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What on earth is my town planner talking about? Here is a self-help dictionary

Town planners have a habit of using abbreviations, definitions and acronyms that no one else really understands. I’ve put together a handy list so next time you’re on the phone with a planner, you can understand what they are going on about. Just press “Control+F” (or “Command+F” on mac) and search the word and see if the below list can help you out!

Abbreviation/acronym Description
ABS Australian Bureau of Statistics
the Act Planning Act 2016
AEP annual exceedence probability
AHD Australian height datum
ALARP as low as reasonably practicable
ANEF Australian Noise Exposure Forecast
ANVF araucarian notophyll vine forest
ANZSIC Australia New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification
ARI average recurrence interval
AS

AS/NZS

Australian Standard

Australian/New Zealand Standard

ASGC Australian Standard Geographical Classification
ATM automatic teller machine
BCA Building Code of Australia
BCC Brisbane City Council
BSD Brisbane standard drawing
BSTM Brisbane Strategic Transport Model
BOD biochemical oxygen demand
BPEM best practice environmental management
CASA Civil Aviation Safety Authority
CBD central business district
CIMN critical infrastructure movement network
CNVF complex notophyll vine forest
CPTED crime prevention through environmental design
CW citywide significance
dB decibel
DBH diameter at breast height
DFE defined flood event
DFL defined flood level
DSS desired standard of service
DV depth X velocity product
E endangered
EP equivalent persons
ERA environmentally relevant activity
ET equivalent tenement
FPA flood planning area
GFA gross floor area
GVM gross vehicle mass
HAT highest astronomical tide
IARC International Agency for Research on Cancer
KRA key resource area
LGA local government area
HICB Hazardous Industries and Chemicals Branch
LGIP Local government infrastructure plan
MERV minimum efficiency reporting value
MCU Material change of use as defined in the Act
MHF major hazard facilities
MRAC Major Regional Activity Centre
MUTCD Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices
MVF microphyll vine forest
NIEIR National Institute of Economic and Industry Research
NFPVF notophyll feather palm vine forest
NPM neighbourhood plan map
NPP neighbourhood plan precinct
NVF notophyll vine forest
OC of concern
OLS Obstacle Limitation Surface
PAH polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
PANS Procedures for Air Navigation Surfaces
PANS-OPS Procedures for Air Navigation Services–Aircraft Operational Surfaces
PBC Port of Brisbane Corporation
PCB polychlorinated biphenyls
PEF potency equivalency factors
PET polyethylene terephthalate
PETE polyethylene terephthalate
PFTI plans for trunk infrastructure
PIA priority infrastructure area
PM particulate matter
PMF probable maximum flood
PRAC Principal Regional Activity Centre
PSP Planning scheme policy
QDC Queensland Development Code
QGSS Queensland Government strategic sites
QUU Queensland Urban Utilities
RBL rating background level
RE regional ecosystem
the Regulation Planning Regulation 2017
RFL residential flood level
RL reduced level
ROL Reconfiguring a lot as defined in the Act
RPEQ Registered Professional Engineer Queensland
SARA State Assessment and Referral Agency
SCA special context areas
SEA special entertainment area
SEQ South East Queensland
SEQ Regional Plan South East Queensland Regional Plan
SLA statistical local area
the SP Act Sustainable Planning Act 2009 (repealed)
the SP Regulation Sustainable Planning Regulation 2009 (repealed)
SPP State Planning Policy
SRA strategic redevelopment area
STP sewerage treatment plant
TCDD tetrachlorodibenzodioxin
TEF toxic equivalency factors
TOD transit oriented development
TSP total suspended particulates
USEPA US Environmental Protection Agency
VMP vegetation management plan
WSUD water sensitive urban design

 

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Access way The part of a lot used to provide access to a road for a lot that does not otherwise front the road.
Acid sulfate soil See the State Planning Policy, Glossary.
Acoustic fence Solid, gap free fence with minimum panel surface density of 12.5kg/m2.
Acoustically screened The source of noise is completely screened from view of habitable rooms (including balconies, patios, decks and verandas) of an adjoining sensitive use by solid, gap free material and construction e.g. acoustic fence, building, or enclosure.
Act Planning Act 2016.
Active frontage – primary May be specified in a neighbourhood plan or be identified in a design statement where no neighbourhood plan applies or no requirements are specified. These streets are the commercial and community heart of neighbourhoods. They house highly active non-residential uses that create the greatest degree of pedestrian activity and interaction and which are mostly accommodated in small individual tenancies with narrow building frontages, such as shops, restaurants and cafes.
Active frontage – secondary May be specified in a neighbourhood plan or be identified in a design statement where no neighbourhood plan applies or no requirements are specified. These streets support and compliment active frontage-primary streets. They house active, non-residential uses that create pedestrian activity and interaction and which are mostly accommodated in larger tenancies with wider building frontages, such as offices, community uses, medical centres, fitness facilities and mini-major shops.
Affordable living See the State Planning Policy, Glossary.
Amenity The qualities of a location in regard to noise, vibration, dust, odour, air quality, lighting, daylight, glare, breezes and shade, freedom from hazard or risk of threats to health and well-being of occupants, and the uninterrupted ability to use and enjoy the land for the purpose it was designed, that may be affected by the level, time and duration of activities on nearby sites or the impacts of natural hazards, including spatial and temporal impacts.
Arcade A privately owned pedestrian pathway that is part of the pedestrian network and is publicly accessible during hours of operation. An arcade can be covered or uncovered.
Areas of strategic biodiversity value Areas which may currently be cleared or support degraded habitat, but which could form part of an ecological corridor or provide habitat for native fauna and flora if restored.
Arterial road A road identified as an arterial road on the Road hierarchy overlay map.
Average recurrence interval The average, or expected, value of the periods between exceedences of a given rainfall total accumulated over a given duration. It is implicit in this definition that the periods between exceedences are generally random.

Note—For example, a 100 year ARI indicates an average of 100 years between exceedence of a given storm magnitude.

Aviation facility See the State Planning Policy, Glossary.
Building envelope The three-dimensional extent of where a building and associated structure may be built on a site after consideration of limits set on height, set back and other similar measures.
Building envelope plan A plan that shows the building envelope for a particular development.
Building footprint The two-dimensional extent of built development, including balconies, covered private outdoor living areas and enclosed spaces but excluding the part of a building or structure that is:

(a) an eave or a roof; or

(b) a sunhood or the like attached to the wall of a building or structure to provide shade or shelter to the wall.

Building height transition An area where a height transition is required at the interface between higher density and lower density zones, as required by a development code or a local neighbourhood plan.
Bushfire attack level See AS 3959-2009 Construction of buildings in bushfire prone areas
Busway station A public passenger transport facility or future public passenger transport facility identified on the State Planning Policy Interactive Mapping System.
City Centre See SC2.1 Strategic framework maps.
Combustible liquid Combustible liquid as defined in AS1940-2004 The storage and handling of flammable and combustible liquids.
Commercial character building A building constructed in 1946 or earlier on a site identified on the Commercial character building overlay map.
Communal open space Recreation space for the use of all building occupants.
Complete communities See the State Planning Policy, Glossary.
Conservation The processes and actions of looking after a place so as to retain its natural significance, including protection and maintenance.
Corner land dedication The corner of a site for dedication to the Council identified on the Streetscape hierarchy overlay map.
Corner lot A lot bounded by two or more roads where they intersect or join.
Corridor hub See SC2.1 Strategic framework maps.
Critical assets The infrastructure and facilities listed below, that if destroyed, degraded or rendered unavailable for an extended period would significantly impact on the economic, social or environmental wellbeing of the city.

  • Archerfield Airport
  • Brisbane Airport
  • Central Business District, namely those elements of the CBD and environs that comprise government facilities, disaster management control centres and the transport network hub and major health care facilities, being the Mater, Princess Alexandra and Royal Brisbane Hospitals
  • Kedron Emergency Management Headquarters
  • Port of Brisbane
  • Acacia Ridge Intermodal Freight Terminal
Cross block link A publicly owned pedestrian pathway identified on the Streetscape hierarchy overlay map.
Dangerous goods Dangerous goods as defined by the Australian code for the transport of dangerous goods by road and rail.
Defined flood event (DFE) The flood event adopted by Brisbane City Council for the management of development in a particular locality. The DFE varies for different classes of development and flood source.

