CONTENTS

Preamble

Note - this is a non-statutory part of the scheme. Part 1 begins the statutory component

1. Purpose of the Planning Scheme 2. Relationship to the Superseded Planning Schemes 3. Preliminary Consultation 4. Structure of the Gold Coast Planning Scheme 5. Vision for Our Living City 6. How the City Vision will be Advanced

Part 1 Introduction

Division 1: Context

CHAPTER 1: Area to which this Planning Scheme Applies CHAPTER 2: Relationship to the Integrated Planning Act 1997 CHAPTER 3: Purpose of the Integrated Planning Act 1997 CHAPTER 4: How this Planning Scheme Advances the Act's Purpose

Division 2: Towards Ecological Sustainability

CHAPTER 1: Introduction CHAPTER 2: The Meaning of Ecological Sustainability CHAPTER 3: Existing Influences on Ecological Sustainability CHAPTER 4: New Research and Policy Initiatives that further Achieve Ecological Sustainability

Part 2 Desired Environmental Outcomes and Performance Indicators

Division 1: Desired Environmental Outcomes

CHAPTER 1: Introduction to the Desired Environmental Outcomes CHAPTER 2: Ecological Processes CHAPTER 3: Economic Development CHAPTER 4: Community Wellbeing

Division 2: Performance Indicators

CHAPTER 1: Purpose CHAPTER 2: Application of this Division CHAPTER 3: Data Sources CHAPTER 4: Schedule of Performance Indicators

Part 3 Planning Strategy

Division 1: Purpose of the Planning Strategy

CHAPTER 1: Context CHAPTER 2: Components of the Planning Strategy

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CHAPTER 1: Introduction CHAPTER 2: Nature Conservation CHAPTER 3: Population Growth Management CHAPTER 4: Infrastructure Provision and Sequencing CHAPTER 5: Activity Centres CHAPTER 6: Tourism CHAPTER 7: Natural Resources CHAPTER 8: Housing CHAPTER 9: Transport CHAPTER 10: Energy Conservation CHAPTER 11: Community and Recreational Open Space CHAPTER 12: Waste Management CHAPTER 13: Natural Hazards Mitigation CHAPTER 14: Urban Heritage and Character CHAPTER 15: City Image and Townscape CHAPTER 16: Pacific Innovation Corridor

Division 3: Land Use Themes

CHAPTER 1: Introduction CHAPTER 2: Open Space/Nature Conservation CHAPTER 3: Rural/Nature Conservation CHAPTER 4: Agriculture CHAPTER 5: Park Living CHAPTER 6: Village Areas CHAPTER 7: Urban Residential CHAPTER 8: Industry CHAPTER 9: Marine Industry CHAPTER 10: Extractive Industry CHAPTER 11: Airport Investigation Area CHAPTER 12: Major Activity Centres CHAPTER 13: Community Infrastructure CHAPTER 14: Residential/Tourism - Pacific Coast CHAPTER 15: Resort/Residential - Hope Island CHAPTER 16: Conservation/Ecotourism - East Coomera/Yawalpah CHAPTER 17: Flood Plain Management - Merrimac/Carrara CHAPTER 18: Investigation Area - Robina/Bond University CHAPTER 19: Investigation Area - Gold Coast Harbour

Part 4 Definitions

Division 1: Dictionary of Terms

CHAPTER 1: Application of Definitions CHAPTER 2: Use Definitions CHAPTER 3: Explanatory Definitions

Part 5 Domains

Division 1: Introduction to Domains

CHAPTER 1: Evolution of Domains CHAPTER 2: Using Domains

Division 2: Domains

CHAPTER 1: Rural

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CHAPTER 2: Park Living CHAPTER 3: Village (mixed use) CHAPTER 4: Detached Dwelling CHAPTER 5: Residential Choice CHAPTER 6: Tourist and Residential CHAPTER 7: Integrated Business CHAPTER 8: Local Business CHAPTER 9: Fringe Business CHAPTER 10: Industry 1 (high impact) CHAPTER 11: Industry 2 (low impact) CHAPTER 12: Extractive Industry CHAPTER 13: Marine Industry CHAPTER 14: Community Purposes CHAPTER 15: Conservation CHAPTER 16: Private Open Space CHAPTER 17: Public Open Space CHAPTER 18: Emerging Communities • Beenleigh District Structure Plan • Albert Corridor A: Ormeau Structure Plan • Albert Corridor B: Oxenford/Upper Coomera Structure Plan • Albert Corridor C: Otmoor Road Structure Plan • Albert Corridor D: South Helensvale Structure Plan • Albert Corridor E: Kopps Road Structure Plan • Gilston Structure Plan • Reedy Creek Structure Plan • Inter-Urban Break Structure Plan

