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Foreword
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Message from the Chair of the Gold Coast City Council Sustainable City Future Commitee
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What is the purpose of this document?
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Developing a new planning scheme
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The big picture
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Our range of lifestyles
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A pictorial summary of our different lifestyles
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Proposed new planning scheme response to our Bold Future Vision
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Bold Future Theme: A city leading by example
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Bold Future Theme: A city loved for its green, gold and blue
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Bold Future Theme: A city connecting people and places
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Bold Future Theme: A safe city where everyone belongs
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Bold Future Theme: A city with a thriving economy
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Bold Future Theme: A city shaped by clever design
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Next steps
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Your thoughts
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Have your say
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Feedback form
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We live in the most blessed region in Australia. Our city has a wide range of geographical settings, scenery, development styles, land uses and population densities. This diversity provides a wide range of lifestyles on the Gold Coast. As our city grows we need to find new and flexible ways to protect our lifestyles and environment, our social well-being and our economic development. Council’s new planning scheme will go a considerable way to mapping out where and how future development can occur. It will strive to find the optimum balance between the natural and the built environments. It will also provide the framework for developing thriving communities, not just individual buildings. The new planning scheme will play a key role in delivering our Bold Future Vision. Developing our Bold Future Vision was an extensive community engagement initiative to create a road map for the city. In particular, the new directions of land use planning, as outlined in this Statement of Proposal, are consistent with what the community told us over recent years. They reflect the community’s comments on the structure and nature of the future Gold Coast. This Statement of Proposal also reflects what residents and stakeholders told Council just last year at a number of community and industry workshops at which the strengths and weaknesses of the current planning scheme were examined. I now invite Gold Coast residents to take part in the next step as we develop the city’s new planning scheme. Let us know your opinion. Share with us your thoughts on how we can deliver sustainable development outcomes; how we can continue to support our significant range of lifestyle choices and housing options; how we can better link communities with transport, jobs, schools and shopping; how we can secure our world-famous green corridors and urban green space. Your comments will help to guide the way the Gold Coast will be developed for the next 10 years. Together we can ensure the Gold Coast remains a diverse city which provides a range of lifestyles for the people who live, work and holiday here.
Mayor Ron Clarke MBE
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The people of the Gold Coast have the capacity to shape the future of this beautiful city. This Statement of Proposal is an important guiding step, and we want you to be involved. Our city’s Planning Scheme is a vital and evolving document and we need to ensure the foundations for the city’s future, as outlined in this proposal, are aligned with the values and aspirations identified during the Bold Future community consultation process. During that process the community voiced their desire for more sustainable development practices that responded appropriately to the challenges faced by the Gold Coast - such as climate change, increased population and development density, housing and job shortages, and transport issues. The Statement of Proposal illustrates to residents, Council’s interpretation of the community’s desires - where we are all heading - and is a way to emphasise how important we believe the contribution of residents is to developing the city’s new planning scheme. The Gold Coast’s new planning scheme will play a key role in directing proactive and appropriate development practices to ensure the Gold Coast achieves our Bold Future Vision. In particular, it will provide a blueprint for well-planned communities that live, work and play together in creative and sustainable ways. To get there, we need to build on the current planning scheme and put forward some new directions, which are contained within this Statement of Proposal. As the Chair of Council’s Sustainable City Future Committee I am excited by the release of this Statement of Proposal to the residents of the Gold Coast. Please take the time to read this proposal and reflect on how each theme contributes to your ideas of a Bold Future. Talk to your neighbours, friends and colleagues and let us know what you think by making a submission - everyone can have a say in our future.
Peter Young Councillor Division 5 DEVELOPING OUR GOLD COAST
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The new planning scheme will build on the foundations of Gold Coast’s Bold Future Vision
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What is the purpose of this document? As a community we have described our Bold Future Vision for the Gold Coast City as:
“Defined by our spectacular beaches, hinterland ranges, forests and waterways, the Gold Coast is an outstanding city which celebrates nature and connects distinct communities with the common goals of sustainability, choice and wellbeing for all.” As part of this vision we identified the following themes: A
city leading by example
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city loved for its green, gold and blue
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city connecting people and places
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safe city where everyone belongs
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city with a thriving economy
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city shaped by clever design
This Statement of Proposal document outlines how the new Gold Coast Planning Scheme responds to our vision. Developing our Bold Future Vision (www.boldfuture.com.au) was an extensive community engagement initiative to create a blueprint map for the future of the city. The new planning scheme is a key component of our Bold Future Vision as it relates to land-use planning and development. The directions of land-use planning, as outlined in this document, are consistent with what the community has told us over recent years. It reflects the community’s comments on the structure and nature of the future Gold Coast. Often called a town plan, the new planning scheme will guide the way new development occurs on the Gold Coast over the next 10 years. The new planning scheme will be a key tool to help Council manage the Gold Coast’s ongoing growth in a sustainable manner. In simple terms, the planning scheme sets out the preferred land use of every Gold Coast property and identifies what natural areas should be protected, where shops, industrial estates and public spaces and sets standards and criteria for buildings.
Have your say
3. mailing a separate submission to:
The development of a planning scheme is an extensive undertaking and the release of this Statement of Proposal is an important step towards its development. The feedback we receive regarding this Statement of Proposal will be used to:
Planning Scheme Review Program Gold Coast City Council PO Box 5042, Gold Coast MC, QLD 9729
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the development of the strategic direction for the new planning scheme.
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a draft planning scheme for public exhibition next year.
There are various ways that you can have your say about this Statement of Proposal, such as:
4. you can also join our ongoing online discussion
forum by following the links from the Council website www.goldcoastcity.com.au
We will continue this online discussion forum over the next couple of years as we develop the new planning scheme. If you have any queries regarding this Statement of Proposal you can contact Council during the consultation period from 19 October – 15 December on 1300 694 222.
1. making an online submission following the
link from www.goldcoastcity.com.au 2. completing and mailing the stamped, self-
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In Queensland, planning legislation requires every local government to have a planning scheme which is regularly reviewed, updated or replaced. Gold Coast City’s current planning scheme was introduced in 2003. Over the past seven years it has been amended several times to keep pace with changing regulations.
Next, Council developed a land-use response to the Bold Future Vision themes. These land-use responses are outlined in this document. This is the first step in the process of consultation on the approach to the new planning scheme and your feedback will shape the planning scheme response to the Bold Future themes.
In December 2009, the legislation governing land-use planning in Queensland changed and with this change came a new planning framework which has affected how planning schemes are made and administered.
