The Townsville SDA Development Scheme

The Townsville State Development Area Development Scheme ( 804 KB) is a regulatory document that controls planning and development within the Townsville SDA.

First approved by the Governor in Council in 2005, the development scheme has been amended numerous times. The current version was approved in May 2019.

The development scheme contains a development assessment framework for making, assessing and deciding applications and requests relating to development within the Townsville SDA. The most common of these is an SDA application for a material change of use.

The development scheme for the Townsville SDA is supported by a public consultation policy ( 86 KB) that provides information on matters the Coordinator-General may consider when determining whether public consultation of an SDA application is required.