Part 6 Local Area Plans

Division 1: Introduction to Local Area Plans

CHAPTER 1: Evolution of Local Area Plans CHAPTER 2: Using Local Area Plans

Division 2: Local Area Plans

CHAPTER 1: Beenleigh Town Centre CHAPTER 2: Broadbeach CHAPTER 3: Bundall Central CHAPTER 4: Bundall Equestrian CHAPTER 5: Burleigh CHAPTER 6: Burleigh Ridge CHAPTER 7: CHAPTER 8: CHAPTER 9: Coomera CHAPTER 10: Coomera Town Centre CHAPTER 11: Currumbin Hill CHAPTER 12: Eagleby CHAPTER 13: East Coomera/Yawalpah Conservation CHAPTER 14: Guragunbah CHAPTER 15: Helensvale Town Centre CHAPTER 16: Hope Island CHAPTER 17: Mudgeeraba Village CHAPTER 18: Nerang CHAPTER 19: Palm Beach CHAPTER 20: Paradise Point CHAPTER 21: Robina CHAPTER 22: South Stradbroke CHAPTER 23: Southport

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Part 7 Codes

Division 1: Introduction to Codes

CHAPTER 1: The Purpose and Nature of Codes CHAPTER 2: Using Codes

Division 2: Specific Development Codes

CHAPTER 1: Adult Entertainment Premises CHAPTER 2: Advertising Devices CHAPTER 3: Aged Persons Accommodation CHAPTER 4: Animal Husbandry CHAPTER 5: Aquaculture CHAPTER 6: Attached Dwellings CHAPTER 7: Bed and Breakfast Tourist Accommodation CHAPTER 8: Brothels CHAPTER 9: Caravan Parks CHAPTER 10: Caretakers Residences CHAPTER 11: Changes to Ground Level and Creation of New Waterbodies CHAPTER 12: Child Care Centres CHAPTER 13: Detached Dwellings CHAPTER 14: Display Homes and Estate Sales Offices CHAPTER 15: Ecotourism Facility CHAPTER 16: Family Accommodation CHAPTER 17: Farm Forestry CHAPTER 18: Farm Stay CHAPTER 19: High Rise Residential and Tourist Accommodation CHAPTER 20: Kennels CHAPTER 21: Landscape Work CHAPTER 22: Low Rise Building CHAPTER 23: Low Rise Commercial Tourist Accommodation CHAPTER 24: Office CHAPTER 25: Private Recreation CHAPTER 26: Relocatable Home Parks CHAPTER 27: Retail and Related Establishments CHAPTER 28: Reconfiguring a Lot CHAPTER 29: Rural Industry CHAPTER 30: Salvage Yards CHAPTER 31: Service Stations CHAPTER 32: Surf Life Saving Clubs CHAPTER 33: Telecommunications Facilities CHAPTER 34: Temporary Use CHAPTER 35: Tourist Cabins CHAPTER 36: Vegetation Management CHAPTER 37: Vehicle Sales CHAPTER 38: Working From Home CHAPTER 39: Works for Infrastructure

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Division 3: Constraint Codes

CHAPTER 1: Gold Coast Airport and Aviation Facilities CHAPTER 2: Bushfire Management Areas CHAPTER 3: Canals and Waterways CHAPTER 4: Car Parking, Access and Transport Integration CHAPTER 5: Cultural Heritage (Historic) CHAPTER 6: Cultural Heritage (Indigenous) CHAPTER 7: Dam Catchment Areas CHAPTER 8: Flood Affected Areas CHAPTER 9: Natural Wetland Areas and Natural Waterways CHAPTER 10: Nature Conservation CHAPTER 11: Ocean Front Land CHAPTER 12: Rail Corridor Environs CHAPTER 13: Road Traffic Noise Management CHAPTER 14: Sediment and Erosion Control CHAPTER 15: Service Roads (Pacific Motorway) CHAPTER 16: Steep Slopes or Unstable Soils CHAPTER 17: Unsewered Land

Part 8 Infrastructure

Division 1: Designation of Land for Community Infrastructure

Division 2: Benchmark Development Sequence

Division 3: Infrastructure Charges Plans

Part 9 List of Planning Scheme Maps

Division 1: Context Maps

Division 2: Planning Strategy Maps

Division 3: Overlay Maps

Division 4: Domain Maps

Division 5: Emerging Communities Domain: Structure Plan Maps

Division 6: Local Area Plan Maps

Division 7: Special Facilities Maps

Division 8: Infrastructure Plan Maps

Part 10 Schedules

Division 1: Standard Drawings

Division 2: Separate Development Legislation

Division 3: Special Facilities

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Appendix 1 Integrated Planning Act 1997: Schedule 8

