New development is focused in existing well-serviced and resilient areas to optimise infrastructure use, preserve environmental values, and reduce pressure on coastal areas while increasing housing supply and choice across the city.
Movement and transport choice
Our land use pattern supports transport choice by locating more homes in proximity to public and active transport connections, increasing transport choice to more than one million residents and visitors.
A network of connected green spaces
A connected network of green space across the Gold Coast supports biodiversity, facilitates wildlife movement, strengthens environmental resilience, deepens our connection with nature, and supports an active outdoor lifestyle and sustainable travel.
Infrastructure that services a growing city
Infrastructure is delivered in a timely and targeted manner, addressing service gaps, improving efficiency, and ensuring infrastructure investment aligns with land use planning to accommodate population growth while reducing risks from natural hazards and making the city more resilient to climate change.
Well-designed centres and neighbourhoods
Well-designed centres, corridors, and neighbourhoods across the Gold Coast serve as vibrant hubs for community life, integrating diverse housing and lifestyle options with accessible jobs, retail, and recreational spaces, encouraging low emission lifestyles and strengthening local identity.
Building on our economic strengths
Build on our city’s existing strengths in construction, tourism, film, education, healthcare, and emerging industries to drive sustained economic growth, deliver new jobs and an economy with international exposure.
Celebrating Traditional Owners aspirations, values and places, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices, and our heritage
Our Traditional Owners and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices are heard in planning for the future growth of the city, and our heritage places are valued, protected and accessible.
An inclusive and accountable planning and development process
Enhance transparency, accountability, and community engagement in planning and development processes to build trust and confidence among stakeholders as our city grows.
Well planned and distributed growth
New development is focused in existing well-serviced and resilient areas to optimise infrastructure use, preserve environmental values, and reduce pressure on coastal areas while increasing housing supply and choice across the city.
Movement and transport choice
Our land use pattern supports transport choice by locating more homes in proximity to public and active transport connections, increasing transport choice to more than one million residents and visitors.
A network of connected green spaces
A connected network of green space across the Gold Coast supports biodiversity, facilitates wildlife movement, strengthens environmental resilience, deepens our connection with nature, and supports an active outdoor lifestyle and sustainable travel.
Infrastructure that services a growing city
Infrastructure is delivered in a timely and targeted manner, addressing service gaps, improving efficiency, and ensuring infrastructure investment aligns with land use planning to accommodate population growth while reducing risks from natural hazards and making the city more resilient to climate change.
Well-designed centres and neighbourhoods
Well-designed centres, corridors, and neighbourhoods across the Gold Coast serve as vibrant hubs for community life, integrating diverse housing and lifestyle options with accessible jobs, retail, and recreational spaces, encouraging low emission lifestyles and strengthening local identity.
Building on our economic strengths
Build on our city’s existing strengths in construction, tourism, film, education, healthcare, and emerging industries to drive sustained economic growth, deliver new jobs and an economy with international exposure.
Celebrating Traditional Owners aspirations, values and places, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices, and our heritage
Our Traditional Owners and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices are heard in planning for the future growth of the city, and our heritage places are valued, protected and accessible.
An inclusive and accountable planning and development process
Enhance transparency, accountability, and community engagement in planning and development processes to build trust and confidence among stakeholders as our city grows.