Following public consultation of this Statement of Proposal, Council will start drafting the new planning scheme. This draft will be available for public inspection and comment in late 2011.
Council started the development of a new planning scheme that same year as part of implementing its Bold Future Vision program that set a number of strategic themes for the city. The community and stakeholders were asked to provide feedback on the current planning scheme.
Finally, the new planning scheme will be presented to the Queensland Minister for Infrastructure and Planning for approval before implementation in late 2012.
Current planning scheme introduced
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2003 - current
Council’s Bold Future Vision engagement
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Ongoing amendments made to current planning scheme
Council resolves to develop a new planning scheme
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Current planning scheme current state analysis feedback process
Did you know? The population of the Gold Coast grew by 15,600 people in 2009
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2009
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Council to exhibit draft new planning scheme
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Council releases Statement of Proposal
Ongoing amendments
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Council releases new planning scheme
The Queensland Government’s Sustainable Planning Act 2009, the South East Queensland Regional Plan 2009–2031 and Council’s Planning Scheme work together to shape land use planning policy from a State Government perspective, down to development decisions made on individual sites on the Gold Coast.
What does the Sustainable Planning Act regulate? In 2009 the Queensland Government introduced new planning legislation. The Sustainable Planning Act sets out the way in which local, regional and state planning processes are coordinated and regulated. In simple terms, this new legislation (see www.dip.qld.gov.au/spa) ensures that planning schemes more clearly describe the intent of land use in their area and how local government will give effect to state planning policy. example, a property may be classified as a residential, environmental conservation or low impact industry zone.
What is the role of the South East Queensland Regional Plan? The South East Queensland Regional Plan (www.dip.qld.gov.au/seqregionalplan) sets out the way in which it expects the 11 local governments, including Gold Coast City Council, to manage anticipated population growth and associated development. The regional plan outlines which areas on the Gold Coast should be protected and which land would be suitable for new homes, businesses and infrastructure. Our planning scheme is required to translate the policies of the South East Queensland Regional Plan into our city’s plans.
How does the planning scheme fit in? The role of Council’s planning scheme is to reflect the requirements of the Sustainable Planning Act, the South East Queensland Regional Plan and other State interests in the way it plans for development and addresses local issues and aspirations. It illustrates the preferred land-use possibilities of every property located on the Gold Coast. It does this by classifying properties into zones. For
The planning scheme also details any other requirements that may affect that property. For instance, the property may be classified as being a heritage site, an infrastructure site or in a biodiversity corridor. The planning scheme will also show if development on the property may potentially be affected by bushfire, flood, landslide or other hazards. The rapid development of the Gold Coast has led to regular reviews of the planning scheme to ensure it keeps pace with the community’s expectations. The new planning scheme will continue to reflect the ongoing needs of the community and will also incorporate updated Queensland Government laws and policies. The development of a new planning scheme is also affected by the needs of the way people live, their lifestyles and our changing world. By understanding the full consequences of the way people live, planners can identify and understand the implications of future planning strategies. This understanding can help planners to develop a new planning scheme that encourages land use that is more responsive to balancing social, environmental and economic issues.
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To ensure that continued development arising from the predicted population and visitation growth of Gold Coast City is sustainable, the planning scheme contains measures to enhance and protect the natural environment
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Identifying the range of lifestyles on the Gold Coast is a good way to think about the form and function of the city. This form and function is controlled by land-use planning, through a planning scheme. By identifying different lifestyles, a greater understanding can be gained of the needs and implications of the way people live. For example, each different lifestyle has different environmental implications, infrastructure needs and community space needs. The Gold Coast is a diverse city that offers a range of lifestyles for residents. From rural and acreage living, to traditional suburban neighbourhoods, canal estates and inner city communities – the range of lifestyles on the Gold Coast is wider than most other Australian cities. Each of these communities also has unique characteristics. For instance, rural and acreage living communities enable residents to live in spaces with a rural ambience, close to the natural environment. On the other hand, these communities are often a long way from shops, schools or other urban services. As a result, car ownership and use can be high.
Similarly, residents who choose to live in a suburban area may have homes within easy walking or driving distance of schools and shops, but are often far from work. These communities are based on street networks connecting people and places. Canal communities provide another lifestyle that is characteristic of the Gold Coast. These communities have a suburban feel in an estate based around manmade canals, which provide close contact to the water. Other Gold Coast residents experience traditional inner-city living. These communities are highly active and provide local hot spots that attract residents from other neighbourhoods as well as visitors. Development is predominantly medium to high residential use mixed with entertainment, employment and retail activities. In essence, we have a diverse range of lifestyles on the Gold Coast. The new planning scheme will continue to recognise this diversity.
The Gold Coast is a diverse city which provides a range of community lifestyles for residents.
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A pictorial summary of our different lifestyles Description
Form
Rural / Hinterland
Acreage
Suburbia
Based on a feeling of wide open spaces and rural ambiance, with the need to travel fair distances by car to access most services.
A lifestyle that offers some of the amenity of rural living, closer to urban services, which are usually accessed by car.
A lifestyle dominated by the detached house with backyard, and two cars with some local schools and shops, and the opportunity to access some services by other than the car.
Generally single storey houses set within the landscape and connected by rural standard roads.
Houses on large lots with generally single storey houses set back from, and connected by, windy bitumen roads.
Post war areas with mostly large single or two storey houses built close to windy cul- de-sacs that service them.
A close link to nature and the natural landscape and quiet, apart from typical rural noises!
Buildings sit within a treed landscape, streets are mostly pretty quiet, and most of the time you don’t see anyone around.
Backyards, suburban streets and local schools and parks for the kids.
Community-led activities and events.
All pretty quiet and you need to go to small rural townships or the city areas to get a meal or have a day out.
Activity limited to the neighbourhood shops and residents coming and going in cars or out getting exercise.
Limited convenience facilities/ services nearby and most other needs, including work and entertainment, involve a major vehicle trip.
Some local facilities/services for convenience only and most other needs, including work, are a fair drive away.
Some local facilities/ services for convenience, but car travel needed for work, major shopping, doctors, banks etc.
Little housing diversity because the focus is on the landscape. Buildings are widely dispersed and set back from the road.
Typically large ‘dream homes’, so housing style varied based on individual preferences.
Most houses are newer brick and tile. Homes are often sold as house and land packages.
One house for every 20 hectares or more.
Usually 1 or 2 houses per hectare.
With typical lot sizes between 400-1,000m2 8-12 houses on each hectare.