Note—Most commonly, the Defined flood event is the 1% Annual Exceedence Probability (AEP) flood for creek/waterway, 2% AEP for overland flow flooding sources, or the Residential Flood Level (RFL) for Brisbane River flooding. The DFE for a particular locality is determined in accordance with the Flood overlay code.

Defined flood level (DFL) The DFL for Brisbane River flooding is a level of 3.7m AHD at the Brisbane City Gauge based on a flow of 6,800 m3/s.
Desired standard of service See Planning Act 2016.
Detailed landscape plan A plan showing detailed landscape treatment including excavation, location of site services and proposed levels, drainage, construction detail and detailed planting schedule.
Development footprint plan A plan that defines the area within the development footprint that may be used for development proposed on a site, and which excludes the area of any bushfire management footprint plan.

Note—An approved building location envelope, building location plan or development envelope area has the same meaning.

Distributor–retailer See South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) Act 2009.
District road A road identified as a district road on the Road hierarchy overlay map.
Ecological features Significant vegetation communities, significant flora species, significant fauna species and elements which provide important habitat value, such as hollow-bearing trees, rock outcrops, termitaria, vine thickets, roost trees, stag trees and coarse woody debris.
Ecological processes Interactions between components of the natural environment essential to the long persistence and resilience of ecological features, such as soil formation and stabilisation; water and nutrient cycling; pollination and seed dispersal; organism dispersal, recruitment and succession and natural disturbances (e.g. fire, inundation).
Edge effects Adverse effects on ecological features or ecological processes caused by incompatible adjacent land uses/activities, such as invasive garden weeds, dogs and cats preying on native wildlife, stormwater run-off, rubbish dumping, light and noise intrusion and vandalism.
Environmentally relevant activity See Environmental Protection Act 1994.
Erosion prone area See Coastal Protection and Management Act 1995.
Existing trunk infrastructure The trunk infrastructure existing as at the base date.
Filling or excavation Removal or importation of material to, from or within a lot that will change the ground level of the land.
Future Suburban Living Area See SFM-002 Brisbane CityShape 2031 Land Use Strategic Framework Map.
Future trunk infrastructure The trunk infrastructure to be provided from the base date to the planning horizon.
Greenspace and Rural Neighbourhoods See SC2.1 Strategic framework maps.
Greenspace System See SFRM-004.Brisbane Greenspace System Strategic Framework Map.
Ground storey The storey closest to ground level, being the storey where the distance between ground level and the ceiling, measured at the middle of the face of the front wall of the building, is greater than the distance between the ground level and the floor.
Growth Node See SFM-003 Brisbane Selected Transport Corridors and Growth Nodes Strategic Framework Map.
Habitable room See Building Code of Australia (Volume 1).
Hazardous chemical A hazardous chemical identified in the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011.
Hazardous material A substance with potential to cause harm to persons, property or the environment because of 1 or more of the following—

  • the chemical properties of the substance;
  • the physical properties of the substance;
  • the biological properties of the substance.

Without limiting the first paragraph, all dangerous goods, combustible liquids and hazardous chemicals are hazardous materials.

Highest astronomical tide See Queensland Urban Drainage Manual (Volume 1, Second Edition 2007).
Impact site The site where a significant residual impact occurs and for which an environmental offset is to be provided for at the offset site.
Infrastructure corridor plan See Schedule 3, SC3.1, Table SC3.1.1.
Internal building work Building work carried out within the external walls or roof of the following spaces of an existing building:

(a) an existing storey; or

(b) an existing basement; or

(c) existing enclosed gross floor area; or

(d) a fully enclosed roof or ceiling space; or

(e) any other existing space that is occupied or used including a lift shaft, stairway, meter room, bathroom, shower room, laundry, water closet or other sanitary compartment where these spaces are not a part of a storey or basement.

Note—Building work is not internal building work where it:

  • results in changes to the exterior of the building; or
  • involves any work (including enclosing an underfloor space or undercroft; or
  • results in the creation of new floor space, other than for a dwelling house; or
  • results in the use of spaces that would constitute a material change of use for which assessment is required against the planning scheme; or
  • is building work for a dwelling house which would cause the use or building work to conflict with the self-assessable provisions in the Dwelling house code or Dwelling house (small lot) code, unless in accordance with a development approval in effect; or
  • is building work for a place in the Local heritage place sub-category or the State heritage place sub-category of the Heritage overlay.
Investigation Area See SFM-002 Brisbane CityShape 2031 Land Use Strategic Framework Map
Landmark site A site identified in a neighbourhood plan to accommodate buildings or developments that attain citywide prominence through a combination of notable architectural excellence, siting and location.
Landscape concept plan A drawing or drawings that shows the extent, function and character of areas to be landscaped, any proposed earthworks and an indicative planting palette.
Local cycle route A cycle link from an individual property or destination to a primary or secondary cycle route network.
Local road A road identified as a local road on the Road hierarchy overlay map.
Major Centre See SC2.1 Strategic framework maps.
Major Industry Area See SC2.1 Strategic framework maps.
Major road A road that is an arterial road, suburban road or district road.
Matters of local environmental significance (MLES) The High ecological significance sub-category and General ecological significance sub-category on the Biodiversity area overlay maps denote the spatial extent of matters of local environmental significance (MLES) for the purposes of the Environmental Offsets Act 2014.
Matters of State environmental significance (MSES) See the Environmental Offsets Regulation 2014.

Editor’s note—The Environmental Offsets Regulation 2014 provides that a non-juvenile koala habitat tree located in an area shown as bushland habitat, high value rehabilitation habitat or medium value rehabilitation habitat on the map called ‘Map of Assessable Development Area Koala Habitat Values’ that applies under the South East Queensland Koala Conservation State Planning Regulatory Provisions is a Matter of State environmental significance.

Mean high water spring tide The highest level that spring tides reach on the average over a period of time.
Minor road A road that is a neighbourhood road or local road.
Motorway A road identified as a motorway on the Road hierarchy overlay map.
Natural habitat cover Bushlands and corridors of native vegetation, including areas for habitat restoration that provide functioning habitat for native plants and animals and support the movement of wildlife across the city.
Neighbourhood road A road identified as a neighbourhood road on the Road hierarchy overlay map.
Non-juvenile koala habitat tree A koala habitat tree that has a height of more than four metres or a trunk with a circumference of more than 31.5 centimetres at 1.3 metres above the ground
Non-residential Any combination of uses not listed as residential.

Note—Only if used in relation to describing the proportion or component of development allocated for residential and non-residential use.

Offset site The location where an environmental offset is established.
On-site mitigation measure See Environmental Offsets Act 2014.
Outdoor lighting Any form of permanently installed lighting system whether internal or external which emits light that may have an impact beyond the site.
Park concept plan A plan that shows the conceptual layout of a proposed park.
Planning horizon The year up to which a trunk infrastructure network has been planned.
Plaza A privately owned open space that is publicly accessible during hours of operation.
Prescribed accepted development See section 5.3.4.
Prescribed level The level of the surface of the land:

(a) existing at the time the original estate was subdivided and roads created through the estate as determined by a registered surveyor under the Surveyors Act 2003 using best available evidence which is based on:

(i) the ‘as constructed’ drawings for the subdivision of the original estate lodged with the Council; or

(ii) if paragraph (a)(i) does not apply, the contours of the Council’s 2002 BIMAP; or

(b) that is the result of operational work carried out as a consequence of a material change of use or reconfiguring a lot, if:

(i) the material change of use or reconfiguring a lot was assessable development under the Council’s planning scheme in effect between 1 January 2002 and the commencement of this planning scheme; and

(ii) the operational work accords with the following:

(A) the development approval for the material change of use or reconfiguring a lot;

(B) the development approval which approved the operational work.

Editor’s note—Section 1.7.5 provides that for the purpose of the definition of ground level in Schedule 1, the level of the natural ground is deemed to have been lawfully changed if the level of the natural ground level is the prescribed level.

