South East Queensland Regional Plan

The Draft South East Queensland Regional Plan 2009–2031 and associated regulatory provisions refines and modifies the strategic directions, principles and policies of the SEQ Regional Plan 2005 to respond to the emerging issues. Population projections have been extended to 2031 and the implications for accommodating growth in SEQ have been examined and addressed.

Consultation on the draft SEQ Regional Plan and the draft state planning regulatory provisions has closed. After a review of the submissions, an updated SEQ Regional Plan will be finalised in July 2009.

Land use categories

Have you recently received a letter from the Department of Infrastructure and Planning about a change in land use category for your property? Find out more about the changes to the land use categories.

South East Queensland Regional Plan interactive maps

This interactive mapping tool allows you to search for a property in SEQ either by address, lot and plan number, suburb or locality. The tool shows which of the four regional land use categories applies to the property.

Start using the interactive mapping tool.

You can also view the regulatory maps in JPEG and PDF format on this website.

Draft state planning regulatory provisions came into effect 7 December 2008. Smart eDA provides access to the udpated draft plan maps, and enables users to easily prepare development applications online.

Background 

In 2003, following a decade of voluntary regional planning initiatives in South East Queensland (SEQ), state and local governments recognised more needed to be done to manage the impacts of the region's rapid population growth.

In 2004 the Integrated Planning Act 1997 was amended to provide a statutory, or legal, basis for regional planning. This led to the creation of the South East Queensland Regional Plan 2005–26 , which provides the framework for managing growth, land use and development in the region.

The Queensland Government is now undertaking a review of the SEQ Regional Plan 2005 to respond to important growth management issues that have emerged since its release. These issues include higher than expected population growth, housing affordability pressures, transport congestion and the urgent need to respond to climate change. The SEQ Regional Plan Terms of Reference ( 1.2 MB) for the review are available for downloading.