A number of deficiencies in the State Government’s plans for its Southern Thornlands Priority Development Area (STPDA) have been identified in Redland City Council’s late submission approved at the Council meeting on 16 September 2026. The Council’s full 18 page submission was kept confidential from the community prior to the Council meeting which is very
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Introduction Redlands2030 welcomes the opportunity to comment on the State Government’s proposed Development Scheme for the Southern Thornlands PDA (Priority Development Area). Redlands2030 is a community organisation with several thousand followers, advocating good planning and governance for residents of Redland City. In this submission we make the following observations about the proposed Development Scheme for
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The Koala Action Group (KAG) is calling for the proposed development in the Southern Thornlands Priority Development Area (PDA) to be significantly scaled back, warning that plans proposed by the State Government threaten one of the Redlands’ most important koala habitats. The State Government wants Southern Thornlands to have 8,000 new homes built mostly on
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The State Government is seeking community feedback about its proposed Southern Thornlands PDA Development Scheme which, if adopted, would transform a large area of semi-rural land into small lot housing. The Government’s proposed Southern Thornlands PDA Development Scheme anticipates that this 890 hectares priority development area (PDA) will have 8,000 new homes accommodating 24,000 people.
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Several hundred people marched through Cleveland yesterday to demonstrate their support for protection of habitat for koalas and other wildlife – in Redlands and elsewhere in southeast Queensland. People gathered at Raby Bay Harbour Park for a briefing then marched up Shore Street West and into Waterloo Street before pausing at the offices of State
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On 12 August, hundreds of Redlands community members and their supporters will rally and march in Cleveland, calling on the state and local government to do more to save koalas and other wildlife in the Redlands. ACF Community Bayside spokesperson Vicki Salisbury said that the situation is now extremely urgent and governments at all levels
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Letters raise concerns about issues in the Redlands including threats to koala habitat, demographic changes, traffic congestion and livability. If you have something to say email your letter to theeditor@redlands2030.net We would like to hear what you think of the new BOM website. Koalas in the Redlands The threat to koala habitat in the Redlands
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A land use plan for 800 homes in the first stage of the Southern Thornlands Priority Development Area (PDA) has been advertised for public consultation with submissions required by 3 October 2025. When announcing the PDA on 5 April 2025, the State Government designated an area east of Springacre Road as Precinct 1 with a
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Eprapah Creek is a story of survival. Despite what we have done to it over the last hundred years or so, it is still beautiful in parts, with natural vegetation and water tumbling over sandstone rocks that look as if they have been designed by a landscape artist. The creek still maintains amazing plant diversity
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The LNP State Government has declared a Priority Development Area (PDA) over 890 hectares of land in Southern Thornlands south of Boundary Road – from Mount Cotton Road in the west to Springacre Road in the east. Over the next 20 years this PDA will be have about 8,000 new homes, new shopping centres, parkland
