City Plan Version 6

City Plan Version 6 commenced yesterday and incorporates Major Update 1 & 1B and Minor and Administrative Update 5.

The new version includes updated Flood overlay mapping, revisions to improve development outcomes for housing on lots less than 400m² (small lot houses) and refinements to the residential density provisions and subdivision requirements within the Low density residential zone.

Below is a full summary of the changes.

Item	Summary
Small lot housing review	Updated various parts of City Plan to improve development outcomes for housing on lots less than 400m² (small lot houses).
Party house land use controls	Integrates party house land use controls, Temporary Local Planning Instrument (TLPI) No. 4 (party houses) 2018, into the City Plan.
Flood overlay	Updates to flood overlay mapping to reflect up-to-date data and State Government criteria, with consequential changes to the flood code.
Burleigh Heads Village character	New provisions to reinforce the unique character and values of the Burleigh Heads Village in line with community aspirations and values.
Tugun Village character	New provisions to reinforce the unique character and values of the Tugun Village in line with community aspirations and values.
Transport definitions	New administrative definitions to assist in the interpretation of the transport code.
Gold Coast Cultural Precinct	Changes to align City Plan with the endorsed 2014 Gold Coast Cultural Precinct Masterplan Design Report.
Building over or near City infrastructure	Inclusion of provisions which ensure development is located and designed to protect City infrastructure.
Social, community and public supporting uses	Reduced levels of assessment for social, community and public supportive land uses on public land within certain zones.
Setbacks in medium and high density residential zones	Amendments to the medium and high density residential zone codes to allow a minimum 6 metre front setback for covered car parking.
Remove reference to Wave Break Island for the Integrated Resort Development at the Broadwater	Updates to the Strategic framework to remove reference to Wave Break Island being investigated for an Integrated Resort Development or cruise ship terminal.
Hours of operation for accepted commercial uses in district centres	Update to apply a closing time of midnight for accepted commercial land uses in district centres.
Categories of development and assessment certain subdivisions	Updates to include certain lease, access easement, community title and volumetric subdivisions as code assessable development in the medium density and high density residential zones.
Emerging community zone setback / site cover provisions	Updates to residential setback and site cover provisions for lots that have been subdivided.
Categories of development and assessment for Utility installations affected by overlays	Updates to reduce level of assessment for City delivered utility installations.
The Biggera Waters Centre and Surrounding Land Study	Change to the designation of Biggera Waters to a specialist centre and updates to zoning, height and density of the surrounding lands.
Alignment of density and lot size in the low density residential zone	Refinements to the residential density provisions and subdivision requirements within the low density residential zone.