Mackay City Planning Scheme Policies

A CD of the Mackay City Planning Scheme and Policies can be made available for purchase.  To ensure information is current copies of CD's are not kept and must be ordered.

Planning Scheme Policies - Index (PDF 23.4 KB)

1 - Bushfire Management (PDF 97.6 KB)

2 - Child Care Centre (PDF 82.2 KB)

3 - Community Safety Design (PDF 90.0 KB)

4 - Master Plan (PDF 81.4 KB)

5 - Character- Heritage Protection (PDF 87.6 KB)

6 - Environmental Management (PDF 96.2 KB)

7 - Erosion Prone Area (PDF 77.0 KB)

8 - Flood & Inundation Management (PDF 116.2 KB)

10 - Landscape Character (PDF 242.8 KB)

11 - Landscaping (PDF 106.5 KB)

12 - Open Space (PDF 379.8 KB)

13 - Reconfiguration of a Lot (PDF 133.2 KB)

14 - Reference Documents (PDF 140.6 KB)

15 - Engineering Design Guidelines Index (PDF 617.5 KB)

15.01 - Geometric Road Design (PDF 432.7 KB)

15.02 - Pavement Design (PDF 133.7 KB)

15.03 - Structures-Bridge Design (PDF 76.0 KB)

15.04 - Subsurface Drainage Design (PDF 88.9 KB)

15.05 - Stormwater Drainage Design (PDF 143.5 KB)

15.06 - Site Regrading (PDF 99.5 KB)

15.07 - Soil and Water Quality Management (PDF 171.2 KB)

15.08 - Cycleway and Pathway Design (PDF 83.7 KB)

15.09 - Bushfire Protection (PDF 96.2 KB)

15.10 - DQS Quality Assurance (PDF 61.2 KB)

15.11 - Landscape (PDF 2.7 MB)

15.12 - Water supply design (PDF 276.2 KB)

15.14 - Sewerage system design (PDF 340.8 KB)

15.15 - Constructed Lakes (PDF 1.2 MB)

16.00 - Index: Contribution Policies (PDF 14.9 KB)

16.01 - Transport Network Contribution Policy (PDF 1.2 MB)

16.02 - Public Parks and Community Land Contribution Policy (PDF 2.0 MB)

16.03 - Water Supply and Sewerage Contributions Policy (PDF 3.7 MB)

16.04 - Stormwater Trunk Infrastructure Contributions Policy (PDF 2.5 MB)

Mackay Regional Council Adopted Infrastructure Charges Resolution

The State Government has introduced maximum Adopted Infrastructure Charges Resolutions (AICR) under a State Planning Regulatory Provision (SPRP). Council has an Adopted Infrastructure Charges Resolution in place, which applies to new development applications.

Contribution Policies - Indexed Contribution Rates (ICR)

Indexed planning scheme contribution policies applies to applications approved prior to July 2011.  The Adopted Infrastructure Charges Regime applies to new applications.

Indexed Contribution Rates are updated quarterly. Refer to the Planning Scheme Policies for detailed terms and conditions. (Contribution Policies 16.01 - 16.04 as above)