Prescribed secondary code See Section 5.3.5.
Primary cycle route A cycle route (including Brisbane’s Riverwalk) that provides for all cyclists, including high speed commuters and links residential areas to major employment centres, regional activity centres and other key destinations, including public transport, cultural and recreation facilities.
Primary street frontage The street frontage that is most commonly addressed by other buildings in the block.
Priority infrastructure area See Planning Act 2016.
Public realm Any publicly accessible streets, pathways, cross-block links, arcades, plazas, parks, open spaces and any public and civic building and facilities.
Railway station A public passenger transport facility or future public passenger transport facility identified on the State Planning Policy Interactive Mapping System.
Rear lot A lot that has access to a road only by means of an access way that forms part of the lot, or by means of an easement over adjoining land.
Regional ecosystem See Vegetation Management Act 1999.
Registered Professional Engineer Queensland A person currently registered as a professional engineer under the Professional Engineers Act 2002.
Regulation Planning Regulation 2017
Remnant vegetation See Vegetation Management Act 1999
Replacement tree area An area of a site shown on a plan or drawing, where trees replacing a lost significant landscape tree will be planted.
Residential Any combination of the following uses: community residence, multiple dwelling, residential care facility, retirement facility, rooming accommodation short term accommodation.

Note—Only if used in relation to describing the proportion or component of development allocated for residential and non-residential use.

Residential flood level (RFL) Residential flood level (RFL) for Brisbane River flooding equates to the flood level applicable to the extent of January 2011 floods as depicted by mapping on the Queensland Reconstruction Authority website or the Council’s defined flood level (DFL) for the Brisbane River, whichever is higher.
Restoration Returning existing habitats to a known past state or to an approximation of the natural condition by repairing degradation, removing introduced species or by reinstatement.
Run-off hectare The demand for waterway capacity generated by one gross hectare of land calculated using the coefficient of run-off for that area classification.
Rural Neighbourhoods See SFM-004 Brisbane Greenspace System Strategic Framework Map.
Secondary cycle route A cycle route that provides linkages between residential areas and primary routes or between suburban destinations such as schools, suburban centres, cultural activity areas and recreational facilities.
Secondary street frontage Where a lot has more than one frontage, a frontage that is not the primary street frontage.
Selected Transport Corridors See SFM-003 Brisbane Selected Transport Corridors and Growth Nodes Strategic Framework Map.
Sensitive use A use that is a childcare centre, a community care centre, a community residence, a detention facility, a dual occupancy, a dwelling house, a dwelling unit, an educational establishment, a health care service, a hospital, a hotel, to the extent the hotel provides accommodation for tourists or travellers, a multiple dwelling, a relocatable home park, a residential care facility, a resort complex, a retirement facility, rooming accommodation, rural workers’ accommodation, short term accommodation or a tourist park.
Sensitive zone The following zones and precincts:

(a) all zones in the residential zones category and the centres zones category;

(b) Emerging community zone;

(c) Mixed use zone;

(d) Rural residential zone;

(e) in the Community facilities zone:

(i) education purposes zone precinct;

(ii) health care purposes zone precinct; and

(iii) major health care zone precinct.

SEQ Regional Plan South East Queensland Regional Plan
Significant corner site A site identified in a neighbourhood plan to accommodate building or development which attain local prominence through a combination of architecture, location and their contribution to the public realm and the quality of the pedestrian experience in particular.
Significant landscape tree A tree on a site identified in the Landscape features sub-category, the Individual or group significant landscape tree site sub-category or the Significant landscape tree—adjoining site sub-category on the Significant landscape tree overlay map and listed in Table 8.2.19.3.B or Table 8.2.19.3.C of the Significant landscape tree overlay code; or

A tree identified in Significant landscape tree—vegetation protection order sub-category on the Significant landscape tree overlay map.

Significant residual impact See Environmental Offsets Act 2014.

Editor’s note—Further guidance on significant residual impact is provided in the Offsets planning scheme policy.

Sleeping area A bedroom, ward or dormitory.
Small lot A lot which is:

(a) less than 450m2; or

(b) a rear lot of less than 600m2 excluding an access way.

Social housing See the State Planning Policy, Glossary.
Special Centre See SC2.1 Strategic framework maps.
Suburban Living Areas See SC2.1 Strategic framework maps.
Suburban road A road identified as a suburban road on the Road hierarchy overlay map.
Tree protection zone The three-dimensional extent of the space a tree occupies above and below ground, set aside for protection of the tree, as shown in Figure a of the Significant landscape tree overlay code.
Trunk infrastructure See Planning Act 2016.
Unacceptable risk Unacceptable risk is a situation where people or property are exposed to a predictable hazard event that may result in serious injury, loss of life, failure of community infrastructure, or property damage that would make a dwelling unfit for habitation.
Walking distance The distance between two places, measured from reasonable pedestrian access points and along roads with verges, off-road pathways or other reasonable pedestrian connections.

 

 

 

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Adjoining premises Adjoining premises means premises that share a common boundary, including premises that meet at a single point on a common boundary.
Advertising device Advertising device—

(a) means a permanent sign, structure or other device used, or intended to be used, for advertising; and

(b) includes a structure, or part of a building, the primary purpose of which is to support the sign, structure or device.

Affordable housing Affordable housing means housing that is appropriate to the needs of households with low to moderate incomes, if the members of the households will spend no more than 30% of gross income on housing costs.
Average width Average width, of a lot, means the distance, measured in metres, between the midpoint on each side boundary of the lot.
Base date Base date means the date from which the local government has estimated future infrastructure demand and costs for the local government area.
Basement Basement means a space—

(a) between a floor level in a building and the floor level that is immediately below it; and

(b) no part of which is more than 1m above ground level.

Boundary clearance Boundary clearance means the distance between a building or structure on premises and the boundary of the premises, measured from the part of the building or structure that is closest to the boundary, other than a part that is—

(a) an architectural or ornamental attachment; or

(b) a rainwater fitting.

Examples —

  • If the fascia of a building is the part of the building that is closest to the boundary, the boundary clearance is the distance between the outside of the fascia and the boundary.
  • If a point on the roof of a building is the part of the building that is closest to the boundary, the boundary clearance is the distance between that point on the roof and the boundary.
Building height Building height, of a building, means—

(a) the vertical distance, measured in metres, between the ground level of the building and the highest point on the roof of the building, other than a point that is part of an aerial, chimney, flagpole or load-bearing antenna; or

(b) the number of storeys in the building above ground level.

Demand unit Demand unit means a unit of measurement for measuring the level of demand for infrastructure.
Development footprint Development footprint, for development, means a part of the premises that the development relates to, including, for example, any part of the premises that, after the development is carried out, will be covered by—

(a) buildings or structures, measured to their outermost projection; or

(b) landscaping or open space; or

(c) facilities relating to the development; or

(d) on-site stormwater drainage or wastewater treatment; or

(e) a car park, road, access track or area used for vehicle movement; or

(f) another area of disturbance.

Domestic outbuilding Domestic outbuilding means a non-habitable class 10a building that is—

(a) a shed, garage or carport; and

(b) ancillary to a residential use carried out on the premises where the building is.

Dwelling Dwelling means all or part of a building that—

(a) is used, or capable of being used, as a self-contained residence; and

(b) contains—

(i) food preparation facilities; and

(ii) a bath or shower; and

(iii) a toilet; and

(iv) a wash basin; and

(v) facilities for washing clothes.

Gross floor area Gross floor area, for a building, means the total floor area of all storeys of the building, measured from the outside of the external walls and the centre of any common walls of the building, other than areas used for—

(a) building services, plant or equipment; or

(b) access between levels; or

(c) a ground floor public lobby; or

(d) a mall; or

(e) parking, loading or manoeuvring vehicles; or

(f) unenclosed private balconies, whether roofed or not.

Ground level Ground level means—

(a) the level of the natural ground; or

(b) if the level of the natural ground has changed, the level lawfully changed.

Editor’s note—Section 1.7.5 provides that for the purpose of the definition of ground level in Schedule 1, the level of the natural ground is deemed to have been lawfully changed if the level of the natural ground level is the prescribed level.

Household Household means 1 or more individuals who—

(a) live in a dwelling with the intent of living together on a long-term basis; and

(b) make common provision for food and other essentials for living.

Minor building work Minor building work means building work that increases the gross floor area of a building by no more than the lesser of the following—

(a) 50m2;

(b) an area equal to 5% of the gross floor area of the building.

Minor electricity infrastructure Minor electricity infrastructure means development for a supply network or for private electricity works that form an extension of, or provide service connections to, properties from the network, if the network operates at standard voltages up to and including 66kV, other than development for—

(a) a new zone substation or bulk supply substation; or

(b) the augmentations of a zone substation or bulk supply substation that significantly increases the input or output standard voltage .

