This Planning and Development page serves as the new portal for information relating to planning in Ipswich, including:
- Application Search: Use Council’s Development.i tool to search development applications lodged and decided.
- Current Planning Scheme: Provides links to the outgoing 2006 Ipswich Planning Scheme.
- Current Planning Scheme Mapping: Interactive mapping tool for searching properties or suburbs while viewing the various planning scheme zones and overlays.
- Draft New Ipswich Planning Scheme: The main ‘rule book’ for determining what new developments should occur, where and how. The draft new planning scheme and Local Government Infrastructure Plan (LGIP) are now in the adoption stage of the plan making process having received State Government approval on 14 February 2025, subject to conditions. Council officers are required to make a number of changes to the draft new planning scheme in order to comply with these conditions before it can be presented to Council for consideration and endorsement. At this time, Council officers are working towards presenting the final draft of the new planning scheme and LGIP to Council at an upcoming council meeting. Subject to Council approval, the new planning scheme and LGIP are planned to commence on 1 July 2025.
- Infrastructure Planning: Information on infrastructure planning that supports the growth of the city, including a new Local Government Infrastructure Plan (LGIP 2024) prepared as part of the proposed new planning scheme.
- Planning in Ipswich: An introduction to the planning framework that shapes our city.
Other information related to development planning, engineering, infrastructure charges and supporting technical documents is still available at www.ipswichplanning.com.au.