Ipswich City Plan 2025 Fact Sheets and Supporting Documents

Ipswich City Plan 2025 Fact Sheets

These fact sheets provide general information to help you understand the planning scheme and its mapping.

• Planning Scheme Overview
• Planning Scheme User Guide
• How to make a submission
• Biodiversity Overlay
• Bushfire Prone Areas Overlay
• Centres and Commercial Development
• Character Places and Areas Overlay
• Difficult Topography and Landslide Overlay
• Dwelling House and Dual Occupancy
• Flood Risk and Overland Flow Overlay
• Flood Risk Mapping
• Home-based business
• Industry activities
• Infrastructure
• Multiple Dwellings
• Overlays Overview
• Reconfiguring a lot
• Superseded Planning Scheme Application
• Zones

Ipswich City Plan 2025 Supporting Documents

View the supporting documents used in preparing the planning scheme including the Feasible Alternatives Assessment Report (FAAR)

• Final Feasible Alternatives Assessment Report (FAAR) and Property List - January 2024
• Biodiversity Overlay Mapping Methodology
• Draft Feasible Alternatives Assessment Report – Flood and Bushfire Hazard - July 2022
• Feasible Alternatives Assessment Report (FAAR) Affected Properties
• Flood Hazard Risk Assessment Report - part 1
• Flood Hazard Risk Assessment Report - part 2
• Flood Height Assessment Report
• Flood Risk Assessment and Planning Scheme Alignment - Phases 1 to 3 Local Policy Response part 1
• Flood Risk Assessment and Planning Scheme Alignment - Phases 1 to 3 Local Policy Response part 2
• Flood Risk Assessment and Planning Scheme Alignment - Phases 1 to 3 Local Policy Response part 3
• Ipswich Centres Strategy Report
• Ipswich Housing Strategy
• Ipswich Industrial Land and Employment Needs Analysis
• Ipswich Industrial Land and Employment Needs Analysis Appendices
• Ipswich Integrated Catchment Plan - Strategy and Action Plan
• Ipswich Mining Peer Review & Suitability Statement Report
• Ipswich Planning Scheme Bushfire Risk Assessment Report part 1
• Ipswich Planning Scheme Bushfire Risk Assessment Report part 2
• Ipswich Planning Scheme Bushfire Risk Assessment Report part 3
• Ipswich Planning Scheme Bushfire Risk Assessment Report part 4
• Ipswich Planning Scheme Bushfire Risk Assessment Report part 5
• Ipswich Planning Scheme Bushfire Risk Assessment Report part 6
• Ipswich Planning Scheme Bushfire Risk Assessment Report part 7
• Land Use Planning Flood Provisions Report - Phase 4
• ShapingSEQ Regional Plan Integration in New Planning Scheme
• State Interests Analysis Spreadsheet
• Storm Tide and Erosion Prone Area Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment

Ipswich City Plan 2025 - Know Your Zones

The planning scheme has ‘Zones’ which assist in regulating development. Know more about your zones here.

Reminder: ​‘Zones’ assist in regulating development for specific lots and areas in the planning scheme area.

• Character Residential Zone
• Community Facilities Zone
• Conservation Zone
• District Centres Zone
• Emerging Community Zone
• Environmental Management Zone
• High Density Residential Zone
• Industry Investigation Zone
• Limited Development Zone
• Local Centre Zone
• Low Density Residential Zone
• Low Impact Industry Zone
• Low-Medium Density Residential Zone
• Major Centre Zone
• Medium Density Residential Zone
• Medium Impact Industry Zone
• Neighbourhood Centre Zone
• Principal Centre Zone
• Recreation and Open Space Zone
• Rural Zone
• Special Purpose Zone
• Specialised Centre Zone
• Tourism Accommodation Zone
• Tourism Zone
• Township Zone

Temporary Local Planning Instrument No. 1 of 2023 (Resource Recovery and Waste Activity Regulation)

On 28 November 2023, council adopted Temporary Local Planning Instrument No. 1 of 2023 (Resource Recovery and Waste Activity Regulation). The purpose of the temporary local planning instrument (TLPI) is to regulate resource recovery and waste activity uses within the Swanbank/New Chum and Ebenezer/Willowbank/Jeebropilly Regulation Areas (as mapped in the instrument). TLPI No. 1 of 2023 takes effect on and from 11 December 2023.

Current Temporary Local Planning Instrument:

TLPI No. 1 / 2023

Gazettal Notice and Repeal of Previous Instruments:

TLPI No. 1 / 2023

Superseded Versions:

TLPI No. 1 / 2021

Swanbank / New Chum

TLPI No. 1 / 2020 (PDF, 98.5 KB)

TLPI No. 1 / 2018 (PDF, 2.7 MB)

Ebenezer / Willowbank / Jeebropilly

TLPI No. 2 / 2020 (PDF, 3.8 MB)

TLPI No. 2 / 2018 (PDF, 1.3 MB)

Planning & Regulatory Services Department Fees and Charges

• Fees and Charges

Requests to reduce Development Application Fees may be submitted to plandev@ipswich.qld.gov.au on the Request for Variation of Development Application Fees form.

For payment options, refer to Planning & Development Fee Payment available on council's website.

Please Note: The payment for Developer Contributions will be accepted by way of Bank Cheque or Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) only.  Personal and/or company cheques will not be accepted as payment for Developer Contributions.