Planning and Development Fact Sheets and User Guides

Mackay Region Planning Scheme 2017 User Guides

The below user guides provide information about how the Mackay Region Planning Scheme 2017 works and details about specific topics:

• User Guide #1 - Using the planning scheme(PDF, 2MB)
• User Guide #2 - What is my zone and other designations(PDF, 2MB)
• User Guide #3 - Do I need to lodge a development application(PDF, 934KB)
• User Guide #4 - Pre-lodgement process(PDF, 157KB)
• User Guide #5 - Making a development application(PDF, 468KB)
• User Guide #6 - The development assessment process(PDF, 290KB)
• User Guide #7 - Having your say on a development application(PDF, 267KB)
• User Guide #8 - After a development approval is issued(PDF, 638KB)
• User Guide #9 - Houses(PDF, 1MB)
• User Guide #10 - Domestic sheds and carports(PDF, 1MB)
• User Guide #12 - Multiple dwellings(PDF, 2MB)
• User Guide #13 - Home-based businesses(PDF, 748KB)
• User Guide #14 - Centres and Commercial Development(PDF, 1MB)
• User Guide #15 - Mackay City Centre(PDF, 4MB)
• User Guide #16 - Residential subdivision in urban areas(PDF, 2MB)
• User Guide #17 - Residential subdivision non-urban(PDF, 3MB)
• User Guide #18 - Industrial development(PDF, 2MB)
• User Guide #19 - Development framework plans(PDF, 2MB)
• User Guide #20 - Infrastructure charges(PDF, 713KB)
• User Guide #21 - Flood hazard area requirements(PDF, 2MB)
• User Guide #22 - Heritage and neighbourhood character requirements(PDF, 1MB)
• User Guide #23 - Driveways and crossings in a road reserve(PDF, 366KB)
• User Guide #25 - Bee keeping(PDF, 470KB)
• User Guide #26 - Self-contained RV grounds - Tourist Park(PDF, 3MB)
• User Guide #27 - Self-contained RV grounds - Nature-based tourism(PDF, 2MB)
• User guide #28 - Bushfire(PDF, 438KB)
• User guide - Rural tourism uses(PDF, 684KB)
• User guide - Brewing and distilling alcohol(PDF, 1MB)
• More guides coming soon…

For more information about the Mackay Region Planning Scheme 2017, please do not hesitate to contact council's Planning Advice team.

Flyers

• Overview of the Mackay Region Planning Scheme 2017(PDF, 1MB)

Application Lodgements

• Application lodgements fact sheet(PDF, 205KB)

Fact Sheets

• Tradeable Development Rights Scheme fact sheet(PDF, 587KB)
• Bushfire risk fact sheet(PDF, 520KB)