - Directions to decision-makers
  • 94 Directions to decision-makers—future applications
  • 95 Directions to decision-makers—current applications
  • 96 Directions about alternative assessment managers
  • 97 Report about directions
    • Subdivision 3 - Directions to referral agencies
  • 98 What this subdivision is about
  • 99 Directions to referral agency
  • 100 Effect of direction

Division 3 - Minister’s call in

  • 101 What this division is about
  • 102 Seeking representations about proposed call in
  • 103 Call in notice
  • 104 Effect of call in notice
  • 105 Deciding called in application
  • 106 Report about call ins

PART 7 - MISCELLANEOUS

  • 107 Valid use or preservation covenants
  • 108 Limitation of liability
  • 109 Refunding or waiving fees

CHAPTER 4 - INFRASTRUCTURE

PART 1 - INTRODUCTION

  • 110 What chapter is about

PART 2 - PROVISIONS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

Division 1 - Preliminary

  • 111 Application of part

Division 2 - Charges for trunk infrastructure

Subdivision 1 - Adopting charges
  • 112 Regulation prescribing charges
  • 113 Adopting charges by resolution
    • Subdivision 2 - Charges resolutions
  • 114 Contents—general
  • 115 Provisions for participating local governments and distributor-retailers
  • 116 Working out cost of infrastructure for offset or refund
  • 117 Criteria for deciding conversion application
  • 118 Steps after making charges resolution
    • Subdivision 3 - Levying charges
  • 119 When charge may be levied and recovered
  • 120 Limitation of levied charge
  • 121 Requirements for infrastructure charges notice
    • Subdivision 4 - Payment
  • 122 Payment triggers generally
  • 123 Agreements about payment or provision instead of payment
    • Subdivision 5 - Changing charges during relevant appeal period
  • 124 Application of this subdivision
  • 125 Representations about infrastructure charges notice
  • 126 Suspending relevant appeal period

Division 3 - Development approval conditions about trunk infrastructure

Subdivision 1 - Conditions for necessary trunk infrastructure
  • 127 Application and operation of subdivision
  • 128 Necessary infrastructure conditions
  • 129 Offset or refund requirements
    • Subdivision 2 - Conditions for extra trunk infrastructure costs
  • 130 Imposing development conditions
  • 131 Content of extra payment condition
  • 132 Restriction if development completely in PIA
  • 133 Extra payment conditions for development outside PIA
  • 134 Refund if development in PIA
  • 135 Refund if development approval stops
  • 136 Extra payment condition does not affect other powers
    • Subdivision 3 - Working out cost for required offset or refund
  • 137 Process

Division 4 - Miscellaneous provisions about trunk infrastructure

Subdivision 1 - Conversion of particular non-trunk infrastructure before construction starts
  • 138 Application of this subdivision
  • 139 Application to convert infrastructure to trunk infrastructure
  • 140 Deciding conversion application
  • 141 Notice of decision
  • 142 Effect of and action after conversion
    • Subdivision 2 - Other provisions
  • 143 Financial provisions
  • 144 Levied charge taken to be rates

Division 5 - Non-trunk infrastructure

PART 3 - PROVISIONS FOR STATE INFRASTRUCTURE PROVIDERS

  • 146 Imposing conditions about infrastructure
  • 147 Content of State-related condition
  • 148 Refund if State-related condition stops
  • 149 Reimbursement by local government for replacement infrastructure

PART 4 - INFRASTRUCTURE AGREEMENTS

  • 150 Infrastructure agreement
  • 151 Obligation to negotiate in good faith
  • 152 Content of infrastructure agreement
  • 153 Copy of infrastructure agreement for local government
  • 154 Copy of particular infrastructure agreements for distributor-retailers
  • 155 When infrastructure agreement binds successors in title
  • 156 Exercise of discretion unaffected by infrastructure agreement
  • 157 Infrastructure agreement applies instead of approval and charges notice
  • 158 Agreement for infrastructure partnerships

