City of Gold Coast Planning and Development Hub
Welcome to the City of Gold Coast Planning and Development Hub - an online communication and engagement tool created to provide a secure location to give you access to information on matters relating to planning, building and development, such as:
- practice notes
- training videos
- presentations
- news.
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City Plan Minor & Administrative Update 6
The City of Gold Coast recently adopted Minor & Administrative Update 6, which will commence as part of Version 7 of the City Plan on Monday 1 July 2019.
Minor updates include the addition of a statutory note within the Strategic framework, to articulate the City Plan’s intention to maintain a rural residential character and intent for the Mudgeeraba investigation area; and the removal of reference to the Guragunbah area within the Tables of assessment and Emerging community zone code, in accordance with Schedule 6 (section 4(1)(e)) of the Planning Regulation 2017.
Administrative improvements are related to explanatory matters about the City Plan; spelling or grammatical errors; factual matters incorrectly stated; and redundant or outdated terms used in the plan.
Minor updates were also made to City Planning mapping to make generic updates and improvements to all City Plan maps and update zoning and related overlay mapping to reflect enacted development approvals.
The commencement of City Plan Version 7 means City Plan Version 6 will become superseded on 1 July 2019.
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Notice of planned website maintenance
City of Gold Coast websites, including the Planning and Building pages and eServices pages, will be unavailable for planned maintenance from:
- 6pm Friday 21 June to 10pm Sunday 23 June
- 5:30pm Saturday 29 June to 6pm Sunday 30 June
- 5:30pm Friday 5 July to 6am Monday 8 July
During these periods online lodgement, applications and forms will not be available.
We apologise for this inconvenience and thank you for your patience.
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Customer experience online survey open from 4 to 25 July 2019
The City of Gold Coast provides around 800 services to our residents and businesses.
We want customers to have the best possible experience when using our services and accessing customer support. To meet changing customer needs and expectations we are reviewing current services, the way we communicate and deliver those services, and how to plan for the future.
Help us understand what is most important to you, and how we can make your life easier. Your feedback will shape the design and delivery of better services.
The survey will open 8am Thursday 4 July and close 5pm Thursday 25 July 2019.
Visit gchaveyoursay.com.au/customers to have your say and go in the draw to win one of five Coles/Myer gift cards valued at $200 each.Terms and conditions apply.
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Water and Waste approved products for water main installations
From 1 July 2019, City of Gold Coast (City) Water and Waste are introducing two changes to the approved products that can be used for water reticulation mains. These changes will affect Developer works on the Gold Coast.
Alternate products are being introduced to improve the durability and longevity of installed assets and to reduce the City’s ongoing maintenance costs.
1. Change 1 – Product ‘PVC-M’ will replace ‘PVC-O pipe’, which is no longer an approved product
Why the change?
- The wall thickness of ‘PVC-M’ is 6.8mm compared to 3.8mm for ‘PVC-O’, for a DN100 PN16 pipe.
- PVC-M pipe is less flexible and more robust than PVC-O pipe, which reduces the risk of leakage or failure at pipe joints.
- The thin wall thickness of PVC-O pipe causes problems for pipe installations such as;
- hard to chamfer the pipe end and easy to damage the rubber ring
- potential deformation at joints, and possible distortion as well as ‘pushing straight through the joint’.
2. Change 2 - Product ‘DICL pipe’ is the only approved product for Industrial and Commercial estates, and Road carriageways
Product ‘PVC-M PN20 pipe’ is no longer an approved product in the above applications.
Why the change?
- DICL pipe has a greater tensile strength than PVC pipe, and provides better protection against crush loading. DICL pipe provides greater impact resistance than PVC pipe.
- Scratches or gouges may cause a weak point in a PVC pipe. Weak points can go undetected and later result in failures of the water main.
- DICL pipe is not vulnerable to sunlight, whereas PVC pipe may experience a loss in strength when subjected to long-term exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation from sunlight.
