2021-12-13 GC Agenda - Item 8 -Attachment 1 - Housing Needs Assessment

5. State Plan-making System
The State has established a plan-making system within Queensland's planning framework, requiring
a level of consistency amongst local planning instruments. The state's interests are set out in the
State Planning Policy and Regional Plans, governed by the Planning Act 2016. These State planning
instruments set out what the state government has identified as planning matters of key state and
regional interest, and guide growth management across the state.
5.1          ShapingSEQ, SEQ Regional Plan
Since 2005, Noosa Shire has been covered by versions of the SEQ Regional Plan. The most recent,
ShapingSEQ was released in 2017. This plans for nearly 1.9 million additional people in the state’s
south east region by the year 2041. This growth is to be distributed amongst the 12 LGAs that
contribute to the region, most noticeably in Brisbane, Gold Coast, Ipswich, Logan, Moreton Bay and
Sunshine Coast, where population growth is measured in the hundreds of thousands.
The Plan provides for the residential population of Noosa Shire to grow from 54,000 in 2016 to
63,000 in 2041. To accommodate this population growth it sets dwelling supply benchmarks. For
Noosa they are as indicated below. Between 2016 and 2041 Noosa Shire requires an additional
6,400 dwellings made up of 4,800 infill dwellings in the consolidation area (existing urban area) and
1,600 in the expansion areas (on the edges of the urban area).


Figure 14 Dwelling Supply benchmarks to 2041




ShapingSEQ considered Noosa Shire as part of the northern sub-region. Table 15 and Table 16
show the expected population growth, and dwelling supply benchmarks for the sub-region, to 2041.




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