Local Laws

Ipswich City Council's Local Laws are listed below, click on the titles for further information including current, amending and previous versions and any subordinate local laws.

Latest Local Law Review News

Consistency review with new planning scheme (Ipswich City Plan 2025)

In preparing for the implementation of the new planning scheme, a consistency review was completed to see what, if any, key changes may need to be made to council’s local laws to ensure that regulatory functions are not impacted. The amended laws were adopted by Council and commenced on 1 July 2025 to align with the commencement of the Ipswich City Plan 2025. You can read all about the review, its progress and timeline on council’s Shape Your Ipswich

Strategic Regulation Project

Council have identified the need to undertake a comprehensive review of our current local laws. With this review comes the opportunity to take a holistic view of regulation and how, as a council and a city, we can truly strive for the community vision of a city of opportunity for all. The Strategic Regulation Project will take place between January 2025 to early 2027, and involves community consultation at certain points within 3 key steps:

• Step 1 involves updating our Compliance and Enforcement Policy to be more holistic on what council’s position on regulation is.
• Step 2 involves council focusing internally to update our process for making local laws ensuring a more contemporary approach.
• Step 3 involves creating a new suite of local laws to replace our existing ones.

For further information on the project and to find out how to be involved, please head to Shape Your Ipswich.