From 1 July 2019, ‘DICL pipe’ must be specified by consultants in the following applications:
2.1. New water main installations in Industrial and Commercial estates. The context in these applications is that when the estate is being developed, it is not known where the vehicle crossovers (VXO’s) will be located. Therefore, ‘DICL pipe’ must be specified for the water mains for the ‘full extent’ throughout the estate.
2.2. New water main installations in Road carriageways - DICL pipe must be specified whenever water mains are located in road carriageways (including road crossings).
2.3. New VXOs being constructed in Industrial and Commercial developments where there are existing water mains. If the existing water main is not DICL pipe, then the water main must be replaced with DICL pipe as part of the construction of the new VXO.
Timing of the changes
From 1 July 2019, Consultants are required to specify the approved materials (as per Change 1 & 2) when submitting water main OPW Design Plans.
These requirements will be updated shortly with the next revisions of the ‘SEQ Water Supply Code’, and ‘SEQ IPAM List’), available from seqcode.com.au.
Further information can be provided to you when you submit your next OPW Design Plan Submission, or at your next project pre-start meeting. If you have any queries please contact Construction Supervisor, Kyle Juelfs on (07) 5582 9824.
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LGIP Stormwater quality amendment to the City Plan
Following Ministerial approval and Council adoption of the Local Government Infrastructure Plan (LGIP) Stormwater quality amendment to the City Plan, this amendment will be implemented and become effective on 1 July 2019, as part of City Plan Version 7.
From 1 July 2019, updated information on the LGIP Stormwater quality amendment can be found at cityofgoldcoast.com.au/LGIP or for frequently asked questions, click here.
For more information on the LGIP, please email strategicinfrastructure@goldcoast.qld.gov.au or phone the Strategic Infrastructure team on (07) 5582 8229.
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City Building Seminar - June
Place-based Planning for the Greater Sydney RegionStephanie Barker, Acting Executive Director, City Strategy,Greater Sydney Commission
The Greater Sydney Region Plan - A Metropolis of Three Cities champions a place-based and collaborative approach to city making. With themes that include landscape, people and connectivity, the Plan sets up a regional planning framework that can support place-based planning at the local level. For the first time, councils across Greater Sydney are developing Local Strategic Planning Statements (LSPS) that provide a 20-year vision for planning in their local area, including setting out planning priorities and identifying local places that require a finer grain analysis.
It’s now one year since the release of the Region Plan and the accompanying five District Plans. Join Stephanie Barker, Executive Director at the Greater Sydney Commission (GSC), to hear first-hand the opportunities, challenges and key learnings from the Sydney experience. You’ll also hear about the new role the GSC has under the Environmental Planning & Assessment Act as the organisation pivots to implementation - providing assurance on local strategic planning to implement the Region and District Plans to councils. Also, find out more about the GSC’s initiatives to improve state and local government coordination.
Stephanie Barker's Bio
Originally trained as an architect, Stephanie has over 20 years’ experience in strategic planning across the public and private sectors. Stephanie specialises in housing and infrastructure and most recently developed A Metropolis of Three Cities, the region plan for Greater Sydney.Date: Thursday, 27 June 2019
Time: 12:30pm presentation
Venue: HOTA, Home of the Arts, 135 Bundall Rd, Surfers Paradise
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City Building Seminar - May
Indigenous sensibility and urban design
Ros Moriarty, Managing Director, Balarinji and Co-Founder and Managing Director, Moriarty Foundation
Country and architecture through intercultural design practiceDr Shaneen Fantin, Director, People Oriented Design and Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Queensland and James Cook University
Join us from 12:30pm on Thursday 23 May at HOTA, Home of the Arts as we look at how the principles of local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander collaboration complete Australia’s history.
Ros will speak about Balarinji’s rich Aboriginal interpretive framework that connects local Aboriginal creative and cultural groups to major urban infrastructure projects. Balarinji is delivering a new approach to Australian urban design that translates and embeds a deep Aboriginal layer within the first imaginings of the places where we live and work.
