Quarterly Activity Report June 2016
1st of February 2017
Quarterly Activity Report June 2016
The quarterly activity report provides a snapshot of Planning and Development activities for the June Quarter 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 culture 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; and
- Business Support.
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