Strategic planning

Mackay Regional Council is one of the fastest growing regions in Queensland. Strategically allocating future land uses and identifying associated trunk infrastructure  needed to support the growing community, is an important and necessary role of council.

The Strategic Planning Program forms part of Council’s Development Services Department and consists of town planners and engineers working together with other areas of Council, external stakeholders and the community to ensure that the region is adequately prepared for future population increases.

Planning policies and information on major projects is available on the links below: 

Local and Regional Planning

• Development Summit 2011
• Planning Schemes
• Proposed Planning Scheme Amendments
• Minimum development levels amendments
• Priority Infrastructure Plan Amendments
• Local Area Plans
• Mackay City Centre Local Area Plan
• Marian and Mirani Local Area Plan
• Sarina and Coastal Communities Local Area Plan
• Northern Beaches Planning Reform
• Ooralea Local Area Plan
• Other Local and Regional Planning Projects
• Draft Residential Densities Strategy
• Centres Strategy
• Heritage Planning

Infrastructure Coordination

• Adopted Infrastructure Charges 
• Priority Infrastructure Plans

Transport Planning

• Freight Summit 2010
• Mackay Region Traffic Studies
• Mackay Four Level Road Hierarchy

Waterways and Open Space

• Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) Deemed to Comply Solutions for the Mackay Region
• Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) for Flat Sites
• Catchment Management Plans
• Waterway Health Monitoring Program (WHMP)
• Gooseponds Creek/Janes Creek Flood Study
• McCready's Creek and Pioneer River Flood Studies
• MUSIC Guidelines
• Stormwater Quality Management Plan for Mackay (SWQMP)
• Erosion and Sediment Control