Net developable area Net developable area, for premises, means the area of the premises that—

(a) is able to be developed; and

(b) is not subject to a development constraint, including for example, a constraint relating to acid sulfate soils, flooding or slope.

Note—For the purpose of a local government infrastructure plan, net developable area is usually measured in hectares, net developable hectares (net dev ha).

Non-resident worker Non-resident worker means a person who—

(a) performs work as part of—

(i) a resource extraction project; or

(ii) a project identified in a planning scheme as a major industry or infrastructure project; or

(iii) a rural use; and

(b) lives, for extended periods, in the locality of the project, but has a permanent residence elsewhere.

Example of a non-resident worker— a person engaged in fly-in/fly-out, or drive-in/drive-out, working arrangements

Outermost projection Outermost projection, of a building or structure, means the outermost part of the building or structure, other than a part that is—

(a) a retractable blind; or

(b) a fixed screen; or

(c) a rainwater fitting; or

(d) an ornamental attachment.

Planning assumption Planning assumption means an assumption about the type, scale, location and timing of future growth in the local government area.
Plot ratio Plot ratio means the ratio of the gross floor area of a building on a site to the area of the site.
Projection area Projection area means a part of the local government area for which the local government has carried out demand growth projection.
Secondary dwelling Secondary dwelling means a dwelling, whether attached or detached, that is used in conjunction with, and subordinate to, a dwelling house on the same lot.
Service catchment Service catchment means an area serviced by an infrastructure network.

Note—for example:

  • stormwater network service catchments can be delineated to align with watershed boundaries;
  • open space network service catchments can be determined using local government accessibility standards;
  • water network service catchments can be established as the area serviced by a particular reservoir.
Setback Setback, for a building or structure, means the shortest distance, measured horizontally, between the outermost projection of the building or structure to the vertical projection of the boundary of the lot where the building or structure is.

Editor’s note—Section 1.7.6 provides that for the purpose of determining compliance with an assessment benchmarks for setback, development is deemed to comply with the assessment benchmarks if the development exceeds the assessment benchmarks only by reason of the inclusion of an outermost projection which is part of a building or structure that is:

  • an eave of a roof; or
  • a sunhood or the like attached to the wall of a building or structure to provide shade or shelter to the wall
Site Site, of development, means the land that the development is to be carried out on.

Examples—

  • If development is to be carried out on part of a lot, the site of the development is that part of the lot.
  • If development is to be carried out on part of 1 lot and part of an adjoining lot, the site of the development is both of those parts.
Site cover Site cover, of development, means the portion of the site, expressed as a percentage, that will be covered by a building or structure, measured to its outermost projection, after the development is carried out, other than a building or structure, or part of a building or structure, that is —

(a) in a landscaped or open space area, including, for example, a gazebo or shade structure; or

(b) a basement that is completely below ground level and used for a car parking; or

(c) the eaves of a building; or

(d) a sun shade.

Storey (a) means a space within a building between 2 floor levels, or a floor level and a ceiling or roof, other than—

(i) a space containing only a lift shaft, stairway or meter room; or

(ii) a space containing only a bathroom, shower room, laundry, toilet or other sanitary compartment; or

(iii) a space containing only a combination of the things stated in subparagraph (i) or (ii); or

(iv) a basement with a ceiling that is not more than 1m above ground level; and

(b) includes—

(i) a mezzanine; and

(ii) a roofed structure that is on, or part of, a rooftop, if the structure does not only accommodate building plant and equipment.

Temporary use Temporary use means a use that —

(a) is carried out on a non-permanent basis; and

(b) does not involve the construction of, or significant changes to, permanent buildings or structures.

Note—Provisions for temporary use timeframes for defined uses may be provided within section 1.7 Local government administrative matters.

Water Netserv plan Water Netserv plan means a plan adopted by an SEQ service provider, as defined under the South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) Act 2009, under section 99BJ of that Act.

 

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Does not include the following examples

Adult store

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Adult store means the use of premises for the primary purpose of displaying or selling—

(a) sexually explicit materials; or

(b) products and devices that are associated with, or used in, a sexual practice or activity.

Sex shop Shop, newsagent, registered pharmacist or video hire, where the primary use of these are concerned with:

  • the sale, display or hire of printed or recorded matter (not of a sexually explicit nature); or
  • the sale or display of underwear or lingerie; or
  • the sale or display of an article or thing primarily concerned with or used in association with a medically recognised purpose.
Agricultural supplies store

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Agricultural supplies store means the use of premises for the sale of agricultural supplies and products.

Examples of agricultural supplies and products—animal feed, bulk veterinary supplies, chemicals, farm clothing, fertilisers, irrigation materials, saddlery, seeds

Bulk landscape supplies, garden centre, outdoor sales, wholesale nursery
Air service

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Air service means the use of premises for—

(a) the arrival or departure of aircraft; or

(b) housing, servicing, refuelling, maintaining or repairing aircraft; or

(c) the assembly and dispersal of passengers or goods on or from an aircraft; or

(d) training and education facilities relating to aviation; or

(e) aviation facilities; or

(f) an activity that—

(i) is ancillary to an activity or facility stated in paragraphs (a) to (e); and

(ii) directly services the needs of aircraft passengers.

Examples of an air service— airport, air strip, helipad

Airport, airstrip, helipad, public or private airfield
Animal husbandry

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Animal husbandry means the use of premises for—

(a) producing animals or animal products on native or improved pastures or vegetation; or

(b) a yard, stable, temporary holding facility or machinery repairs and servicing, if the use is ancillary to the use in paragraph (a).

Examples of animal husbandry— cattle stud, grazing of livestock, non-feedlot dairy

Cattle studs, grazing of livestock, non-feedlot dairying Animal keeping, intensive animal husbandry, aquaculture, feedlots, piggeries
Animal keeping

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Animal keeping means the use of premises for—

(a) boarding, breeding or training animals; or

(b) a holding facility or machinery repairs and servicing, if the use is ancillary to the use in paragraph (a).

Examples of animal keeping— aviary, cattery, kennel, stables, wildlife refuge

Aviaries, catteries, kennels, stables, wildlife refuge Aquaculture, cattle studs, domestic pets, feedlots, grazing of livestock, non-feedlot dairying, piggeries, poultry meat and egg production, animal husbandry
Aquaculture

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Aquaculture means the use of premises for cultivating, in a confined area, aquatic animals or plants for sale. Pond farms, tank systems, hatcheries, raceway system, rack and line systems, sea cages Intensive animal husbandry
Bar

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Bar means the use of premises, with seating for 60 or less people, for—

(a) selling liquor for consumption on the premises; or

(b) an entertainment activity, or preparing and selling food and drink for consumption on the premises, if the use is ancillary to the use in paragraph (a).

Club, hotel, nightclub entertainment facility, tavern
Brothel

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Brothel means the use of premises made available for prostitution by 2 or more prostitutes at the premises.

Note—definition from the Prostitution Act 1999.

Adult store, club, entertainment facility, nightclub, shop
Bulk landscape supplies

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Bulk landscape supplies means the use of premises for the bulk storage and sale of mainly non-packaged landscaping and gardening supplies, including, for example, soil, gravel, potting mix or mulch. Garden centre, outdoor sales, wholesale nursery
Car wash

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Car wash means the use of premises for the commercial cleaning of motor vehicles. Service station
Caretaker’s accommodation

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Caretaker’s accommodation means the use of premises for a dwelling for a caretaker of a non-residential use on the same premises. Dwelling house
Cemetery

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Cemetery means the use of premises for interment of bodies or ashes after death. Burial ground, crypt, columbarium, lawn

cemetery, pet cemetery, mausoleum

Crematorium, funeral parlour
Childcare centre

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Childcare centre means the use of premises for the care, education and minding, but not residence, of children.

Examples of a childcare centre— before or after school care, crèche, early childhood centre, kindergarten, vacation care

Crèche, early childhood centre, kindergarten, outside-hours school care Educational establishment, home- based child care, family day care
Club

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Club means the use of premises for—

(a) an association established for social, literary, political, sporting, athletic or other similar purposes; or

(b) preparing and selling food and drink, if the use is ancillary to the use in paragraph (a).