Shaneen will speak about working on remote and regional projects to embed cultural imperatives into design, landscape and place making through intercultural design practice. A process which brings Indigenous decisions to the front and centre of the design process.
Ros Moriarty’s Bio
Formerly a journalist with Radio Australia in Indigenous affairs, women’s issues and the environment, Ros has now spent most of her professional life as Managing Director of Australia’s leading Indigenous design studio, Balarinji, a business she established with her husband, John Moriarty, in 1983. ‘Listening to Country’ is her much-acclaimed first book.Dr Shaneen Fantin’s Bio
Shaneen is an architect, writer and advocate for intercultural design practice. She has worked collaboratively with Indigenous people on community, housing, health and commercial projects to pursue new design methodologies since 1995. Shaneen recently co-authored a book chapter with Mr Gudju Gudju Fourmile featured in the international Springer publication ‘Handbook of Contemporary Indigenous Architecture’. -
Building Our City Reports
The Building our City project is a long term research and reporting project being undertaken in conjunction with the Griffith University Cities Research Centre that measures how specific parts of the Gold Coast are changing over time.
The City recently released the:
- Building our City – Light Rail Corridor 2017 Update Report
- Building our City – Southport PDA 2017 Update Report
- Building our City – Southern Transport Corridor 2017 Baseline Report
The reports track the benefits of investment to provide input into public policy decision making as future reports are published.
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Have Your Say on the Coolangatta and Kirra Business Centres Place Based Master Plan
Recognising the significance of Coolangatta and Kirra, the City of Gold Coast is developing the Coolangatta and Kirra Business Centres Place Based Master Plan that aims to improve public space in the area.
We are seeking feedback on the Place Based Master Plan vision and design concepts to inform future decision making including budgets, development assessment advice, place making and city building initiatives.
You can Have Your Say by visiting us at the Griffith Street Entrance of the Strand Shopping Centre, Coolangatta or online at gchaveyoursay.com.au/coolangattamp
The consultation period will run from Monday 25 March to Monday 15 April 2019.
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City Building Seminar - March
Why do we need water sensitive cities?Chris Tanner, Regional Manager, Cooperative Research CentreFlood Resilience for homes and development: new ways of thinkingDr James Davidson, Director of James Davidson ArchitectGrowth in SEQ is considerable and is expected to continue. The community seeks liveable places, reliable water supplies, effective sanitation, protection from flooding, healthy ecosystems, cool green landscapes, efficient use of resources, and beautiful urban and natural spaces. While there is typically broad agreement about high-level aspirations such as the above, implementation of these ideas often seems to ‘fall short’, in the context of growth, climate change and complex governance arrangements.Recent work by Chris and James brings a new dimension to these approaches. James has pioneered work on building resilience by marrying conventional approaches to flood protection, e.g. raising building’s floor level with new alternative thinking about resilient design, allowing water to enter a building in a controlled way. This has been coupled with work by the Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) on building typologies for a smaller ‘water footprint’ and to emerging ideas for long term changes in the way flood waters are controlled and managed.Chris Tanner’s BioChris Tanner is a civil engineer and planner. As Regional Manager (Qld) at the CRCWSC and Adjunct Associate Professor at Advanced Water Management Centre, he advises industry and government on adaptive change for, integrated water management, protecting properties from flood and public parksand urban amenity. He was a director of Bligh Tanner consultant engineers where a number of environmental engineering projects defined a company reputation for high quality design focused solutions with multi-dimensional benefits.James Davidson’s BioJames holds a Doctorate in Architecture and is principal of James Davidson Architect, a studio-based architectural firm with a focus on connecting research, advocacy and practice in the climate adaptation space. In 2012, James was awarded a Winston Churchill fellowship focusing on flood resilient architectural design. He has designed a number of flood resilient homes and is the author of the State Government’s Flood Resilient Building Guidance for Queensland Homes. James is also the principal consultant engaged by City Smart on behalf of the Brisbane City Council for the design and implementation of their current Flood Resilient Homes Program.
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