2015-01-12 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                 12 January 2015


2.    Progress of the Proposed Legislation
On 25 November 2014, the Deputy Premier and Minister for State Development, Infrastructure
and Planning introduced the following three bills to parliament:
•    the Planning and Development Bill 2014;
•    the Planning and Development (Consequential) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill
     2014; and
•    the Planning and Environment Court Bill 2014.

The bills were referred to the State Development, Infrastructure and Industry Committee for
consideration. The committee is currently gathering feedback on the bills and must provide its
reports to Parliament by Monday, 23 February 2015. Submissions to the committee can be
made up to 19 January. It is suggested that the legislation could be passed as early as March
and a commencement date may be in October 2015. Obviously there is uncertainty around the
timing of Parliamentary decision making in the first half of 2015 with a State election due before
mid-year.

3.    Plan Making
3.1   State Planning policy
Substantial change took place approximately one year ago when 14 State Planning Policies were
replaced with a Single State Planning Policy (SPP). The SPP includes 16 State Interests and
accordingly 16 State Interest Guidelines support the SPP. These guidelines, released during
2014, provide useful guidance on how planning schemes should or could address State
Interests.

The State Planning Policy will be reviewed in early 2015 to determine the nature and extent of
necessary amendments to ensure it is aligned with the new P&D Act.

3.2   South East Queensland Regional Plan
The SEQ Regional Plan review commenced in 2013 and the DSDIP are currently preparing a
new draft plan, expected to be completed sometime in mid-2015. It is intended the new plan will
have an increased focus on economic development.

Not all issues that occur within the SEQ region will require a regionally-specific policy response.
Regionally specific policies will only be required for an issue that:
•     due to its nature cannot be addressed by a single local government; or
•     involves the resolution of conflict between two or more state interests; or
•     is identified by the Minister as requiring a regionally-specific policy response.

The continued use of a statutory Urban Footprint in the new SEQ Regional Plan has been
strongly supported by all sectors however not necessarily in the form, shape or size as
previously. There has for instance been suggestion of a “doubling” of the Urban Footprint. The
DSDIP has released a paper on the Role and Function of an Urban Footprint and conclude:

To minimise any perceived disadvantages associated with the Urban Footprint, the Urban
Footprint and its supporting policies and regulation should:
•    Provide the capacity to substantially exceed the expected demand for housing to 2041 and
     support planning schemes to plan for at least 20 years of realistic zoned supply;
•    Be reviewed regularly based on enhanced measurement of land supply and adjusted if
     required to take account of recent events and development trends and updated growth
     projections;
•    Provide flexibility to allow local governments to adjust the boundary of the Urban Footprint
     in response to local issues; and



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