Club house, guide and scout clubs, surf lifesaving club, RSL, bowls club Hotel, nightclub, entertainment facility, place of worship, theatre
Community care centre

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Community care centre—

(a) means the use of premises for—

(i) providing social support to members of the public; or

(ii) providing medical care to members of the public, if the use is ancillary to the use in subparagraph (i); but

(b) does not include the use of premises for providing accommodation to members of the public.

Examples of a community care centre— disability support service, drop-in centre, respite centre, indigenous support centre

Disability support services, drop-in centre, respite centre, integrated Indigenous support centre Childcare centre, family day care, health care service, home-based child care, residential care facility
Community residence

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Community residence—

(a) means the use of premises for residential accommodation for—

(i) no more than 6 persons who require assistance or support with daily living needs; and

(ii) no more than 1 support worker; and

(b) includes a building or structure that is reasonably associated with the use in paragraph (a).

Hospice Dwelling house, dwelling unit, residential care facility, rooming accommodation, short-term accommodation
Community use

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Community use means the use of premises for—

(a) providing artistic, social or cultural facilities or community services to the public; or

(b) preparing and selling food and drink, if the use is ancillary to the use in paragraph (a).

Examples of a community use— art gallery, community centre, community hall, library, museum

Art gallery, community centre, community hall, library, museum Cinema, club, entertainment facility, hotel, nightclub, place of worship
Crematorium

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Crematorium means the use of premises for the cremation or aquamation of bodies. Cemetery
Cropping

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Cropping means the use of premises for—

(a) growing and harvesting plants, or plant material, that are cultivated in soil, for commercial purposes; or

(b) harvesting, storing or packing plants or plant material grown on the premises, if the use is ancillary to the use in paragraph (a); or

(c) repairing and servicing machinery used on the premises, if the use is ancillary to the use in paragraph (a).

Examples of cropping— forestry for wood production, fodder and pasture production, producing fruit, nuts, vegetables and grains, plant fibre production, sugar cane growing, vineyard

Fruit, nut, vegetable and grain production, forestry for wood production, fodder and pasture production, plant fibre production, sugarcane growing, vineyard Permanent plantations, intensive horticulture, rural industry
Detention facility

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Detention facility means the use of premises for the lawful detention of persons.

Example of a detention facility— correctional facility

Prison, detention centre, youth detention centre Police station, court cell complex
Dual occupancy

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Dual occupancy—

(a) means a residential use of premises for 2 households involving—

(i) 2 dwellings (whether attached or detached) on a single lot or 2 dwellings (whether attached or detached) on separate lots that share a common property; and

(ii) any domestic outbuilding associated with the dwellings; but

(b) does not include a residential use of premises that involves a secondary dwelling.

Duplex, two dwellings on a single lot (whether or not attached), two dwellings within one single community title scheme under the Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997, two dwellings within the one body corporate to which the Building Units and Group Title Act 1980 continues to apply Dwelling house, multiple dwelling
Dwelling house

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Dwelling house means a residential use of premises involving—

(a) 1 dwelling for a single household and any domestic outbuildings associated with the dwelling; or

(b) 1 dwelling for a single household, a secondary dwelling and any domestic outbuildings associated with either dwelling.

Caretaker’s accommodation, dual occupancy, rooming accommodation, short-term accommodation, student accommodation, multiple dwelling
Dwelling unit

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Dwelling unit means the use of premises containing a non-residential use for a single dwelling, other than a dwelling for a caretaker of the non-residential use. ‘Shop-top’ apartment Caretaker’s accommodation, dwelling house
Educational establishment

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Educational establishment means the use of premises for—

(a) training and instruction to impart knowledge and develop skills; or

(b) student accommodation, before or after school care, or vacation care, if the use is ancillary to the use in paragraph (a).

Examples of an educational establishment— college, outdoor education centre, primary school, secondary school, special education facility, technical institute, university

Pre-preparatory, preparatory and primary school, secondary school, special education, college, university, technical institute, outdoor education centres Childcare centre, home- based child care, family day care
Emergency services

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Emergency services means the use of premises by a government entity or community organisation to provide—

(a) essential emergency services; or

(b) disaster management services; or

(c) management support facilities for the services.

Examples of emergency services— ambulance station, evacuation centre, fire station, police station

State emergency service facility, ambulance station, rural fire brigade, auxiliary fire and rescue station, urban fire and rescue station, police station, emergency management support facility, evacuation centres Community use, hospital, residential care facility
Environment facility

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Environment facility—

(a) means the use of premises for a facility for the appreciation, conservation or interpretation of an area of cultural, environmental or heritage value; but

(b) does not include the use of premises to provide accommodation for tourists and travellers.

Nature-based attractions, walking tracks, seating, shelters, boardwalks, observation decks, bird hides
Extractive industry

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Extractive industry means the use of premises for—

(a) extracting or processing extractive resources; and

(b) any related activities, including, for example, transporting the resources to market.

Quarry
Food and drink outlet

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Food and drink outlet means the use of premises for—

(a) preparing and selling food and drink for consumption on or off the premises; or

(b) providing liquor for consumption on the premises, if the use is ancillary to the use in paragraph (a).

Examples of a food and drink outlet—cafe, coffee shop, drive-through facility, kiosk, milk bar, restaurant, snack bar, takeaway shop, tearoom

Bistro, cafe, coffee shop, drive-through facility, kiosk, milk bar, restaurant, snack bar, takeaway, tearoom Bar, club, entertainment facility, hotel, shop, theatre, nightclub
Function facility

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Function facility means the use of premises for—

(a) receptions or functions; or

(b) preparing and providing food and liquor for consumption on the premises as part of a reception or function.

Conference centre, reception centre Community use, hotel
Funeral parlour

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Funeral parlour—

(a) means the use of premises for—

(i) arranging and conducting funerals, memorials and other similar events; or

(ii) a mortuary; or

(iii) storing and preparing bodies for burial or cremation; but

(b) does not include the use of premises for the burial or cremation of bodies.

Cemetery, crematorium, place of worship
Garden centre

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Garden centre means the use of premises for—

(a) selling plants; or

(b) selling gardening and landscape products and supplies that are mainly in pre-packaged form; or

(c) a food and drink outlet that is ancillary to the use in paragraph (a).

Retail plant nursery Bulk landscape supplies, wholesale nursery, outdoor sales
Hardware and trade supplies

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Hardware and trade supplies means the use of premises for selling, displaying or hiring hardware and trade supplies, including, for example, house fixtures, timber, tools, paint, wallpaper or plumbing supplies. Shop, showroom, outdoor sales and warehouse
Health care service

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Health care service means the use of premises for medical purposes, paramedical purposes, alternative health therapies or general health care, if overnight accommodation is not provided on the premises.

Examples of a health care service— dental clinic, medical centre, physiotherapy clinic

Dental clinics, medical centres, natural medicine practices, nursing services, physiotherapy clinic Community care centre, hospital
High impact industry

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

High impact industry means the use of premises for an industrial activity—

(a) that is the manufacturing, producing, processing, repairing, altering, recycling, storing, distributing, transferring or treating of products; and

(b) that a local planning instrument applying to the premises states is a high impact industry; and

(c) that complies with any thresholds for the activity stated in a local planning instrument applying to the premises, including, for example, thresholds relating to the number of products manufactured or the level of emissions produced by the activity.

For the purposes of the planning scheme a high impact industry is an industry activity that—

(a) has one or more of the following attributes—

(i) potential for significant impacts on sensitive land uses due to off-site emissions including aerosol, fume, particle, smoke, odour and noise;

(ii) potential for significant off-site impacts in the event of fire, explosion or toxic release;

(iii) generates high traffic flows in the context of the locality or the road network;

(iv) generates a significant demand on the local infrastructure network;

(v) the use may involve night-time and outdoor activities;

(vi) on-site controls are required for emissions and dangerous goods risks; and

(b) complies with any thresholds for the activity stated in SC1.1.3 industry thresholds.

Abattoirs, concrete batching plant, boiler making and engineering and metal foundry

Note—Additional examples may be shown in SC1.1.3 industry thresholds.