PART 5 - MISCELLANEOUS

CHAPTER 5 - OFFENCES AND ENFORCEMENT

PART 1 - INTRODUCTION

  • 160 What this chapter is about

PART 2 - DEVELOPMENT OFFENCES

  • 161 What part is about
  • 162 Carrying out prohibited development
  • 163 Carrying out assessable development without permit
  • 164 Compliance with development approval
  • 165 Unlawful use of premises
  • 166 Exemptions if emergency causing safety concern

PART 3 - ENFORCEMENT NOTICES

  • 167 Show cause notices
  • 168 Enforcement notices
  • 169 Consulting private certifier about enforcement notice
  • 170 Notifying about show cause and enforcement notices
  • 171 Stay of enforcement notice
  • 172 Application in response to show cause or enforcement notice
  • 173 Enforcement authority may remedy contravention

PART 4 - PROCEEDINGS FOR OFFENCES IN MAGISTRATES COURT

  • 173A Limitation on time for starting proceedings
  • 174 Proceedings for offences
  • 175 Proceedings brought in a representative capacity
  • 176 Enforcement orders
  • 177 Order for compensation
  • 178 Order for investigation expenses
  • 179 When fine is payable to local government

PART 5 - ENFORCEMENT ORDERS IN P&E COURT

  • 180 Enforcement orders
  • 181 P&E Court’s powers about enforcement orders

PART 6 - INSPECTORS

Division 1 - Appointment

  • 182 Appointment and qualifications
  • 183 When appointment ends

Division 2 - Identity cards

  • 184 Issuing and returning identity card
  • 185 Producing or displaying identity card

PART 7 - ENTRY OF PLACES BY INSPECTORS

Division 1 - Power to enter

  • 186 General power to enter places

Division 2 - Entry with consent

  • 187 Application of this division
  • 188 Incidental entry to ask for access
  • 189 Matters inspector must tell occupier
  • 190 Consent acknowledgement

Division 3 - Entry with warrant

Subdivision 1 - Issue of warrant
  • 191 Application for warrant
  • 192 Issue of warrant
  • 193 Electronic application
  • 194 Additional procedure for electronic application
  • 195 Defect in relation to a warrant
    • Subdivision 2 - Entry procedure
  • 196 Entry procedure

Division 4 - General powers of inspectors after entering places

  • 197 Application of this division
  • 198 General powers
  • 199 Requiring reasonable help

PART 8 - OTHER INSPECTORS’ POWERS AND RELATED MATTERS

Division 1 - Stopping or moving vehicles

  • 200 Application of division
  • 201 Power to stop or move
  • 202 Identification requirements if vehicle moving
  • 203 Failure to comply with direction

Division 2 - Seizure by inspectors and forfeiture

Subdivision 1 - Power to seize
  • 204 Seizing evidence at a place that may be entered without consent or warrant
  • 205 Seizing evidence at a place entered with consent
  • 206 Seizing evidence at a place entered with warrant
  • 207 Seizing property subject to security
  • 208 Securing seized thing
    • Subdivision 2 - Safeguards for seized things
  • 209 Receipt and decision notice for seized thing
  • 210 Access to seized thing
  • 211 Returning seized thing
    • Subdivision 3 - Forfeiting seized things
  • 212 Forfeiture by chief executive decision
  • 213 Dealing with things forfeited or transferred to State

Division 3 - Disposal orders

  • 214 Disposal order

Division 4 - Other information-obtaining powers of inspectors

  • 215 Requiring name and address
  • 216 Requiring documents to be produced
  • 217 Requiring documents to be certified
  • 218 Requiring information

Division 5 - Damage

  • 219 Duty to avoid inconvenience and minimise damage
  • 220 Notice of damage

Division 6 - Compensation for loss

  • 221 Compensation for loss

Division 7 - Other offences relating to inspectors

  • 222 Obstructing inspector
  • 223 Impersonating inspector

Division 8 - Other provisions

  • 224 Evidential immunity

PART 9 - MISCELLANEOUS

  • 225 Application of other Acts
  • 226 False or misleading information
  • 227 Executive officer must ensure corporation complies with Act
  • 228 Responsibility for representative