Transport
Character
Vitality
Accessibility
Diversity
Space/Backyard
Population
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Canal Estates
Traditional Neighbourhood
Urbia
Downtown/ Central City
A suburban lifestyle on canal estates, which provide close contact to the water, but make local trips by car or walking indirect.
Residential areas with a traditional grid network, usually much closer to a wide range of services and with a wider mix of housing, uses and transport options that provide a sense of vitality.
Diverse and denser neighbourhoods containing or close to city services, characterised by a “buzz”. These suburbs are the urban chic – older residential areas that are cool again.
A lifestyle where you can wake up in your unit in the morning and go for a walk/swim/surf at the beach, stroll to work and go to one of your local restaurants for dinner.
Like suburbia, with canals!
Generally residential areas with a mix of houses, townhouses and low rise units. The street grid makes it easy to get around.
A mix of residential and nonresidential uses, with low to high buildings and a grid street network, focused around one or two main streets, and buildings often close to the street.
Distinctly urban areas undergoing rapid change and development, with new development being high density.
Suburban looking streets, backyards with water views from the house.
Active and therefore noisier, but accompanied by the amenity of access to local hubs of activity and green space close to facilities.
Active and vibrant with small local parks/ civic spaces providing relief from hard urban elements.
These areas have a lot of hustle and bustle. While they are noisy with less ‘green’ spaces, they have everything on their doorstep.
Almost exclusively residential and quiet, although you can see some activity on the water.
Lots of things to do in your neighbourhood or street, with local restaurants and shops providing small hubs of activity.
Vital, “happening” places with lots to do nearby, and local main street strips of shops and cafés generate activity throughout the day and night, particularly on weekends.
Highly active places, day and night, with a lot of restaurants, pubs/ clubs, shops and tourist activity. Plenty of day time activity because of office workers and tourists.
Rarely any local services or facilities, so access to most services (except for water recreation) requires a car trip.
Generally located in older areas, with easy access to services, including local stores, schools and medical centres.
Easy access to employment, retail, commercial services and medical centres, as well as leisure and entertainment.
Easy access to services, facilities, employment, recreation and retail opportunities.
Large single houses with a lot of diversity in style but pretty consistent in the overall look from street to street.
Diversity in the character of the houses and range of housing types and land use.
A diversity of building types, activities and land uses, and plenty of parks and people around.
These areas are always changing and most new development is architecturally designed to be unique.
Lot sizes are similar to suburbia, but with the canals, the houses per hectare of total lifestyle area are much less.
A wide range, from detached housing to townhouses and units, so between 10-30 households on each hectare.
50+ households on a typical hectare.
70+ households on a typical hectare.
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Our Bold Future Vision is the community’s endorsed vision for the future of the Gold Coast to 2040. A number of planning schemes will ultimately deliver on this vision, but this first planning scheme will play the critical role of providing the foundations for a sustainable and liveable city as envisaged by Bold Future. The new Planning Scheme will integrate the city’s Bold Future Vision into Council’s land-use planning and decision making.
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Working towards Bold Future headline target: By 2040 we are recognised as a city of inspired leaders and engaged communities. Question: How will we lead and engage with the community in addressing key issues and shaping the new planning scheme?
Background Managing growth in a beautiful environment such as the Gold Coast requires strong leadership that is based on working partnerships with all levels of government, non-government organisations, the private sector, and the community. Our key challenges include: how we conserve our natural areas, connect people and places, provide for economic growth, create the social and cultural conditions for a safe and accessible city, and design the city to bring all of these elements together. The way we live and use resources that are becoming increasingly scarce is also a major focus for the Gold Coast. The planning scheme is a key tool that the Council will use in its leadership response to addressing these issues. The way ‘Theme 1: A city leading by example’ will relate to the planning scheme is through the process of developing and administering the new planning scheme and how Council engages with the community in addressing key challenges. It is anticipated that
Proposed new planning scheme directions
A key issue for the planning scheme is addressing the risks, issues and opportunities of climate change. Based on current predictions of the affects of climate change, the Gold Coast will be subject to increased flooding, temperature rises and/or extreme weather. The planning scheme will continue its strong focus on known natural hazards such as flood, landslip and bushfire, taking into account future risks that arise from climate change. Other climate change responses focus on greenhouse gas reduction, including the promotion of environmentally friendly modes of travel in the city such as public transport, cycling and walking. Land-use planning that is integrated and supports the investment in the construction of the planned light rail transport network are also ways that the city can reduce its environmental footprint. An important goal for the new scheme is that it is written and administered to reduce complexity with an appropriate balance between flexibility and certainty. The scheme will highlight positive planning strategies to facilitate well designed and well located development outcomes. The planning scheme will also provide the circumstances where the community has the opportunity to comment on development with potentially significant impacts to help strike the right balance between protection of our environment and development.
Provide
the circumstance where development applications with potentially significant impacts will be publicly notified.
Planning scheme drafting and administration drafting principles to simplify the planning scheme and develop it as a web published online document that is easily accessible.
Adopt
Adopt
a range of current policy approaches to these challenges will be reflected in the new planning scheme, but it is important that we take stock and review these policies to ensure that our responses to issues are contemporary and fit for purpose.
an open and transparent process for the creation of the new planning scheme with opportunities for community input as it is developed.
Climate Change to partner with State Government agencies to identify areas with potential risk, over the course of this century, to climate change-induced sea-level rise and storm surge and consider the role of the planning scheme in regulating new development in these areas.
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to improve the online development applications process.
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Working towards Bold Future headline target: By 2040, native vegetation covers a higher proportion of our city than any other major city in Australia. QUESTION: How will we manage development in a way that protects and enhances the city’s natural environment, open spaces, beaches and waterways?
