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Planning and Development

Development Incentives Policy - 1 December 2013 to 31 July 2017(PDF, 140KB)
Development Incentives Policy - 1 August 2017 to 14 May 2018(PDF, 236KB)
Development Incentives Policy - 15 May 2018 to 31 December 2020(PDF, 144KB)
Development Incentives Policy - 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021(PDF, 334KB)

Renewable Energy Community Benefit System Policy(PDF, 106KB)
Infrastructure Agreement Policy(PDF, 134KB)
Infrastructure Charges Collection Policy(PDF, 137KB)

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Rockhampton Regional Council acknowledges Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we live, learn and work. We pay our respect to their Elders, both past and present, and to our shared future.

 

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Customer Service Centres:
Rockhampton - 232 Bolsover Street
Gracemere - 1 Ranger Street
Mount Morgan - 32 Hall Street

ABN: 59923523766

Phone: 07 4932 9000 or 1300 22 55 77
Email: enquiries@rrc.qld.gov.au
Fax: 07 4936 8862 or 1300 22 55 79

 

 

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