Planning Scheme Policies

Policy 1: Additional Information Required for Code and Impact Assessable Applications within LAP Areas for East Coomera/Yawalpah, Burleigh Ridge, Currumbin Hill and Guragunbah Policy 2: Chevron Island Developer Charges Policy Policy 3: Developer Contributions for Water Supply and Sewerage Policy 4: Development of Land Adjacent to or within the Easements of High Voltage Transmission Lines Policy 5: Energy Conservation (Design for Climate) Policy 6: Entry Statements Policy 7: Foreshore Rock Wall Design and Construction Policy 8: Guidelines for Preparing Ecological Site Assessments during the Development Process Policy 9: Guidelines for Preparing Fire Management Plans during the Development Process Policy 10: Guidelines for Preparing Management Plans and Plans of Development Policy 11: Land Development Guidelines Policy 12: Landscape Strategy Part 1 – Landscape Character: Guiding the Image of the City Policy 13: Landscape Strategy Part 2 – Landscape Works Documentation Manual Policy 14: Management of Activities Located within Areas of Acid Sulfate Soils Policy 15: Management of Coastal Dune Areas Policy 16: Park and Open Space Contribution Requirements Policy 17: Site Analysis Policy 18: Uplands Drive and Woodlands Way Developer Charges Policy

Note: for the purposes of numbering in this Planning Scheme, the following protocol has been used in order of hierarchy:

1 Part 2. Division 3. Chapter 4. Clause 5. Subclause eg. Part 5, Division 2, Chapter 5 is Residential Choice Part 5, Division 2, Chapter 5, Clause 4.0, Subclause 4.2 is under Relevant Codes Material Change of Use (in the Residential Choice Domain).

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This preamble to Our Living City is provided for the purpose of giving background information to the scheme preparation. It outlines the relationship to the superseded planning schemes, being the Planning Scheme (1994) and the Albert Shire Planning Scheme (1995), together with some parts of the Planning Scheme. It also provides a broad description of the structure of the Planning Scheme and discusses its context within the City of Gold Coast Corporate Plan 1998 - 2003.

1.0 PURPOSE OF THE PLANNING SCHEME

The Living City - Gold Coast Planning Scheme introduces the first Planning Scheme for the City and formatted under the provisions of the Integrated Planning Act 1997 (IPA). In doing so, it also consolidates the superseded planning schemes into one comprehensive planning instrument.

Consistent with the requirements of the IPA, this Planning Scheme seeks to achieve ecological sustainability, coordinate and integrate matters of local, regional and state interest and regulate new development in a manner consistent with ecological sustainability. It therefore seeks to bring forward a City Vision that improves quality of life and protection of the environment for the existing residents and future generations.

2.0 RELATIONSHIP TO THE SUPERSEDED PLANNING SCHEMES

With the amalgamation of the former Gold Coast City and Albert Shire Councils in 1995, it was necessary to combine the former Planning Schemes into a single, consolidated planning approach. This consolidation process was made more complex by the introduction of additional planning policies initiated by the amalgamated Council, the introduction of new state legislation (particularly the IPA) and a degree of inconsistency in both the policies and provisions of the former planning schemes.

Due to a minor adjustment to local government boundaries at the time of amalgamation, a small part of the former Beaudesert Shire Planning Scheme area was also included in the City of Gold Coast, being within the hinterland area along the western boundary of the City. This area has also been incorporated into this Planning Scheme.

3.0 PRELIMINARY CONSULTATION

The Planning Scheme Review (PSR) program formally commenced in September 1996 under the provisions of the former Local Government (Planning & Environment) Act 1990 (P & E Act). A Draft Strategic Plan was prepared under that Act and was placed on informal exhibition in September 1997. This was not adopted as part of a P & E Act Planning Scheme, due to the imminent introduction of the IPA.

As the PSR process began prior to the introduction of the IPA, Council was able to advance the plan- making process under Schedule 1 of the IPA, pursuant to Section 6.1.9(2). The Draft Planning Scheme was therefore able to progress to the consideration of state interests.

Because the plan-making process was advanced to begin at Section 11(1) (state interest test), a Statement of Proposals and a comprehensive review of core matters and valuable features, as normally required by Section 4(1) of Schedule 1, was not required in this instance. However, Council has formed the view that the Draft Strategic Plan essentially comprised a Statement of Proposals. That is, the contents of the Draft Strategic Plan effectively covered the subject matter required to be addressed in relation to the core matters and valuable features within the City of Gold Coast.