Background The city’s natural assets are its defining features. Our landscape features are diverse and dominated by the spectacular forest-covered hinterland, urban green space corridors, world renowned coastline and fresh and salt water environments. The protection and enhancement of our unique natural environment is crucial. The city’s planning provides for a balance between protection of these natural assets and the future economic and social development of the city. Approximately 49 per cent of the city’s land area is covered by native vegetation. The long-term target is for this to increase to 55 per cent. Over 60 per cent of the city is located outside its defined urban footprint with the express intention that ecologically significant areas are identified, protected and managed to maintain their ecosystems, landscape value, community and economic vitality. The city supports a wide diversity of
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natural habitats with many recognised as internationally significant for nature conservation. Many wildlife species found on the Gold Coast are of regional and national significance because they are restricted to specific habitats in the region or are under threat elsewhere. Planning and managing the city’s conservation network to protect the city’s biodiversity and help mitigate the risks of climate change by identifying areas to be protected, is an important function of the planning scheme. Protecting corridors linking the coast to the hinterland will allow for safe fauna movement. It will also protect the natural environment and its ecosystems that will in turn benefit, sustain and support the wellbeing of people. To ensure that continued development arising from the predicted population and visitation growth of the Gold Coast is sustainable, the new planning scheme will include improved measures such as offsetting impacts of our developing areas by enhancing and protecting the natural environment elsewhere. The preservation of the city’s conservation, recreation and formal open space network will be achieved through the protection of our hinterland, waterways, native vegetation areas and view corridors. Our cherished bushland, parks, beaches and waterways are accessible to residents and visitors and are enjoyed through a wide range of educational, exercise and recreational activities. A wide range of nature-based activities supports residents and visitors in exploring and caring for our natural areas.
Proposed new planning scheme directions
Review
Parks and open green spaces and update best practice planning measures to support the delivery of a network of interconnected and accessible greenways, waterways and parklands across the city, including a network of major foreshore parklands, to increase community recreation space and encourage people of all ages and abilities to use the open space for recreation.
Review
Review
and update existing policies for street tree planting to provide cooler and shaded streets, increase the city’s tree canopy and encourage walking and cycling through improved streetscape amenity and natural qualities.
Review
and update existing planning measures for providing access to safe waterside parkland and water-based recreation pursuits through appropriate zoning controls that facilitate public access in select locations along waterway corridors.
Continue
to maintain the inter-urban break between Pimpama and North Ormeau.
Continue
to maintain the Carrara Merrimac Floodplain as the city’s Greenheart.
Consider
the role of the planning scheme to integrate public and private open space to achieve greater environmental, recreational and visual opportunities.
Biodiversity and wildlife corridors and update planning mechanisms for the conservation and resilience of the city’s natural environment and native and threatened species, including koalas, by identifying and protecting ecologically significant areas through appropriate planning controls and mapping.
Review
Review
and update planning mechanisms to acquire, manage and rehabilitate land as part of the development assessment process through means such as open space dedication and the use of restoration guidelines.
and update best practice criteria for ecological assessments to ensure impacts on the natural environment are fully understood and considered as part of decision making.
Introduce
an environmental offsets policy to mitigate the impacts of urban development in circumstances where these impacts are unavoidable.
Introduce
suitable planning measures to consolidate critical wildlife corridors, including the retention of existing vegetation, restoration of cleared areas and improved linkages for flora and fauna migration.
Water and waterways best practice waterway and water quality criteria, including buffers to development, to protect and restore healthy waterways and riparian waterway corridors, waterway catchments, lakes and wetlands and their unique flora and fauna.
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Beaches and coastline and update existing planning measures to protect ecological systems in coastal, estuarine and marine environments from the adverse impacts of development.
Review
Review
and update existing coastal protection measures.
Waste Introduce
planning measures to enable the community to manage waste more effectively through appropriate provision of onsite recycling facilities.
Landscape character and scenic amenity planning measures to protect physical landscape features and the city’s distinctive built form and protect landscapes of high scenic amenity value, popular and significant public viewpoints and important view corridors from intrusive development.
Introduce
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Working towards Bold Future headline target: By 2040, our efficient transport system and advanced communications network enable the shortest average travel to work time of any major city in Australia.
and connect to the Gold Coast Airport. An investment of $949 million is being made with the construction of a light rail network, which will run along the high intensity coastal area between Griffith University and the new hospital at Parklands through Southport and Surfers Paradise to Broadbeach. The route will eventually connect with the heavy rail at Helensvale North and also continue south. Bus services will provide interconnectivity throughout the city and link to both rail networks.
Question: How will we make best use of the city’s expanding transport, communication and social networks that link people, homes, workplaces, schools, communities and significant places locally and globally?
Recognising the importance of connecting people and places, the new planning scheme will have a strong focus on integrated transport and land-use planning. Improving the connection of walkways and bikeways will be prominent as the city moves towards a sustainable transport network. Promoting walkway and cycleway networks and designing development to support them, reinforces public transport investment. The city’s target is to increase public transport usage to 7 percent of all trips by 2014.
Background The quality of lifestyle on the Gold Coast and the strength of its economy are supported by its connected communities, businesses, people, and places. Globally, the city is connected by its airport and through telecommunications, and regionally, through its motorways and railways. It is connected locally through its networks of centres, schools, parks, recreational and community facilities as well as its roads, footpaths, buses and bikeways. The quality of these connections makes the Gold Coast one of the most desirable places in the world to live or visit. A heavy rail line extends to Varsity Station and provides a vital link with Brisbane. This line will extend south
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Social and cultural linkages are less tangible but no less important than transport linkages. The Bold Future Vision is that communities across the city are alive with vibrant people of all ages interacting in well designed public places that encourage the community to be creative and active. People’s experience is also enriched by our heritage, our places and our culture. The Gold Coast community recognises the unique connection the traditional owners have to the land and their contemporary role in our community.
Proposed new planning scheme directions
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Choice of attractive and desirable environmentally-friendly modes of travel Review and update land-use decisions to support the implementation of an integrated public transport network by: –– continued concentration of urban development in the coastal urban area and at Robina and Coomera –– facilitating development intensity within a well-serviced network of vibrant activity centres and along the Gold Coast light rail corridor –– investigating development options within walking distance of existing high frequency public transport services to identify the best use of that service –– identifying and sequencing future public transport corridors and including planning measures to align development outcomes with the future intent for these corridors. Introduce
suitable planning responses to manage traffic outcomes and car-parking provision in activity centres and the Gold Coast light rail corridor to ensure the safety of pedestrians and cyclists and give priority to public transport investment.
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to partner with State Government to support the integration of the city’s bus network with light and heavy rail linkages to provide improved route coverage and service frequency in areas with a high degree of development intensity.
Review
and update standards that require events and development to demonstrate how integration of land use and transport planning is achieved by, amongst other matters, safe connections with the city’s integrated transport network.
Review
and update best practice crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) criteria to provide high quality and safe environments in public areas across the city and to support walking and cycling.
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to identify and secure a network of convenient, safe and connected pedestrian and cycle routes across the city, including the Oceanway network and include planning measures to ensure these are preserved as part of the development approval process, where relevant.
the role of the planning scheme in building “green” bridges in important locations over waterways to connect existing gaps in pedestrian and cycle routes to improve the city’s walking and cycling network.
