Quarterly Activity Report September 2016

Council’s Planning and Development (P&D) Department is the lead agency in the Ipswich Community
for managing growth and development in order to create a socially, ecologically and economically
sustainable environment that:

• Meets the community’s housing needs;
• Integrates land use and transport needs;
• Creates jobs and supports overall economic development;
• Delivers appropriate infrastructure and community services;
• Protects valuable features such as places of cultural heritage significance and important
  natural environment areas.

The department’s core activities include:

• Preparing and implementing plans, strategies and policies to ensure integrated and
  sustainable development outcomes for the City as a whole and within specific local areas;
• Identifying, protecting and promoting places of cultural heritage significance and
  streetscape value;
• Identifying and protecting important natural environment areas through appropriate
  planning scheme mechanisms and development assessment processes;
• Maintaining an appropriate and efficient regulatory environment for development
  assessment and building and plumbing compliance.

The P&D Department’s activities are delivered through its five (5) Branches:-

• Strategic Planning;
• Development Planning;
• Engineering and Environment;
• Building and Plumbing;
• Business Support.

View Quarterly Activity Report September 2016 (PDF, 1.2 MB).