Local Government Infrastructure Plan

Council has adopted the Local Government Infrastructure Plan (LGIP) with a commencement date of 1 July 2018

After receiving Ministerial approval, the LGIP was adopted by Council at its Ordinary Meeting of 27 June 2018 as part of the consolidated version of the Mackay Region Planning Scheme 2017 (version 2.0), with a commencement date of 1 July 2018.

The LGIP was prepared in accordance with the (repealed) Sustainable Planning Act 2009 and Statutory Guideline 03/14 – Local government infrastructure plans. The LGIP provides the link between council’s land use vision for urban development across the region and the infrastructure required to support that vision. The LGIP identifies the trunk infrastructure necessary to service the planned urban development to meet the desired standards of service, in a coordinated and financially sustainable manner.

The types of trunk infrastructure included, typically have a supply and distribution function and have the capacity to service multiple development areas. There are five infrastructure networks included:

• Water – water treatment plants and the distribution networks
• Sewerage – sewage treatment plants and the distribution networks
• Transport – the higher order roads that move people and freight throughout the road network
• Stormwater – the pipe and channel networks that collects and distributes major flows
• Parks – the parks and associated facilities servicing the urban population

The LGIP includes four key sections:

1. Planning assumptions – identifies the projected future population, dwellings and non-residential floor space anticipated across the key urban areas and the corresponding infrastructure demand
2. Priority infrastructure area (PIA) – the area where Council will prioritise investment in trunk infrastructure to service the planned growth up to 2031
3. Desired standards of service – the planning standards for each of the trunk infrastructure networks
4. Plans for trunk infrastructure – identifies the specific items of trunk infrastructure that are taken to be required to support development inside the PIA

The LGIP and the associated materials are available for download below.

Further information

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For any enquiries please contact the Strategic Planning team on 1300 MACKAY (1300 622 529) or via strategicplanning@mackay.qld.gov.au

• Mackay Region Planning Scheme 2017
• Adopted Charges Resolution