Review
and update the existing requirements for the provision of bicycle parking and change facilities in commercial and retail developments in the city.
Vibrant community and cultural hubs and prepare detailed planning measures to support the establishment of a major cultural precinct at Evandale.
Review
Review
and update the preferred locations for community and cultural facilities across the city to support community activity and interaction, and artistic and creative energy. Include specific responses that allow these facilities to respond with community growth and expectations.
Preferred locations such as existing community-based land holdings and activity centres will be investigated.
Pride in heritage and diversity and maintain a register of significant heritage places and trees in the city and provide positive strategies to promote the value of our environmental and cultural heritage and support the conservation of our natural and built heritage and diverse character areas across the city.
Introduce
Investigate
best practice approaches to protect environmental and cultural landscapes and places of cultural significance to traditional owners of the land.
Well connected locally and globally to protect the international airport from incompatible land uses and allow this use to maximise its potential consistent with state planning policy.
Continue
Review
and update planning measures for the adoption of advanced information and communication infrastructure in new development to support business, education and changing community needs.
Council is working in partnership with the State and Federal Government on this initiative and is awaiting final details on how this is to be delivered. At the relevant time, specific planning measures will be prepared to guide standards for new development.
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Working towards Bold Future headline target: By 2040, our city has the highest proportion of residents who feel a sense of belonging to their community. Question: How will we manage development in a way that increases our community spirit, enriches our quality of life and allows us to enjoy a wide variety of cultural and recreational activities?
Background Under the Bold Future Vision we are striving for a city which in 30 years improves upon what is already a great place to live, learn, work and play at every stage of life and for all abilities. Residents have access to a range of services, facilities and infrastructure to support and enhance the Gold Coast lifestyle. People feel safe and secure. Communities support diversity and are welcoming, involved and caring. The city is a place where we can all afford to live and there are options for those who need assistance. There is access to a wide range of cultural activities and our culture is enriched by dynamic and creative people. People are healthy and active and enjoy life in a clean and healthy environment. We are enriched by the diversity of our coastal, hinterland and rural communities. Within the life of the next planning scheme, the city will see the population grow and age dramatically. Planning and development must respond to changing community characteristics, issues and needs. An ageing population will need affordable, accessible and diverse housing, safe and equitable access to the built environment, public transport and appropriate services. People should be able to enjoy this access without having to change their places of residence. Planning lays the foundation for these conditions through its influence on the environmental qualities
Proposed new planning scheme directions Active and healthy community and update best practice approaches to the allocation and design of land for parks and community purposes to ensure these are safe and accessible for people of all ages and abilities and integrated into the surrounding community.
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that support social diversity and inclusion, safe and healthy living and accessibility to services, facilities and employment. Appropriate and timely provision of social infrastructure is essential to the wellbeing of individuals, households and communities. Community infrastructure encourages people to take part in community life, experience belonging, reduce social isolation and meet basic individual and family needs. Community, recreational, cultural and sporting facilities will be integrated into the urban environment. The integration of residential areas with community facilities and transport systems, including pedestrian and bicycle networks, encourages people to be physically active as part of their daily lives. Integration also facilitates social interaction, reduces the need for private vehicle trips and promotes increased viability of community facilities. Parks and community land play a significant role in supporting the establishment of sustainable food initiatives like community gardens, to promote healthy food choices and food security. The quality and design of the built environment is directly linked to the development of safe and strong communities. This includes ensuring that the public domain and buildings, facilities and services provide safe and equitable access for people of all ages and abilities. While much social policy can be integrated in the making of a planning scheme, as with other impacts, not all circumstances can be anticipated. Social and health impact assessment can help identify unexpected outcomes through the development assessment processes. Projected future climate change impacts may increase the frequency, duration and extent of natural hazards resulting in risks to the health and safety of our communities. These risks need to be taken into account when planning for new development. The urban form should not only be designed to minimise risk from such potential hazards, but also be able to maintain important functions during major natural events, or to quickly respond and recover from such events, with essential services protected.
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and update provisions to promote the flexible use of land for parks and community purposes, including market type events, concessions, community gardens, recreational programs and other appropriate park activities to support social interaction and active and healthy lifestyles.
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the broader role of the planning scheme in accommodating fitness and lifestyle activities in new development.
Safe and secure community new detailed planning measures to ensure that crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) principles are applied to new development and the design of public spaces, including techniques to minimise graffiti.
Introduce
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and update policy to promote the safe use and enjoyment of public facilities and spaces and support improved safety in critical areas of the city, such as entertainment precincts, through the mix and design of land uses and management of the impacts of uses such as licensed premises.
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and update best practice approaches to managing the impacts of flooding, landslip, contaminated land, bushfire and erosion, including taking into account the potential impacts of climate change. These areas will be identified and avoided where possible, otherwise new development will be required to respond to detailed planning measures addressing the potential risks to people’s health and safety.
Consider
the role of the planning scheme in limiting further development beyond existing commitments in areas at high risk from biting insects and measures to be applied to potentially affected areas.
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and review provisions to identify, protect and remedy health-related hazards and risks to support the wellbeing of the community.
Health and education services the role of the planning scheme in integrating community uses with education facilities.
Consider
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the role of the planning scheme in identifying preferred locations for public health and education facilities in new urban areas. In existing urban areas, this may require the designation of land for community infrastructure in partnership with State Government.
Introduce
detailed planning measures to promote the development of medical and health services in proximity to neighbourhood populations, with the scale and type of activity appropriate to the location.
Inclusive, supportive and vibrant community Review and update policy to promote discrete neighbourhoods that contribute to a sense of identity, place and belonging, that are physically and socially connected with each other and activity centres.
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and update policy to promote social diversity across the city, and within centres and neighbourhoods, by facilitating access to a mix of housing types and sizes, facilities and services, and a built environment that meets diverse community needs.
Introduce
new provisions to manage and mitigate the social and health impacts of development, including processes so that the city’s socially diverse communities can contribute to decisionmaking in circumstances where development is likely to have significant social and health impacts.
Consider
suitable planning responses to improve safety, amenity, equitable access and liveability in activity centres and entertainment precincts by balancing the needs of business with those of residents and visitors.
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to ensure that relevant and appropriate land use and planning mechanisms indentified in council plans (e.g. the Surfers Strategic Action Plan, the Alcohol Management Plan) are incorporated in the planning scheme.
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and update policy to improve the facilitation of a range of housing types and sizes to support its healthy and diverse communities.
