The Townsville-Thuringowa Strategy Plan was produced in 2000 as part of a regional planning exercise undertaken cooperatively between state and local government with the involvement of key community interest groups. It forms part of the state government's wider regional planning program for significant growth areas in Queensland.

Areas covered by this plan

The Townsville-Thuringowa region comprises the two local government areas of Townsville City and Thuringowa City - the 'twin cities' of North Queensland.

The principle components of the Townsville-Thuringowa Strategy Plan are:

• a regional overview describing the characteristics and key issues in the region
• a regional vision
• a set of regional planning policies to guide planning and decision making on key regional issues
• a regional structure plan
• proposed arrangements for the implementation, monitoring and review of the Townsville-Thuringowa Strategy Plan.

Townsville-Thuringowa Strategy Plan review

The population of the Townsville-Thuringowa region is expected to grow by 56,000 people by 2026. To help manage this growth, the Queensland Government in partnership with the Townsville and Thuringowa councils recently completed a review of the regional structure plan map and associated planning text, which form part of the Townsville-Thuringowa Strategy Plan. The updated version is now available to download.

Download the Townsville-Thuringowa Strategy Plan

Due to the nature and size of the Townsville-Thuringowa Strategy Plan, it is provided in separate parts below.

• Part 1 ( 1.7 MB)
  • introduction
  • regional overview and key issues
  • planning approach
  • vision for the region
  • regional structure plan
• Regional structure plan map ( 515 KB)
• Part 2 ( 514 KB)
  • regional planning policies
  • implementation, monitoring and review
• Appendix ( 58 KB)

Further information

For further information regarding the Townsville-Thuringowa Strategy Plan contact the Planning Group.