Planning, guidelines and tools

Use this section to find information on Brisbane City Plan 2014, as well as planning guidelines and tools. Access Brisbane's Future Blueprint - a plan with eight principles to guide our future planning decisions.

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Brisbane’s Housing Supply Action Plan

Urgent action is needed to get more homes built sooner. With most homes built by the private sector, Council is making it easier for industry to deliver quality, affordable and well-located housing through Brisbane’s Housing Supply Action Planand the Brisbane Housing Supply Incentive Policy.

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Brisbane City Plan 2014 is Brisbane City Council's plan for the future development of Brisbane. The plan guides how land in Brisbane is used and developed.

Council provides mapping and virtual tools to assist you with your planning or building project. Use the Development.i tool to find information on development applications or to lodge a submission.

Brisbane’s Inner City Strategy sets the planning direction to shape the future of Brisbane’s inner city and guide Council’s program of inner city precinct planning and infrastructure delivery in the lead up to and beyond the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Neighbourhood plans help facilitate economic prosperity, protect character development and provide for open space. These plans are created with input from residents and business owners. Find out about neighbourhood plans in progress and how the process works.

Better Suburbs - Places and Spaces (BSPS) is a public realm improvement program supporting Brisbane City Council’s commitment to creating a city of neighbourhoods. The primary purpose is to create neighbourhood places that connect people with culture and nature in their local area.

Village Precinct Projects is a public realm improvement program that supports Council’s commitment to creating a city of neighbourhoods.

More than 100,000 residents had their say about Brisbane's future. Together we developed Brisbane's Future Blueprint - a plan with eight principles to guide decisions. See how we're tracking.

This page includes guidelines to make sure your development proposal complies with Brisbane City Plan 2014.

LGIP provides developers with an indication of likely infrastructure required as part of any proposed development.

Find out about plans and projects to improve and enhance activities and facilities in Brisbane.

There are four levels of planning under the Planning Act 2016. Responsibility for the creation of plans or instruments is divided between Council and Queensland Government.

A Temporary Local Planning Instrument (TLPI) may suspend or otherwise affect the operation of Brisbane City Plan 2014. Find information on Council's current and superseded Temporary Local Planning Instruments.

Historic and superseded Brisbane City Plan 2000 was in force as Brisbane’s Planning Scheme from October 2000 until it was replaced by Brisbane City Plan 2014.

You can no longer make requests for assessment under historic and superseded Brisbane City Plan 2000. 

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