Provision of social infrastructure and update provisions of activity centres to facilitate the delivery of sequenced social infrastructure including human services, libraries, community and youth centres by removing barriers and aligning the Social Infrastructure Planning program and planning scheme provisions, including the Priority Infrastructure Plan.
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and update activity centres’ provisions to promote good access to social infrastructure and networks, and to facilitate the development of highly accessible and high profile community hubs, integrated service centres or nodes and co-located facilities.
Introduce
new standards for social infrastructure services and facilities provision in new communities and identify suitable planning measures to link urban development to their supply.
Consider
suitable planning responses to make better use of space within buildings in centres and along the light rail corridor in facilitating provision of social infrastructure.
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Working towards Bold Future headline target: By 2040, we are the employment destination of choice with the most diverse and rewarding local employment opportunities.
Question: How will we manage development to ensure a wide variety of employment and business opportunities with a focus on education, research and development, to support aspirations and quality of life?
Background The Gold Coast has a thriving and successful economy underpinned by its natural attributes, lifestyle opportunities and an open and welcoming business environment. The new planning scheme will deliver land-use policies to ensure the ongoing development of traditional economic drivers of tourism, construction and retail trade. However, the planning scheme will also recognise that over the next 10 years the growth of knowledge-intensive industries will broaden the city’s economic base and will assist the Gold Coast to become more economically diverse. Between 2006 and 2010 the coast experienced an average annual increase of 7,600 jobs, which equates to an annual growth rate of 5.3 per cent. Each year 41.5 hectares of business land is developed. Forecasts to 2020 are that 8,000 new jobs will be required every year to sustain the Gold Coast’s predicted population increase. With careful planning the Gold Coast has sufficient business land to accommodate this predicted growth. An important issue for the Gold Coast is the need to maintain business areas for business land uses and protect these from land uses that could be accommodated within appropriate zones elsewhere within the city. Key infrastructure services, corridors and buffer areas are also identified for protection from incompatible land uses. Tourism will continue to be a significant economic driver for the Gold Coast. Land use and development of the city will support and enhance those qualities
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that contribute to its tourism role. To maintain its market share, the Gold Coast will continue to promote and develop new tourism industry markets, including the growing convention and exhibition industry and other special interest markets, ecotourism and cultural tourism. The city will also protect and enhance the cultural and natural values of the coast and hinterland for the long-term sustainability of tourism and its contribution to the economy. The Gold Coast’s major stock of industrial land is the Yatala Enterprise Area with smaller industrial precincts located within the city. Yatala is an employment location of regional significance expected to be the location of 10 per cent of Gold Coast jobs in 2031. The growth of manufacturing, logistics and freight distribution will predominantly occur within this area. Other important industrial areas in the city include the specialist Gold Coast Marine Precinct at Coomera and key industrial precincts at Molendinar, Nerang, Biggera Waters, West Burleigh and the marine industry at Steiglitz. The hinterland, rural areas and natural assets play a sustainable and productive role in the city’s economy. The city has important reserves of both renewable and non-renewable resources. Such resources include good quality agricultural land, materials extracted from the ground (such as rock, sand, soils and gravel), timber and water. The sustainable management of these natural resources requires that their use has regard to the city’s long-term needs. It also ensures that recovery of these resources occurs only where environmental and social impacts can be acceptably managed. Renewable energy, and energy that comes from a natural resource, also warrants careful consideration in the planning process. Wind farms and solar energy are the type of land uses linked with renewable energy. Investigation into renewable energy land uses is being undertaken to determine its role within the planning scheme. The city will also protect and maintain opportunities for continuing investment in industries that support rural activities. Land-use planning will support local food production and encourage local markets in appropriate locations.
Proposed new planning scheme directions
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Diverse economy to implement positive strategies to facilitate the growth of knowledge-based centres of excellence targeting specific industry sectors including: creative, education, environment, film, health and medical, information and communication technology, marine, sport and tourism sectors.
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and update existing standards that apply to zones that support business to ensure there is sufficient suitable land, and that best uses are promoted in the right locations to support employment selfcontainment and economic diversity.
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and update existing policies to recognise and protect the functions of existing appropriatelylocated industrial land from inappropriate development, to ensure long-term sustainable land supply, provide support for existing local business and a foundation for new business investment.
Introduce
a new strategy to encourage the conversion of poorly-located industrial land in the city to uses more compatible with local amenity expectations.
Review
and update existing planning measures to make it easier to undertake industrial development whilst at the same time providing for improved industrial design outcomes.
Review
and update existing planning measures to make it easier to work from home. This will, for example, require a review of parking and levels of assessment.
and update existing policies to identify a sufficient supply of land for economic development in the city through an efficient land-use pattern that is conducive to business activity, and where relevant appropriate buffer areas are planned for.
Consider
the role of the planning scheme to investigate options for renewable energy developments and make recommendations to Council regarding appropriate types and locations in the city to support these activities.
Infrastructure supports globally competitive business development and growth Continue to implement the provision of infrastructure to support the sustainable economic growth of the city in an efficient and environmentally responsible manner. The Priority Infrastructure Plan ensures the timing for the provision of trunk or major infrastructure. Tourist economy to implement detailed planning measures to support tourism development appropriate to different locations in the city, as follows:
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–– Pacific Coast – tourist accommodation and entertainment –– hinterland – interpretative tourist attractions, bed and breakfast, eco-tourism accommodation, day tripper facilities. Other facilities such as resorts and conference facilities will be considered in suitable areas –– major theme parks – support the city’s major theme park attractions including Sea World, Warner Brothers Movie World, Wet‘n‘Wild Water World, Dreamworld and Whitewater World.
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Food production to implement suitable planning measures to protect and promote a viable rural economy that supports a variety of sustainable rural activities, including local markets and to ensure a long-term production base to reduce food miles.
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and update existing policies to protect good quality agricultural land consistent with state planning policy except where such land is committed to another form of development.
Consider
the role of the planning scheme to support localised food production in both urban and rural areas.
Natural resources and update existing policies to conserve the city’s natural resources and ensure the resources are carefully managed and used in a sustainable manner. Harvesting of non-renewable resources will only occur where environmental and social impacts are at an acceptable level.
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a new standard requiring the rehabilitation of natural resource sites at the end of their economic life through the preparation and approval of rehabilitation plans required at the development approval stage.
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and update existing policies to recognise existing approved extractive resource operations and investigate other known resource extraction opportunities to identify those that may be exploited in the life of the plan.
