Rockhampton Regional Council advances planning scheme amendment

Published on 13 August 2024

Rockhampton Regional Council this week reached the next stage in making necessary changes to the Planning Scheme, endorsing an amendment for State Government approval.

The Major Amendment brings improvements to the Planning Scheme by streamlining the development assessment process for land subdivisions partially affected by flooding.

The proposed changes will facilitate the subdivision of land within greenfield and infill areas, supporting development of our region.

Council resolved on 11 June 2024 to undertake public consultation for the major amendment to the Rockhampton Region Planning Scheme.

Following a public consultation period that closed on 15 July 2024, Council received one submission in support of the proposed changes. No other submissions were received.

A summary of the major changes to the planning scheme include:

• Updating the level of assessment for the reconfiguration of a lot within the flood hazard overlay
• Updates to the assessment benchmarks of the flood hazard overlay code to ensure the level of assessment changes do not increase the risk to people and property.

The Planning Scheme Major Amendment Package A will be submitted to the State Government and Council will formally request approval to adopt the major amendments.