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Council therefore considers that the preceding work and preliminary consultation constitutes substantial compliance with Part 1 of Schedule 1 of the IPA.

4.0 STRUCTURE OF GOLD COAST CITY PLANNING SCHEME

The Planning Scheme has been prepared in a format consistent with the IPA.

It begins by describing the Scheme's relationship to the IPA in general terms. It then shows in more specific ways how the Act’s purpose has been advanced through the integration and coordination of matters of state, regional and local interest and through the achievement of ecological sustainability. It also describes a City Vision relevant to the scope of the Planning Scheme, which has direct linkages to the City's Corporate Plan. The implementation of this vision is to be achieved through the application of the codes and other provisions provided for evaluating assessable development.

Division 1 of Part 1 briefly details the context of the Planning Scheme within the requirements of the IPA. The Planning Scheme’s fundamental approach to ecological sustainability is then demonstrated in Division 2 of Part 1, which shows how the foundation strategies of the superseded planning schemes and the more recent research and policy initiatives advance ecological sustainability.

Part 2 of the Planning Scheme then provides the Desired Environmental Outcomes (DEOs) for the City. These are the core considerations for achieving ecological sustainability within Gold Coast City. They address the three strands of ecological sustainability, (ecological, economic and social considerations) and present the fundamental considerations for each. This part also includes the Performance Indicators to be used to measure the success of the Planning Scheme in achieving its DEOs.

Part 3 provides the immediate planning vision, expressed in terms of Key Strategies and broad Land Use Themes, which translate the foundation strategies, recent research and DEOs into specific planning proposals. In doing so, it provides a detailed outline of how the three strands of ecological sustainability have been balanced within the local context. The Key Strategies address the critical issues facing the City and are generally supported by individual and extensive research studies. The Land Use Themes reflect the overall land use pattern desired for the City, as shown on Planning Strategy Map PS-1 – Land Use Themes.

The remaining parts of the Planning Scheme contain the codes, policies and other measures to be used to implement the planning vision through the Integrated Development Assessment System (IDAS) provided for by the IPA. These provisions adopt a performance based approach, consistent with the IPA, achieved through the identification of desired outcomes, performance criteria and acceptable solutions.

This Planning Scheme also provides a foundation for the continuing refinement of ecological sustainability through subsequent reviews and new planning schemes for the City. In this regard, a foundation for a later theme of building sustainable communities is provided to place further emphasis on seeking to achieve ecological sustainability, which is consistent with the longer term aspirations for the City.

5.0 VISION FOR OUR LIVING CITY

A city as diverse and fast growing as Gold Coast City requires a City Vision which reflects the fact that the City is still in a developing phase and is very much 'living' and evolving in all aspects of its ecological processes and human dynamics. Through this Planning Scheme, Council sees the City as a Living City aligned to the vision of its Corporate Plan. For this Planning Scheme, that vision can be best expressed as:

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Naturally, the world’s best place to be…because Gold Coast City will be a model for advancing ecological sustainability, whilst managing growth and development in a systematic manner by using the strategic planning policies and development assessment regimes that will result in the least impact on the environment.

The Planning Scheme itself cannot deliver all outcomes advanced by Council and the community, as it is primarily required to regulate new development. However, by adopting a corporate vision that recognises that the Planning Scheme and the Corporate Plan are focussed in one strategic direction, the City is best positioned to advance ecological sustainability and make the most efficient use of its resources.

Where the Planning Scheme cannot deliver the desired outcomes in its own right, there are opportunities to use other local government measures through the Corporate and Operational Plans, which subsequently influence Council's capital works programs and other related resource allocation opportunities.

6.0 HOW THE CITY VISION WILL BE ADVANCED

In terms of the Planning Scheme, the City Vision is to be advanced through the Planning Strategies and through the aligned development assessment process. A commitment to progressively augment and refine these policies and strategies, in consultation with the community, will ensure that the City Vision is being achieved in line with evolving community expectations.

As the City of Gold Coast is part of the South East Regional Framework for Growth Management (RFGM), the evolving planning scheme vision will also remain aligned to the strategic direction advanced for the region through that planning medium.

Performance Indicators used to measure the City's success in achieving the DEOs will also be one of the mechanisms used to guide the continuing review process.

This Planning Scheme is therefore seen as a significant starting point for the sustainable development of Gold Coast City, based on the responsible management of the City's resources. As such, it is intended to move the City of Gold Coast considerably closer to achieving ecological sustainability.

At this point, this Planning Scheme will advance the theme of Our Living City whilst laying the foundation for, and a commitment to, Building Sustainable Communities for future generations.

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