Introduce
new standards to ensure all future extractive resource operations are appropriately sequenced with regard to need, the suitability of their location and type, quantity and quality of resource, and it being undertaken in an ecologically sustainable way.
Corridors and buffers and update existing policies to identify suitable planning measures to protect key infrastructure sites and corridors, including roads, Intra Regional Transport Corridor (IRTC), waste disposal, water and wastewater plants, and high voltage transmission lines where these may conflict with land planned for future growth.
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the role of the planning scheme to address noisy outdoor recreational activities, such as motor sports, entertainment precincts and sporting facilities, including consideration of managing adjoining land uses and the use of buffer areas.
Working towards Bold Future headline target: By 2040, we have the most liveable, healthy, active and resource efficient major city in Australia. Question: How will we direct the city’s development and provide the infrastructure to enhance our environment and lifestyles whilst promoting sustainable choices through coastal urban, and rural settings?
Background The Bold Future Vision is for a city which has a compact urban layout to intentionally direct growth to protect our natural areas. Places are designed for the experiences they make possible and are memorable, active and safe. Quality open spaces are important for residents and visitors alike as well as community infrastructure to support the city’s needs. The city will mature to offer even greater diversity of lifestyle choices and support a range of urban, suburban and rural communities and landscapes. The city will be designed to enhance affordability and support sustainable communities and activity. The Gold Coast has a powerful city image with distinctive features. The coastline, with its tall buildings, and the steep forested escarpment of the hinterland; the cane lands and the northern bay and islands are features that define the city. Back from the coastline the canal development and low density suburban neighbourhoods transition to the rural residential areas and open space rural landscapes of the agricultural areas and hinterland valleys. The Gold Coast’s most intense development focuses around a number of key centres with a strong north/ south orientation where the Gold Coast Highway and the M1 Motorway run parallel to the coast. These two road corridors and other north/south roads and east/ west arterial roads form an interconnected network. The highest densities and tallest buildings found in the city are along the Gold Coast Highway from Southport through Surfers Paradise to Broadbeach. The South East Queensland Regional Plan imposes an urban footprint on the city. Greenfield land within this urban growth footprint needs to be
used carefully and efficiently as it is predicted to be committed to development by 2017. Gold Coast City’s planning is focused on developing a compact urban form, a clearly-defined network of activity centres, a diversity of housing stock, enhancement to the public and active transport network, green corridors and enhancements to social infrastructure. Much of the city will experience little increase in development intensity within the life of the new planning scheme, as it is proposed to focus the city’s future growth in areas that are well serviced by existing or planned high frequency public transport services and are close to employment areas and centres. There will be some change in areas that are already identified as having an existing medium level of intensity. These areas have a range of transport options including public transport and a range of urban, community and cultural facilities commensurate to the needs of local residents. Areas of low intensity activity and change are recognised for their high level of residential amenity. Housing is fundamental for our growing city. We have diverse lifestyles and housing forms, from rural residential and detached dwellings, to more intense attached and highrise development in many of our centres and along the coastal strip. The summary of these different lifestyles is presented earlier in this document. Despite this diversity, the city is experiencing a housing supply shortage, an undersupply of smaller dwellings and increasing and unaffordable housing costs. Closely linked to this issue is the need for innovative design, building practice and land use to support sustainable building practices within the city. Areas of recognised agricultural value will be protected from incompatible land uses. The sugar cane growing areas on the coastal flats in the northern parts of the city and the fertile valleys of the hinterland represent the principal agricultural activity areas and provide local character and identity. The quality and design of the built environment is directly linked to the development of community wellbeing and high quality social outcomes. This includes ensuring that the public domain and buildings, facilities and services provide safe and equitable access for people of all ages and abilities, and developments are designed for the Gold Coast’s subtropical climate. The provision of infrastructure is fundamental to the growth of the city. Council is a major provider and administrator of public infrastructure, such as roads,
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drainage, libraries and community halls, parks and reserves. Other agencies now provide water, sewage, gas, telecommunications and electricity, and State government agencies provide major social infrastructure such as schools, libraries, universities, hospitals, as well as police and emergency services. The city’s Priority Infrastructure Plan will define the scale, type,
Proposed new planning scheme directions The basis for a sustainable community to implement the South East Queensland Regional Plan’s urban footprint as a key tool to protecting the hinterland from urban encroachment and maintaining an ‘urban edge’ to the city.
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to implement a planned settlement pattern that supports the timely and best use of land to maximise lifestyle, mobility and employment opportunities.
Introduce
new detailed planning measures that promote development intensity and service delivery in and around extensive public transit and employment links within the city’s activity centre network and along the light rail corridor, including: –– reviewing existing car-parking standards to support walking, cycling, public transport accessibility and affordable living outcomes –– ensuring the optimal use of land and resources in these areas through identified planning measures such as minimum densities and building heights –– reviewing amenity standards for new development to ensure these are vibrant, safe and accessible places to live and work –– supporting the location of appropriate social infrastructure facilities and uses to create places for people to meet and take part in local community activities.
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to implement, review and update a network of activity centres that provide intentional and orderly direction on scale of activity and range of functions provided across the city, as follows: –– Principal Regional Activity Centres (including Southport, Robina and Coomera)
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timing and location of growth in order to plan and fund future Council-owned trunk infrastructure. As new areas develop, it is important that infrastructure is provided in a coordinated manner. Proposed development which is out of sequence or outside growth assumptions will be required to demonstrate that appropriate infrastructure is provided to service it.
–– Major Regional Activity Centres (including Helensvale, Nerang, Bundall, Surfers Paradise, Broadbeach and Coolangatta) –– Specialist Activity Centres (including Gold Coast Airport, Gold Coast University Hospital and Knowledge Precinct, and Bond University) –– District Activity Centres (including Palm Beach, Burleigh, Ormeau, Oxenford, Hope Island) Investigate
new detailed planning measures to support the delivery of a network of walkable urban neighbourhoods and small-scale local and neighbourhood centres to provide for the ordinary activities of everyday living within walking distance of most households.
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to implement best practice approaches to the development of the city’s remaining greenfield land supply to ensure the optimal use of this resource.
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and update existing policies to protect existing rural residential land in the city’s urban footprint from pressures to convert this land to urban development.