Tanneries, rendering plants, oil refineries, waste incineration, manufacturing or storing explosives, power plants, manufacturing fertilisers, service industry, low impact industry, medium impact industry, special industry
Home-based business

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Home-based business means the use of a dwelling or domestic outbuilding on premises for a business activity that is subordinate to the residential use of the premises. Bed and breakfast, home office, home-based childcare Hobby, office, shop, warehouse, transport depot
Hospital

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Hospital means the use of premises for—

(a) the medical or surgical care or treatment of patients, whether or not the care or treatment requires overnight accommodation; or

(b) providing accommodation for patients; or

(c) providing accommodation for employees, or any other use, if the use is ancillary to the use in paragraph (a) or (b).

Health care service,

residential care facility

Hotel

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Hotel—

(a) means the use of premises for—

(i) selling liquor for consumption on the premises; or

(ii) a dining or entertainment activity, or providing accommodation to tourists or travellers, if the use is ancillary to the use in subparagraph (i); but

(b) does not include a bar.

Pub, tavern Entertainment facility, nightclub
Indoor sport and recreation

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Indoor sport and recreation means the use of premises for a leisure, sport or recreation activity conducted wholly or mainly indoors.

Examples of indoor sport and recreation— amusement parlour, bowling alley, gymnasium, squash court

Amusement parlour, bowling alley, gymnasium, squash courts, enclosed tennis courts Cinema, entertainment facility, hotel, nightclub, theatre
Intensive animal industry

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Intensive animal industry—

(a) means the use of premises for—

(i) the intensive production of animals or animal products, in an enclosure, that requires food and water to be provided mechanically or by hand; or

(ii) storing and packing feed and produce, if the use is ancillary to the use in subparagraph (i); but

(b) does not include the cultivation of aquatic animals.

Examples of intensive animal industry— feedlot, piggery, poultry and egg production

Feedlots, piggeries, poultry and egg production Animal husbandry, aquaculture, drought feeding, milking sheds, shearing sheds, weaning pens
Intensive horticulture

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Intensive horticulture—

(a) means the use of premises for—

(i) the intensive production of plants or plant material carried out indoors on imported media; or

(ii) the intensive production of plants or plant material carried out outside using artificial lights or containers; or

(iii) storing and packing plants or plant material grown on the premises, if the use is ancillary to the use in subparagraph (i) or (ii); but

(b) does not include the cultivation of aquatic plants.

Examples of intensive horticulture— greenhouse, hydroponic farm, mushroom farm

Greenhouse and shade house plant production, hydroponic farms, mushroom farms Wholesale nursery
Landing

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Landing means the use of premises for a structure—

(a) for mooring, launching, storing and retrieving vessels; and

(b) from which passengers embark and disembark.

Boat ramp, jetty, pontoon Marina
Low impact industry

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Low impact industry means the use of premises for an industrial activity—

(a) that is the manufacturing, producing, processing, repairing, altering, recycling, storing, distributing, transferring or treating of products; and

(b) that a local planning instrument applying to the premises states is a low impact industry; and

(c) that complies with any thresholds for the activity stated in a local planning instrument applying to the premises, including, for example, thresholds relating to the number of products manufactured or the level of emissions produced by the activity.

For the purposes of the planning scheme a low impact industry is an industry activity that—

(a) has one or more of the following attributes—

(i) negligible impacts on sensitive land uses due to off-site emissions including aerosol, fume, particle, smoke, odour and noise;

(ii) minimal traffic generation and heavy-vehicle usage;

(iii) demands imposed upon the local infrastructure network consistent with surrounding uses;

(iv) the use generally operates during the day (e.g. 7am to 6pm);

(v) off-site impacts from storage of dangerous goods are negligible;

(vi) the use is primarily undertaken indoors; and

(b) complies with any thresholds for the activity stated in SC1.1.3 industry thresholds.

Repairing motor vehicles, fitting and turning workshop

Editor’s note—These and any additional examples shown inSC1.1.3 industry thresholdsonly comprise a low impact industry where complying with the thresholds for the activity stated in SC1.1.3 industry thresholds.

Panel beating, spray painting or surface coating, tyre recycling, drum re-conditioning, wooden and laminated product manufacturing, service industry, medium impact industry, high impact industry, special industry
Major electricity infrastructure

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Major electricity infrastructure—

(a) means the use of premises for—

(i) a transmission grid or supply network; or

(ii) a telecommunication facility, if the use is ancillary to the use in subparagraph (i); but

(b) does not include the use of premises for a supply network or private electricity works stated in the Planning Regulation 2017, schedule 6, section 26(5), unless the use involves—

(iii) a new zone substation or bulk supply substation; or

(iv) the augmentation of a zone substation or bulk supply substation that significantly increases the input or output standard voltage.

Powerlines greater

than 66kV

Minor electricity infrastructure, substation
Major sport, recreation and entertainment facility

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Major sport, recreation and entertainment facility means the use of premises for large-scale events, including, for example, major sporting, recreation, conference or entertainment events.

Examples of a major sport, recreation and entertainment facility— convention centre, exhibition centre, horse racing facility, sports stadium

Convention and exhibition centres, entertainment centres, sports stadiums, horse racing Indoor sport and recreation, local sporting field, motor sport, park, outdoor sport and recreation
Marine industry

Editor’s note—The term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Marine industry means the use of waterfront premises for—

(a) manufacturing, storing, repairing or servicing vessels or maritime infrastructure; or

(b) providing fuel or disposing of waste, if the use is ancillary to the use in paragraph (a).

Examples of marine industry— boat building, boat storage, dry dock

Boat building, boat storage, dry dock Marina
Market

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Market means the use of premises on a regular basis for—

(a) selling goods to the public mainly from temporary structures, including, for example, stalls, booths or trestle tables; or

(b) providing entertainment, if the use is ancillary to the use in paragraph (a).

Flea market, farmers market, car boot sales Shop, roadside stall
Medium impact industry

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Medium impact industry means the use of premises for an industrial activity—

(a) that is the manufacturing, producing, processing, repairing, altering, recycling, storing, distributing, transferring or treating of products; and

(b) that a local planning instrument applying to the premises states is a medium impact industry; and

(c) that complies with any thresholds for the activity stated in a local planning instrument applying to the premises, including, for example, thresholds relating to the number of products manufactured or the level of emissions produced by the activity.

For the purposes of the planning scheme a medium impact industry is an industry activity that—

(a) has one or more of the following attributes—

(i) potential for noticeable impacts on sensitive land uses due to off-site emissions including aerosol, fume, particle, smoke, odour and noise;

(ii) potential for noticeable off-site impacts in the event of fire, explosion or toxic release;

(iii) generates high traffic flows in the context of the locality or the road network;

(iv) generates an elevated demand on the local infrastructure network;

(v) on-site controls are required for emissions and dangerous goods risks;

(vi) the use is primarily undertaken indoors;

(vii) evening or night activities are undertaken indoors and not outdoors; and

(b) complies with any thresholds for the activity stated in SC1.1.3 industry thresholds.

Spray painting and surface coating, wooden and laminated product manufacturing (including cabinet making, joining, timber truss making or wood working)

Editor’s note—These and any additional examples shown inSC1.1.3 industry thresholdsonly comprise a medium impact industry where complying with the thresholds for the activity stated inSC1.1.3 industry thresholds.

Concrete batching, tyre manufacturing and retreading, metal recovery (involving a fragmentiser), textile manufacture, chemically treating timber and plastic product manufacture, service industry, low impact industry, high impact industry, special industry
Motor sport facility

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Motor sport facility means the use of premises for—

(a) organised or recreational motor sports; or

(b) facilities for spectators, including, for example, stands, amenities and food and drink outlets, if the use is ancillary to the use in paragraph (a).

Examples of a motor sport facility— car race track, go-kart track, trail bike park, 4WD park

Go-karting, lawnmower race tracks, trail-bike parks, 4WD and all terrain parks, motocross tracks, off-road motorcycle facility, motorcycle or car race tracks Major sport, recreation and entertainment facility, outdoor sport and recreation
Multiple dwelling

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Multiple dwelling means a residential use of premises involving 3 or more dwellings, whether attached or detached, for separate households. Apartments, flats, units, townhouses, row housing, triplex Rooming accommodation, dual occupancy, duplex, granny flat, residential care facility, retirement facility
Nature-based tourism

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Nature-based tourism means the use of premises for a tourism activity, including accommodation for tourists, for the appreciation, conservation or interpretation of—

(a) an area of environmental, cultural or heritage value; or

(b) a local ecosystem; or

(c) the natural environment.

