Development Applications
A development approval is required to undertake a variety of proposals relating to the development of land or buildings. The commencement (March 1998) of the Integrated Planning Act 1997 (IPA) provides a system whereby development may be approved through an integrated process based on a single application.
Under the IPA, the Integrated Development Assessment System (IDAS) provides a framework for a single integrated development assessment system for Queensland. Further information about the IDAS process, together with application forms for all types of development, are available from the website of the Department of Infrastructure and Planning.
Development applications are required so that development proposals are considered in terms of compliance with the Ipswich Planning Scheme and relevant legislation. The fees payable with respect to applications are detailed in Council's schedule of Fees and Charges. It is recommended that the advice and assistance of Planning and Development staff be sought in conjunction with proposals to use land within the city. Before undertaking any development, please discuss your proposal with Council.
Council's PD Online allows you to identify whether an approval for material change of use, reconfiguring a lot or other development is required and to track the progress of your development application.
Under the IPA, there are five (5) types of development:
Building Work
Under the Integrated Planning Act 1997:-
1 Building work means-
(a) building, repairing, altering, underpinning (whether by vertical or lateral support), moving or demolishing a building or other structure; or
(b) work regulated under the building assessment provisions under the Building Act 1975 other than IDAS; or
(c) excavating or filling-
(i) for, or incidental to, the activities mentioned in paragraph (a); or
(ii) that may adversely affect the stability of a building or other structure, whether on the land on which the building or other structure is situated or on adjoining land; or
(d) supporting (whether vertically or laterally) land for activities mentioned in paragraph (a).
2 Building work, for administering IDAS under the Queensland Heritage Act 1992, includes any of the following-
(a) painting or plastering that substantially alters the appearance of the place;
(b) renovations, alterations or additions to the place;
(c) excavations, disturbances or changes to landscape or natural features of land that substantially alters the appearance of the place;
(d) work on furniture, fittings and other objects-
(i) associated with the place; and
(ii) that contributes to the place's cultural heritage significance.
3 Building work, for administering IDAS under the Queensland Heritage Act 1992, does not include development for which an exemption certificate has been issued under that Act.
4 Building work does not include undertaking-
(a) operations of any kind and all things constructed or installed that allow taking, or interfering with, water (other than using a water truck to pump water) under the Water Act 2000; or (
b) tidal works.
Plumbing or Drainage Work
Under the Plumbing and Drainage Act 2002:-
Plumbing work includes installing, changing, extending, disconnecting, taking away and maintaining plumbing.
Drainage work includes installing, changing, extending, disconnecting, taking away and maintaining drainage.
Making a Material Change of Use of premises
Under the Integrated Planning Act 1997:-
Material change of use of premises means-
(a) generally-
(i) the start of a new use of the premises; or
(ii) the re-establishment on the premises of a use that has been abandoned; or
(iii) a material change in the intensity or scale of the use of the premises; or
(b) for administering IDAS under the Environmental Protection Act 1994 for environmentally relevant activities (other than for a mining activity, a petroleum activity or a mobile and temporary environmentally relevant activity)-
(i) the start of a new environmentally relevant activity on the premises; or
(ii) an increase in the threshold of an environmentally relevant activity on the premises; or
(iii) the re-establishment on the premises of an environmentally relevant activity that has been abandoned; or
(iv) a material change in the intensity or scale of an environmentally relevant activity on the premises; or
(c) the continuation of an environmentally relevant activity on the premises if-
(i) an approval for the activity ceases to have effect because of the operation of the Environmental Protection Act 1994, section 619(2)(e) or 624(2)(b);4 or
(ii) there is no development approval for the activity and it was, at any time before 4 October 2004, carried out without an environmental authority as required under the Environmental Protection Act 1994.
Reconfiguring a Lot (subdivision)
Under the Integrated Planning Act 1997:-
Reconfiguring a lot means-
(a) creating lots by subdividing another lot; or
(b) amalgamating 2 or more lots; or
(c) rearranging the boundaries of a lot by registering a plan of subdivision; or
(d) dividing land into parts by agreement (other than a lease for a term, including renewal options, not exceeding 10 years, or an agreement for the exclusive use of part of the common property for a community titles scheme under the Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997) rendering different parts of a lot immediately available for separate disposition or separate occupation; or
(e) creating an easement giving access to a lot from a constructed road.
Operational Work
Under the Integrated Planning Act 1997:- 1
Operational work means-
(a) extracting gravel, rock, sand or soil from the place where it occurs naturally; or
(b) conducting a forest practice; or
(c) excavating or filling that materially affects premises or their use; or
(d) placing an advertising device on premises; or
(e) undertaking work in, on, over or under premises that materially affects premises or their use; or
(f) clearing vegetation, including vegetation to which VMA applies; or
(g) undertaking operations of any kind and all things constructed or installed that allow taking, or interfering with, water (other than using a water truck to pump water) under the Water Act 2000; or
(h) undertaking-
(i) tidal works; or
(ii) work in a coastal management district; or
(i) constructing or raising waterway barrier works; or
(j) performing work in a declared fish habitat area; or
(k) removing, destroying or damaging a marine plant; or
(l) undertaking roadworks on a local government road.
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