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and update housing policy and provisions to: –– facilitate the provision of housing that meets the needs of residents and supports affordable living for Gold Coast households –– remove existing planning barriers to housing diversity and prepare detailed planning measures to facilitate a greater mix of housing outcomes (density, dwelling type, form and size) in well-serviced locations in line with the needs of the current and future community –– ensure housing is designed for liveability to reflect local character, to be ecologically sustainable and reduce running costs, and meet the needs of our diverse community
–– implement best practice design provisions for retirement villages and nursing homes which support active and healthy living and respond to new models such as vertical or highrise villages. Include
new provisions to support delivery of affordable housing options for low to moderate income households.
Consider
suitable planning measures to deliver universal housing outcomes across the city by ensuring a proportion of dwellings are designed for people of all ages and abilities with features such as ground-level entry, wide hallways and showers without steps.
Infrastructure is planned and delivered to meet the needs of the growing community Coordinate and provide efficient, timely and environmentally responsible infrastructure to service the city in line with the Priority Infrastructure Plan, including the size, type, timing and location of areas planned for future growth. Review
and update existing policies to align the planning scheme with Council’s and other infrastructure providers’ capital works programs to ensure that infrastructure provision keeps pace with community growth and needs.
High quality urban design, world-class city image and diverse built forms Review and update existing policies to recognise and protect the basic structural elements of the city’s development pattern and enhance city image through the application of best practice urban design principles.
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and update existing policies to provide improved design and impact guidelines for tall building development in the city including wind impact assessment provisions.
Introduce
a new standard that provides detailed planning measures to ensure the tallest buildings within the city are limited to the core areas of Southport, Surfers Paradise and Broadbeach, with heights in Surfers Paradise being dominant across the skyline. Outside of these areas, tall building activity will be promoted in activity centres with building height determined by the scale and intensity of development planned for that centre.
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and update existing policies to improve existing planning measures for different forms of residential development including, detached, medium-density housing and high-density apartment living.
Introduce
planning measures to require new development to reinforce the defined citywide and local character of key locations of the city and associated landscapes.
Review
and update existing policies to prepare detailed planning measures to recognise and protect areas of special character such as Currumbin Hill, Burleigh Ridge, Mudgeeraba, the Spit and Springbrook.
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land-use separation and buffers for incompatible land uses.
Review
and update existing standards addressing non-residential land uses in residential zones such as parking commercial vehicles inside properties.
Consider
the role of the planning scheme in identifying suitable planning measures to require new development to be water efficient, climate responsive and energy efficient to reflect our subtropical climate and local character including requirement for “green” roofs and walls, and localised energy generation.
Introduce
new standards and best practice measures to require provision of equitable access and disability standards into the design of development and infrastructure projects (not duplicating building code provisions).
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Council will evaluate all stakeholder feedback and make decisions about what new information should be included and what should be amended. We will then produce the new planning scheme’s Strategic Framework. This Strategic Framework will be presented to the Queensland Government for approval. Upon direction from the Queensland Government, Council will then produce a draft of the new planning scheme. This draft will go on display for public comment in 2011. Council will again evaluate all public comments on the draft planning scheme. It will then produce a final version of the new planning scheme which will be presented to the Queensland Government’s Minister for Infrastructure and Planning in 2012 for approval. Implementation of the new planning scheme will occur after this formal approval process.
Council releases Statement of Proposal Council reviews Statement of Proposal public comments and feedback forms Council uses this information to develop the new planning scheme’s Strategic Framework Council presents the Stategic Framework to the Queensland Governement for approval Council produces a draft planning scheme Council presents draft planning scheme to the Queensland Government for consideration Council exhibits draft planning scheme Council reviews draft planning scheme public comments and feedback forms Council prepares final planning scheme Council presents final planning scheme to the Queensland Government for approval
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Next Steps
The planning scheme affects every member of the Gold Coast community. For the planning scheme to be successful it should accurately reflect the community’s wishes. That is why it is important for you to provide feedback on this Statement of Proposal for the new planning scheme.
Before sharing your thoughts you may want to think about: how
our lifestyles can become more sustainable
how
new communities can be developed with that special Gold Coast feel
how
our children will want to live
what
would encourage you to use public transport or active transport such as walking or cycling
what
value should we place on our natural environment and natural resources
how
we can be more efficient in planning our city’s infrastructure.
You may also like to read other resource material. Council’s website (www.goldcoastcity.com.au) has an extensive overview of the Bold Future Vision. The website also contains copies of Council’s strategies and policies that may impact on the direction of the new planning scheme, as well as a copy of the current planning scheme. You can also inspect these documents at any of Council’s libraries. Similarly, you may also like to read the Queensland Government legislation and policies that affect the development of a planning scheme. These can be found at the Department of Infrastructure and Planning website (www.dip.qld.gov.au). You are also invited to participate in an ongoing online discussion regarding land use and development and the development of the new planning scheme by following the link from Council’s website (www.goldcoastcity.com.au). All Council libraries provide free access to the internet as well as computer training sessions to help you get online.
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Once you are ready, please provide your feedback before 15 December 2010 by: 1. making an online submission following the
link from www.goldcoastcity.com.au, or 2. completing and mailing the stamped, self-
addressed feedback form overleaf, or 3. mailing a separate submission to:
Planning Scheme Review Program Gold Coast City Council PO Box 5042, Gold Coast MC, QLD 9729
So that Council can keep respondents informed of your submission’s progress, all submissions should include: the
name and address of the person making the submission
the
grounds of the submission (e.g. what you are providing feedback about and why).
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Online discussion forum You can also join our ongoing online discussion forum by following the links from the Council website www.goldcoastcity.com.au If you have any queries regarding the process of having your say on this Statement of Proposal please contact the Council during the consultation period from 19 October – 15 December on 1300 694 222.
Feedback form Do you support the directions for the new planning scheme as set out in this document?
Yes
No
Please explain your reasons
Which of these Bold Future themes is the most important to you and why?
A city leading by example
A safe city where everyone belongs
A city loved for its green, gold and blue
A city with a thriving economy
A city connecting people and places
A city shaped by clever design
Are there any comments you would like to make? Please clearly identify the theme for which you are commenting as well as the subheading (e.g. A city shaped by clever design/housing).
If you require more space, please post your submission to the address supplied on page 32 of this document
Are there any other issues that you would like Council to consider when preparing the new planning scheme?
Contact details Name Company
(if applicable)
Address
Email Telephone
I would like to receive email updates on the development of a new planning scheme at key stages
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No
Please note Gold Coast City Council is collecting your personal information in order to provide you with advice as to the resolution of your suggestion or feedback. Your participation is voluntary. The information will only be used by authorised Council officers for the purpose of investigating your query and ensuring our records are accurate. Your information will not be given to any other person or agency unless you have given us permission or we are required by law.
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