Examples of nature-based tourism—environmentally responsible accommodation facilities including cabins, huts, lodges and tents

Environmentally responsible accommodation facilities including lodges, cabins, huts and tented camps Environment facility
Nightclub entertainment facility

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Nightclub entertainment facility means the use of premises for—

(a) providing entertainment that is cabaret, dancing or music; or

(b) selling liquor, and preparing and selling food, for consumption on the premises, if the use is ancillary to the use in paragraph (a).

Club, hotel, tavern, pub, indoor sport and recreation, theatre, concert hall
Non-resident workforce accommodation

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Non-resident workforce accommodation means the use of premises for—

(a) accommodation for non-resident workers; or

(b) recreation and entertainment facilities for persons residing at the premises and their visitors, if the use is ancillary to the use in paragraph (a).

Contractor’s camp, construction camp, single person’s quarters, temporary workers’ accommodation Relocatable home park, short-term accommodation, tourist park.
Office

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Office—

(a) means the use of premises for—

(i) providing an administrative, financial, management or secretarial service or function; or

(ii) the practice of a profession; or

(iii) providing business or professional advice or services; but

(b) does not include the use of premises for making, selling or hiring goods.

Examples of an office— bank, real estate agency

Bank, real estate agent, administration building Home-based business, home office, shop, outdoor sales
Outdoor sales

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Outdoor sales means the use of premises for—

(a) displaying, selling, hiring or leasing vehicles, boats, caravans, machinery, equipment or other similar products, if the use is mainly conducted outdoors; or

(b) repairing, servicing, selling or fitting accessories for the products stated in paragraph (a), if the use is ancillary to the use in paragraph (a).

Agricultural machinery sales yard, motor vehicles sales yard Bulk landscape supplies, market
Outdoor sport and recreation

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Outdoor sport and recreation means the use of premises for—

(a) a recreation or sporting activity that is carried on outdoors and requires areas of open space; or

(b) providing and selling food and drink, change room facilities or storage facilities, if the use is ancillary to the use in paragraph (a).

Examples of outdoor sport and recreation— cricket oval, driving range, golf course, swimming pool, tennis court

Driving range, golf course, swimming pool, tennis courts,

football ground, cricket oval

Major sport, recreation and entertainment facility, motor sport, park, community use
Outstation

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Outstation means the use of premises for —

(a) cultural or recreation activities by Aboriginal people or Torres Strait Islanders; or

(b) facilities for short-term or long-term camping activities, if the use is ancillary to the use in paragraph (a).

Indigenous camp site Dwelling house, hostel, multiple dwelling, relocatable home park, short term accommodation, tourist park
Park

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Park means the use of premises, accessible to the public free of charge, for sport, recreation and leisure activities and facilities. Urban common Tourist attraction, outdoor sport and recreation
Parking station

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Parking station means the use of premises for parking vehicles, other than parking that is ancillary to another use. Car park, ‘park and ride’, bicycle parking
Party house

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Party house means premises containing a dwelling that is used to provide, for a fee, accommodation or facilities for guests if—

(a) guests regularly use all or part of the premises for parties (bucks parties, hens parties, raves, or wedding receptions, for example); and

(b) the accommodation or facilities are provided for a period of less than 10 days; and

(c) the owner of the premises does not occupy the premises during that period.

Permanent plantation

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Permanent plantation means the use of premises for growing, but not harvesting, plants for carbon sequestration, biodiversity, natural resource management or another similar purpose. Permanent plantations for carbon sequestration, biodiversity or natural resource management Forestry for wood production, biofuel production
Place of worship

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Place of worship means the use of premises for—

(a) organised worship and other religious activities; or

(b) social, education or charitable activities, if the use is ancillary to the use in paragraph (a).

Church, chapel, mosque, synagogue, temple Community use, childcare centre, funeral parlour, crematorium
Port service

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Port service means the use of premises for—

(a) the arrival and departure of vessels; or

(b) the movement of passengers or goods on or off vessels; or

(c) storing, servicing, maintaining or repairing vessels; or

(d) ancillary uses that directly service the needs of passengers of the vessels.

Marina, ferry terminal Landing
Relocatable home park

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Relocatable home park means the use of premises for—

(a) relocatable dwellings for long-term residential accommodation; or

(b) amenity facilities, food and drink outlets, a manager’s residence, or recreation facilities for the exclusive use of residents, if the use is ancillary to the use in paragraph (a).

Tourist park
Renewable energy facility

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Renewable energy facility—

(a) means the use of premises for the generation of electricity or energy from a renewable energy source, including, for example, sources of bio-energy, geothermal energy, hydropower, ocean energy, solar energy or wind energy; but

(b) does not include the use of premises to generate electricity or energy that is to be used mainly on the premises.

Solar farm, wind farm, tidal power, hydroelectric power, geothermal power Wind turbine or solar panels supplying energy to domestic or rural activities on the same site
Research and technology industry

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Research and technology industry means the use of premises for an innovative or emerging industry that involves designing and researching, assembling, manufacturing, maintaining, storing or testing machinery or equipment.

Examples of research and technology industries— aeronautical engineering, biotechnology industries, computer component manufacturing, computer server facilities, energy industries, medical laboratories

Aeronautical engineering, computer component manufacturing, medical laboratories, computer-server facility
Residential care facility

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Residential care facility means the use of premises for supervised accommodation, and medical and other support services, for persons who—

(a) can not live independently; and

(b) require regular nursing or personal care.

Examples of a residential care facility— convalescent home, nursing home

Convalescent home, nursing home Community residence, dwelling house, dual occupancy, hospital, multiple dwelling, retirement facility
Resort Complex

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Resort complex means the use of premises for—

(a) tourist and visitor accommodation that includes integrated leisure facilities; or

Examples of integrated leisure facilities— bars, meeting and function facilities, restaurants, sporting and fitness facilities

(b) staff accommodation that is ancillary to the use in paragraph (a); or

(c) transport facilities for the premises, including, for example, a ferry terminal or air service.

Island resort
Retirement facility

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Retirement facility means a residential use of premises for—

(a) accommodation for older members of the community, or retired persons, in independent living units or serviced units; or

(b) amenity and community facilities, a manager’s residence, health care and support services, preparing food and drink or staff accommodation, if the use is ancillary to the use in paragraph (a).

Retirement village Residential care facility
Roadside stall

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Roadside stall means the use of premises for the roadside display and sale of goods in a rural area. Produce stall Market
Rooming accommodation

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Rooming accommodation means the use of premises for—

(a) residential accommodation, if each resident—

(i) has a right to occupy 1 or more rooms on the premises; and

(ii) does not have a right to occupy the whole of the premises; and

(iii) does not occupy a self-contained unit, as defined under the Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Act 2008, schedule 2, or has only limited facilities available for private use; and

(iv) shares other rooms, facilities, furniture or equipment outside of the resident’s room with 1 or more other residents, whether or not the rooms, facilities, furniture or equipment are on the same or different premises; or

(b) a manager’s residence, an office or providing food or other service to residents, if the use is ancillary to the use in paragraph (a).

Examples of rooming accommodation— boarding house, hostel, monastery, off-site student accommodation

Boarding house, monastery, hostel, off-site student accommodation Hospice, community residence, dwelling house, short-term accommodation, multiple dwelling
Rural industry

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Rural industry means the use of premises for—

(a) storing, processing or packaging products from a rural use carried out on the premises or adjoining premises; or

(b) selling products from a rural use carried out on the premises or adjoining premises, if the use is ancillary to the use in paragraph (a).

Packing shed Intensive animal husbandry, intensive horticulture, roadside stall, wholesale nursery, winery, abattoir, agricultural supply store
Rural workers’ accommodation

Editor’s note—The term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Rural workers’ accommodation means the use of premises as accommodation, whether or not self-contained, for employees of a rural use, if—

(a) the premises, and the premises where the rural use is carried out, are owned by the same person; and

(b) the employees are not non-resident workers.

Farm workers accommodation Short-term accommodation building, caretaker’s accommodation, dual occupancy, dwelling house, nature or rural based tourist accommodation, non-resident worker accommodation, multiple dwellings
Sales office

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Sales office means the use of premises for the temporary display of land parcels or buildings that—

(a) are for sale or proposed to be sold; or

(b) can be won as a prize in a competition.

