2015-09-15 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                            15 SEPTEMBER 2015


Notes:
… The continuing growth of Queensland’s international reputation for research and development,
and economic specialisations, is crucial to the region’s future competitive advantage.
To retain and grow the region’s global business competitiveness and create region-wide
employment outcomes, locations with the best opportunities to commercialise applied research
and knowledge-intensive industry clusters must be secured. These must also be linked into a
network of appropriately located business enterprise areas.
These specialised science, innovation and technology activities must be able to expand at these
locations, with complementary co-locating businesses and services, to create new hubs of
knowledge economy activity. This is essential to achieve efficient business, commercialise applied
research, stimulate creativity, and to accelerate innovation and the early adoption of appropriate
technologies.
Strategically located land for existing and future innovation, science and technology hubs should
be protected for the long-term from inappropriate use and the encroachment of incompatible land
uses. Any proposal that could erode the future use of such land for industry and business purposes
should be reviewed against the long-term business and employment needs for the land.
New and emerging business clusters are characterised by their strong relationships with education,
research and development, skills development and the community. …
It is recognised that health, education and training institutes could provide the stimulus and focus
for future ‘new economy’ business clusters. Toward Q2: Tomorrow’s Queensland recognises that
research and development, innovation and skills programs improve competitiveness and
productivity. Toward Q2: Tomorrow’s Queensland sets a target to increase by 50 per cent the
proportion of Queensland businesses undertaking research and development or innovation by
2020.
SEQ competes directly with other Australian regions, as well as major North American, European
and Asian cities. The SEQ region therefore needs to provide lifestyle and residential choices, as
well as attractive working environments that appeal to new business founders, researchers and
people with scarce creative, technical, technological and trade skills who want to live and work
where they choose. …
9.3 - Enterprise Opportunities
Principle:
Provide sufficient land for business and industry to enable diversified, broad-based, future
economic and employment growth across the region.
Policies:
9.3.1    Secure strategically located land and facilitate planning for future business and industry
         uses to meet current and future needs of business and industry requirements, including
         long-term provision beyond the timeframe of the SEQ Regional Plan.
9.3.2    Protect sites and areas suitable for enterprise location from incompatible development, as
         identified in the SEQ Regional Plan Economic Development Opportunities Profiles, when
         making a decision on a planning scheme amendment or development application.
9.3.3 Protect and ensure the long-term security of transport terminals (including ports), other
       utilities and special uses.
9.3.4 Encourage the relocation of large-scale industrial, warehousing, transport and storage
       businesses from inner suburbs to release these sites for higher and better use.




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