Latest Town Planning News

  In line with the new financial year, Brisbane City Council’s infrastructure charges have been updated. Together with fees and charges, there has been a slight increase as expected. For…

  To seek the community’s thoughts and suggestions, Ipswich City Council has shared an early draft of new Ipswich planning scheme. You can view the council’s ‘statement of proposals’ and…

Version 6 of the Logan Planning Scheme 2015 commences today, Monday 27 May 2019. Council’s Schedule of Changes highlights a list of all changes in Version 6. Of note are…

It has been reported in the Brisbane Courier Mail, that a builder accidentally demolished a Brisbane character house. Council has since undertaken enforcement action. It is important that builders obtain…

New Redlands Planning Scheme The new Redlands Planning Scheme will commence on 8 October 2018. We understand that in most instances new houses and ancillary structures will be subject to…

Changes to Gold Coast Flood Levels The Gold Coast City Council has adopted changes to City Plan which will commence on 20 September 2018.  These include major changes to flood…

Brisbane’s Future Blueprint – Planning and Building Brisbane’s future blueprint was recently released and contains 8 principles to guide growth. These will have major implications on the way in which…

PPLAN is now a Brisbane City Council (BCC) accredited RiskSMART consultant.     We are able to offer you a fast track approval process for selected low-risk development applications. RiskSMART…

New NSW Environmental Planning and Assessment Act (EPA), March 2018 The new NSW Environmental Planning and Assessment Act commences 1 March 2018. Implementation of the new Act will occur over…