Display dwelling Bank, office
Service industry

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Service industry means the use of premises for an industrial activity that—

(a) does not result in off-site air, noise or odour emissions; and

(b) is suitable for location with other non-industrial uses.

Examples of service industries— audio visual equipment repair, bicycle repairs, clock and watch repairs, computer repairs, dry cleaning, film processing, hand engraving, jewellery making, laundromat, locksmith, picture framing, shoe repairs, tailor

Audio visual equipment repair, film processing, bicycle repairs, clock and watch repairs, computer repairs, dry cleaning, hand engraving, jewellery making, laundromat, locksmith, picture framing, shoe repairs, tailor Small engine mechanical repair workshop, cabinet making, shop fitting, sign writing, tyre depot, low impact industry, medium impact high impact industry, special industry
Service station

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Service station means the use of premises for—

(a) selling fuel, including, for example, petrol, liquid petroleum gas, automotive distillate or alternative fuels; or

(b) a food and drink outlet, shop, trailer hire, or maintaining, repairing, servicing or washing vehicles, if the use is ancillary to the use in paragraph (a).

Electric charging station Car wash
Shop

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Shop means the use of premises for—

(a) displaying, selling or hiring goods; or

(b) providing personal services or betting to the public.

Examples of a shop— betting agency, corner store, department store, discount variety store, hair dressing salon, liquor store, supermarket

Hairdresser, liquor store, department store, discount department store, discount variety stores, betting agencies, supermarket, corner store Adult store, food and drink outlet, showroom, market
Shopping centre

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Shopping centre means the use of premises for an integrated shopping complex consisting mainly of shops.
Short-term accommodation

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Short-term accommodation—

(a) means the use of premises for—

(i) providing accommodation of less than 3 consecutive months to tourists or travellers; or

(ii) a manager’s residence, office, or recreation facilities for the exclusive use of guests, if the use is ancillary to the use in subparagraph (i); but

(b) does not include a hotel, nature-based tourism, resort complex or tourist park.

Motel, backpackers, cabins, serviced apartments, accommodation hotel, farm stay Hostel, rooming accommodation, tourist park
Showroom

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Showroom means the use of premises for the sale of goods that are of—

(a) a related product line; and

(b) a size, shape or weight that requires—

(i) a large area for handling, display or storage; and

(ii) direct vehicle access to the building that contains the goods by members of the public, to enable the loading and unloading of the goods.

Examples of a showroom— bulk stationery supplies, bulky goods sales, bulk home supplies, motor vehicle sales showroom

Bulky goods sales, motor vehicles sales showroom, bulk stationery supplies Food and drink outlet, shop, outdoor sales
Special industry

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Special industry means the use of premises for an industrial activity—

(a) that is the manufacturing, producing, processing, repairing, altering, recycling, storing, distributing, transferring or treating of products; and

(b) that a local planning instrument applying to the premises states is a special industry; and

(c) that complies with any thresholds for the activity stated in a local planning instrument applying to the premises, including, for example, thresholds relating to the number of products manufactured or the level of emissions produced by the activity.

For the purposes of the planning scheme a special industry is an industry activity that—

(a) has one or more of the following attributes—

(i) potential for significant potential for extreme impacts on sensitive land uses due to off-site emissions including aerosol, fume, particle, smoke, odour and noise;

(ii) potential for extreme off-site impacts in the event of fire, explosion or toxic release;

(iii) on-site controls are required for emissions and dangerous goods risks;

(iv) the use generally involves night-time and outdoor activities;

(v) the use may involve the storage and handling of large volumes of dangerous goods;

(vi) requires significant separation from non-industrial uses; and

(b) complies with any thresholds for the activity stated in SC1.1.3 industry thresholds.

Tanneries, rendering plants, oil refineries, waste incineration, manufacturing or storing explosives, power plants, manufacturing fertilisers.

Note—Additional examples may be shown in SC1.1.3 industry thresholds.

Low impact industry, medium impact industry, high impact industry, service industry
Substation

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Substation means the use of premises—

(a) as part of a transmission grid or supply network to—

(i) convert or transform electrical energy from one voltage to another; or

(ii) regulate voltage in an electrical circuit; or

(iii) control electrical circuits; or

(iv) switch electrical current between circuits; or

(b) for a telecommunications facility for—

(i) works, as defined under the Electricity Act, section 12(1); or

(ii) workforce operational and safety communications.

Substations, switching yards Major electricity infrastructure, minor electricity infrastructure
Telecommunications facility

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Telecommunications facility means the use of premises for a facility that is capable of carrying communications and signals by guided or unguided electromagnetic energy. Telecommunication tower, broadcasting station, television station Aviation facility, ‘low-impact telecommunications facility’ as defined under the Telecommunications Act 1997
Theatre

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Theatre means the use of premises for—

(a) presenting movies, live entertainment or music to the public; or

(b) the production of film or music; or

(c) the following activities or facilities, if the use is ancillary to a use in paragraph (a) or (b)—

(i) preparing and selling food and drink for consumption on the premises;

(ii) facilities for editing and post-production;

(iii) facilities for wardrobe, laundry and make-up;

(iv) set construction workshops;

(v) sound stages.

Examples of a theatre— cinema, concert hall, film studio, music recording studio

Cinema, movie house, concert hall, dance hall, film studio, music recording studio Community hall, hotel, indoor sport and recreation facility, temporary film studio
Tourist attraction

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Tourist attraction means the use of premises for—

(a) providing entertainment to, or a recreation facility for, the general public; or

(b) preparing and selling food and drink for consumption on the premises, if the use is ancillary to the use in paragraph (a).

Examples of a tourist attraction— theme park, zoo

Theme park, zoo Hotel, major sport, recreation and entertainment facility, nightclub entertainment facility
Tourist park

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Tourist park means the use of premises for—

(a) holiday accommodation in caravans, self-contained cabins, tents or other similar structures; or

(b) amenity facilities, a food and drink outlet, a manager’s residence, offices, recreation facilities for the use of occupants and their visitors, or staff accommodation, if the use is ancillary to the use in paragraph (a).

Camping ground, caravan park, holiday cabins Relocatable home park, tourist attraction, short-term accommodation, non-resident workforce accommodation
Transport depot

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Transport depot means the use of premises for—

(a) storing vehicles, or machinery, that are used for a commercial or public purpose; or

(b) cleaning, repairing or servicing vehicles or machinery, if the use is ancillary to the use in paragraph (a).

Examples of a transport depot— using premises to store buses, taxis, trucks, heavy vehicles or heavy machinery

Contractor’s depot, bus depot, truck yard, heavy machinery yard Home-based business, warehouse, low impact industry, service industry
Utility installation

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Utility installation means the use of premises for—

(a) a service for supplying or treating water, hydraulic power or gas; or

(b) a sewerage, drainage or stormwater service; or

(c) a transport service; or

(d) a waste management service; or

(e) a maintenance depot, storage depot or other facility for a service stated in paragraphs (a) to (d).

Sewerage treatment plant, mail depot, pumping station, water treatment plant Telecommunications tower, major electricity infrastructure, minor electricity infrastructure, substation, renewable energy facility, transport depot
Veterinary service

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Veterinary service means the use of premises for—

(a) the medical or surgical treatment of animals; or

(b) the short-term stay of animals, if the use is ancillary to the use in paragraph (a).

Animal keeping
Warehouse

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Warehouse means the use of premises for—

(a) storing or distributing goods, whether or not carried out in a building; or

(b) the wholesale of goods, if the use is ancillary to the use in paragraph (a).

Examples of a warehouse— self-storage facility, storage yard

Self-storage sheds Hardware and trade supplies, outdoor sales, showroom, shop
Wholesale nursery

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Wholesale nursery means the use of premises for—

(a) the wholesale of plants grown on or next to the premises; or

(b) selling gardening materials, if the use is ancillary to the use in paragraph (a).

Bulk landscape supplies, garden centre
Winery

Editor’s note—The use term is defined in the Planning Regulation 2017 – Regulated Requirements

Winery means the use of premises for—

(a) making wine; or

(b) selling wine that is made on the premises.

Rural industry

 

Author: Alex Steffan

Bachelor of Urban and Environmental Planning – Steffan Town Planning – 10+ years experience as a private consultant town planner.