CHAPTER 6 - DISPUTE RESOLUTION

PART 1 - APPEAL RIGHTS

  • 229 Appeals to tribunal or P&E Court
  • 230 Notice of appeal
  • 231 Non-appealable decisions and matters
  • 232 Rules of the P&E Court

PART 2 - DEVELOPMENT TRIBUNAL

Division 1 - General

  • 233 Appointment of referees
  • 234 Referee with conflict of interest
  • 235 Establishing development tribunal
  • 236 Remuneration
  • 237 Tribunal proceedings
  • 238 Registrar and other officers

Division 2 - Applications for declarations

  • 239 Starting proceedings for declarations
  • 240 Application for declaration about making of development application
  • 241 Application for declaration about change to development approval

Division 3 - Tribunal proceedings for appeals and declarations

  • 242 Action when proceedings start
  • 243 Chief executive excusing noncompliance
  • 244 Ending tribunal proceedings or establishing new tribunal
  • 245 Refunding fees
  • 246 Further material for tribunal proceedings
  • 247 Representation of Minister if State interest involved
  • 248 Representation of parties at hearing
  • 249 Conduct of tribunal proceedings
  • 250 Tribunal directions or orders
  • 251 Matters tribunal may consider
  • 252 Deciding no jurisdiction for tribunal proceedings
  • 253 Conduct of appeals
  • 254 Deciding appeals to tribunal
  • 255 Notice of tribunal’s decision
  • 256 No costs orders
  • 257 Recipient’s notice of compliance with direction or order
  • 258 Tribunal may extend period to take action
  • 259 Publication of tribunal decisions

CHAPTER 7 - MISCELLANEOUS

PART 1 - EXISTING USES AND RIGHTS PROTECTED

  • 260 Existing lawful uses, works and approvals
  • 261 Implied and uncommenced right to use
  • 262 Prospective categorising regulations unaffected

PART 2 - TAKING OR PURCHASING LAND FOR PLANNING PURPOSES

  • 263 Taking or purchasing land for planning purposes

PART 3 - PUBLIC ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS

  • 264 Public access to documents
  • 265 Planning and development certificates

PART 4 - URBAN ENCROACHMENT

  • 266 Purpose of part
  • 267 Making or renewing registrations
  • 268 Amending or cancelling registrations
  • 269 Responsibilities of owners of registered premises
  • 270 Responsibilities of owners of affected premises
  • 271 Responsibilities on development applicants
  • 272 Rights of buyers in Milton rail precinct
  • 273 Responsibilities of registrar of titles
  • 274 Restriction on legal proceedings
  • 275 Regulation may prescribe matters

PART 4A - SERVICE OF DOCUMENTS

  • 275A Application of part
  • 275B Service of documents
  • 275C Certificate of service

PART 4B - APPLICABLE EVENTS

Division 1 - Preliminary

Division 2 - Declaring applicable events

  • 275E Declarations of applicable events
  • 275F Extensions of applicable event periods

Division 3 - Temporary use licences

  • 275G Application of division
  • 275H Applications for temporary use licences
  • 275I Decisions on applications
  • 275J Notices of decisions
  • 275K Period of temporary use licences
  • 275L Effect of temporary use licences
  • 275M Delegations

Division 4 - Declaring uses and classes of uses

  • 275N Application of division
  • 275O Declarations of uses and classes of uses
  • 275P Effect of declarations under s 275O

Division 5 - Extending and suspending periods under Act

  • 275Q Application of division
  • 275R Extension of periods for doing things under Act
  • 275S Suspension of periods for doing things under Act

PART 4C - PROVISIONS FOR SPRINGFIELD STRUCTURE PLAN

Division 1 - Preliminary

Division 2 - Plan applications generally

Division 3 - Non-SCG plan applications

Division 4 - Development in structure plan area

Division 5 - Dispute resolution

PART 5 - OTHER PROVISIONS

  • 276 Party houses
  • 277 Assessment and decision rules for particular State heritage places
  • 278 Application of P&E Court Act evidentiary provisions
    • 279. (Repealed)
  • 280 References in Act to particular terms
  • 281 Delegation
  • 282 Approved forms
  • 283 Guideline-making power
  • 284 Regulation-making power

