City Plan

The Redland City Draft City Plan 2015 is currently open for public consultation until 4.30pm Friday 27 November 2015.

The City Plan is Council’s blueprint for the future development of the city: impacting on lifestyle, urban development, supply of developable land, employment, population growth and much more.

UPDATE:  Redlands2030 and other community groups have reviewed the Draft City Plan and prepared submissions to help the Redlands Community inform Council of concerns with its draft City Plan 2015. SEE BELOW CURRENT SUBMISSIONS WITH IDENTIFIED CONCERNS. CLOSES 4.30pm Friday 26 Nov 2015.

NOTE: Residents can make more than one submission.


Making a Draft City Plan 2015 submission

Please take a few minutes to make one or more submissions to Council regarding their Draft City Plan 2015.
You can copy or follow the below Community group submissions as the base for your own submission/s. Ways on how to send to Council are included. 

 


Community Alliance for Responsible Planning (CARP) submission

Dear Sir

I write to lodge my objection to the Draft Redland City Plan 2015. The facts and circumstances supporting my objection are: (1) the Redlands Land Supply Review 2014 (Urbis) shows there is adequate land already zoned to accommodate projected population growth to 2041; (2) the Redlands 2030 Community Plan seeks to determine the limits of population growth; and (3) the State Government has confirmed that Councils may revise dwelling targets (reduce levels of population growth) should they wish to do so.

I STRONGLY OBJECT TO:

  1. Rezoning and sale of Council-owned parks, bushland & open space throughout the Redlands which will reduce our greenspace amenity, destroy koala habitat and intensify development in already-developed urban areas.
  1. Further densification through subdivision (‘infill’) of the heavily developed urban areas of the Redlands when there is enough land already designated to accommodate population growth.
  1. Removal of all habitat/ tree protection on lots under 2000m2 as this comprises most of the Redlands’ leafy urban areas – where our urban koalas live.
  1. Further expansion of small lot housing developments as planned in the area between Bunker Road and Double Jump Road, Victoria Point.
  1. Removal of habitat/ tree protection on properties in the Rural Zone, enabling the clearing of 2500m2 of bush per property without Council control or approval.
  1. Designation of huge tracts of rural land in Thornlands (area bounded by Taylor Road, Woodlands Drive & Springacre Road) AND in Southern Redland Bay as future urban growth investigation areas – ie, more urban expansion.
  1. Changes to the Rural Zone which allow extra dwellings, new uses and associated clearing without Council control and approval (including the creeklines and significant, old growth habitat) and which, if abused, could lead to systematic degradation of Redlands’ rural lands as a precursor to even more urbanisation.
  1. Removal of the Conservation Zone and the Environmental Protection Zone from private properties, leaving most of Redlands’ highly important and sensitive environmental areas unprotected and subject to clearing.
  2. Other issues :

 

NAME:

ADDRESS: 

 

Submission/s can be made by – 

  • email to rcc@redland.qld.gov.au – NOTE: name* and address* are mandatory.
    • Subject: Draft City Plan 2015 Submission
  • using Council’s online electronic submission form
  • lodged in person at Council’s Customer Service Centre at Cleveland and Capalaba, or
  • mailed to Redland City Council, Reply Paid 21, Cleveland Qld 4163. Must include signature.

 

See carp-redlands.org to learn more about CARP and to DOWNLOAD a ready made CARP submission .


Koala Action Group submission

Please do not approve the Draft City Plan 2015 in its current form because it fails to care for our natural environment and especially our koalas. The following matters should be attended to in the preparation of a revised or new city plan:

  • The City Plan should not rezone any areas for urban development because the city already has enough urban land to accommodate the number of dwellings to house its projected population to 2041.
  • In particular, the 16 blocks of land which the Council has identified as “surplus’ land should not be rezoned for development and instead should be kept as valuable greenspace for a growing population.
  • The provisions which allow unlimited tree clearing on urban blocks less than 2,000m2 should be removed.
  • The provisions which allow unlimited clearing of up to 2,500m2 on rural properties should be removed.
  • The current Local Law.6 – Protection of Vegetation must be integrated into the new City Plan.
  • The ‘environmental management’ and ‘conservation’ zones on private properties should be re-instated and restrictions to vegetation clearing that currently apply should remain in place.
  • The ‘future urban growth investigation areas’ earmarked for Thornlands and southern Redlands should be removed as there is already enough land zoned/designated to accommodate the projected population growth up to 2041.
  • Other issues :

 

NAME:

ADDRESS: 

 

Submission/s can be made by – 

  • email to rcc@redland.qld.gov.au – NOTE: name* and address* are mandatory.
    • Subject: Draft City Plan 2015 Submission
  • using Council’s online electronic submission form
  • lodged in person at Council’s Customer Service Centre at Cleveland and Capalaba, or
  • mailed to Redland City Council, Reply Paid 21, Cleveland Qld 4163. Must include signature.

 

For further details see Redlands2030 post – Draft City Plan 2015 could devastate Redlands koalas

Debbie Pointing – President of the Koala Action Group

 


Redlands2030 Inc submission

 

The Redlands2030 submission can be found in the post – Redlands2030 submission to Draft City Plan

 


 

Our opening concerns were –

ISSUE 1: The community was not engaged in development of the Draft City Plan?

Though, it appears that some developers were given an opportunity to discuss aspects of the draft City Plan with senior Council planners (more).

Take a few minutes to view Cr Paul Bishop’s Notice of Motion (NOM) for community engagement.

The new City Plan will decide what can be built where in the Redlands. People often get upset by new developments which they consider inappropriate, like a multi-storey block of units in an area that was assumed to be for low density detached houses.

Submission/s can be made by – 

  • email to rcc@redland.qld.gov.au – NOTE: name* and address* are mandatory.
    • Subject: Draft City Plan 2015 Submission
  • using Council’s online electronic submission form
  • lodged in person at Council’s Customer Service Centre at Cleveland and Capalaba, or
  • Redlands2030 was informed by Mayor Karen Williams (in writing) that Draft City Plan Submissions were not Reply Paid and that Submitters may Contact her at Council (07 3829 8623) and ask instead for their Submission/s to be picked up by Council. This is clearly inconsistent with advise and actions by Council Officers who have informed others to mail Submissions to: Redland City Council, Reply Paid 21, Cleveland Qld 4163. Must include signature.

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Page updated 8 November 2015