Thanks for helping to create healthy and active communities in Queensland!
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Consultation has concluded
Our planning framework is about ensuring that development in Queensland occurs in a manner that helps create more liveable communities.
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted just how important our neighbourhoods can be in supporting the health and wellbeing of our communities.
Now more than ever, Queenslanders appreciate the need for walkable neighbourhoods and access to local parks and open spaces.
Safeguarding our health is the top priority of the Queensland Economic Recovery Plan and designing our local neighbourhoods to support more active communities plays a key role in promoting the health and wellbeing of Queenslanders.
Creating walkable neighbourhoods
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, we undertook extensive consultation with the community, industry and local government about how effective neighbourhood design could support community health and wellbeing.
Your feedback was one of more than 20,000 responses we received from Queenslanders.
Following consideration of the feedback we have introduced new assessment benchmarks in the Planning Regulation 2017.
From 28 September 2020, new residential subdivisions in Queensland will be assessed against benchmarks relating to:
Our planning framework is about ensuring that development in Queensland occurs in a manner that helps create more liveable communities.
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted just how important our neighbourhoods can be in supporting the health and wellbeing of our communities.
Now more than ever, Queenslanders appreciate the need for walkable neighbourhoods and access to local parks and open spaces.
Safeguarding our health is the top priority of the Queensland Economic Recovery Plan and designing our local neighbourhoods to support more active communities plays a key role in promoting the health and wellbeing of Queenslanders.
Creating walkable neighbourhoods
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, we undertook extensive consultation with the community, industry and local government about how effective neighbourhood design could support community health and wellbeing.
Your feedback was one of more than 20,000 responses we received from Queenslanders.
Following consideration of the feedback we have introduced new assessment benchmarks in the Planning Regulation 2017.
From 28 September 2020, new residential subdivisions in Queensland will be assessed against benchmarks relating to:
Earlier
this year the model code for neighbourhood design was released and consultation
occurred on what elements of the code could be made mandatory.
More than 20,000 responses were received from community, local government and
industry across Queensland, demonstrating support for the policy principles and
concepts of the proposed provisions.
We
listened to all the feedback received and the proposed mandatory provisions
have been revised.
We now want your feedback on how these proposed
mandatory provisions will be implemented.
Consultation has concluded
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The Queensland Government has released a new model code for neighbourhood design to
encourage the development of heathier and more active communities across the
state.
Now we are proposing to make some elements of the code
mandatory. This will set a minimum standard for new development to advance
healthy and active communities for all Queenslanders.