CHAPTER 8 - REPEAL, TRANSITIONAL AND VALIDATION PROVISIONS

PART 1 - REPEAL PROVISION

PART 2 - TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS FOR REPEAL OF SUSTAINABLE PLANNING ACT 2009

Division 1 - Introduction

  • 285 What this part is about

Division 2 - General provisions

  • 286 Documents
  • 287 Statutory instruments
  • 288 Applications generally
  • 289 References to the old Act and the repealed Integrated Planning Act 1997
  • 290 Lawful uses of premises
  • 291 State planning regulatory and standard planning scheme provisions
  • 292 Declaration for certain continued provisions

Division 3 - Planning

Division 4 - Development assessment

  • 297 Categorising development under designations
  • 298 Water infrastructure applications
  • 299 Development approvals and compliance permits
  • 300 Change applications for designated infrastructure

Division 5 - Infrastructure

  • 301 Infrastructure charges notices
  • 302 Levied charges
  • 303 Infrastructure charges
  • 304 Infrastructure charges resolutions
  • 305 Infrastructure charges in declared master plan area
  • 306 Infrastructure conditions
  • 307 Infrastructure conditions—change or extension approval
  • 307A Application to convert infrastructure to trunk infrastructure
  • 308 Infrastructure agreements

Division 6 - Enforcement and dispute resolution

  • 309 Committee
  • 310 Show cause notices and enforcement notices
  • 311 Proceedings generally
  • 312 Particular proceedings

Division 7 - Miscellaneous

  • 313 Keeping documents
  • 314 Structure plans
  • 315 Master plans
  • 316 Development control plans
  • 317 Rezoning approval conditions
  • 318 Rezoning approval agreements
  • 319 Compliance assessment of documents or works
  • 320 Public housing development
  • 321 LGP&E Act approvals
  • 322 Milton XXXX Brewery
  • 323 Transitional regulation-making power

PART 3 - TRANSITIONAL AND SAVING PROVISIONS FOR WASTE REDUCTION AND RECYCLING AMENDMENT ACT 2017

  • 324 Definitions for part
  • 325 Responsible entity for particular existing change applications
  • 326 Requirement for owner’s consent for particular existing change applications
  • 327 Requirement for owner’s consent for particular existing extension applications
  • 328 Existing appeals—excluded applications

PART 4 - TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS FOR VEGETATION MANAGEMENT AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2018

  • 329 Definitions for part
  • 330 Development applications made but not decided before commencement
  • 331 Certain development approvals not affected
  • 332 Unlawful clearing not an offence during interim period
  • 333 Development application for certain operational works during interim period
  • 334 Development application for certain material change of use during interim period

PART 5 - TRANSITIONAL AND VALIDATION PROVISIONS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2019

  • 335 Definitions for part
  • 336 Particular existing decisions about superseded planning scheme requests
  • 337 Existing superseded planning scheme applications
  • 338 Particular planning changes
  • 339 Particular existing applications
  • 340 Particular representations dealt with before commencement
  • 341 Conditions of existing development approvals
  • 342 Lapsing of particular development approvals under old Act
  • 343 Validation provision for particular development approvals
  • 344 Validation provision for particular infrastructure charges notices under old Act
  • 345 Particular existing appeals
  • 346 Declaratory proceedings in P&E Court for particular matters under old Act
  • 347 Appeals about particular decisions under old Act

PART 6 - VALIDATION AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS FOR PARTICULAR MATTERS

  • 348 Validation of particular development approvals
  • 349 Particular existing applications
  • 350 Validation of particular operational work

PART 7 - TRANSITIONAL PROVISION FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SPIT MASTER PLAN ACT 2020

  • 351 Application of s 31 in relation to particular adverse planning changes

PART 8 - TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS FOR FOREST WIND FARM DEVELOPMENT ACT 2020

Navigate

Download

Cited By

Join the discussion