Bundaberg SDA Development Scheme

The Bundaberg State Development Area Development Scheme ( 806 KB) is a regulatory document that controls planning and development within the Bundaberg SDA. It was approved by the Governor in Council in December 2017.

The development scheme contains a development assessment framework for making, assessing and deciding applications and requests relating to development within the Bundaberg SDA. The most common is an SDA application for a material change of use (MCU). SDA applications for an MCU in the Bundaberg SDA are subject to assessable development or self-assessable development, where the development can meet the self-assessable criteria.

Where development is not regulated by a development scheme, such as reconfiguring a lot and operational works, the relevant assessing authority regulates the development. Generally, this will be either Bundaberg Regional Council or Gladstone Ports Corporation Limited.

The development scheme for the Bundaberg SDA is supported by a public consultation policy that provides information on matters the Coordinator-General may consider when determining whether public consultation of an SDA application is required.