Planning Scheme Amendments
Local Government Infrastructure Plan Amendment
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Resolution to make the Amendment
Confirmed Minutes - Infrastructure Committee Meeting - 3 December 2024
Extracts - Minutes - Full Ordinary Meeting - 17 December 2024Public Notice
Notice is given under the Planning Act 2016 and the Minister’s Guidelines and Rules, that the public consultation period for Livingstone Shire Council’s proposed Local Government Infrastructure Plan (LGIP) Amendment will begin on Friday 6 June 2025 and will finish on Friday 4 July 2025.
It is a statutory requirement in Queensland that each local government has a Local Government Infrastructure Plan (LGIP). The Livingstone Shire Council has an adopted LGIP (i.e., LGIP Version 1) which forms part of the Livingstone Planning Scheme 2018. The current and amended LGIP apply to the entire local government area of the Livingstone Shire.
A five-yearly review of Council’s LGIP has been completed. The purpose of the LGIP Amendment is to ensure that the plan remains accurate, current and relevant. Council decided at its ordinary meeting on 17 December 2024 to make the LGIP Amendment. A State Government Review stage has been undertaken and Council has been notified that it may progress the LGIP Amendment to Public Consultation. The public consultation phase provides an opportunity for the community to view the amended LGIP and to make a submission.
The general effect of the LGIP Amendment will be an amended planning scheme which includes the following:
- An amended planning scheme Part 4 - Local Government Infrastructure Plan. This amended part of the planning scheme includes amended planning assumptions, an amended Priority Infrastructure Area, amended Desired Standards of Service for trunk infrastructure, and amended Plans for Trunk Infrastructure.
- An amended planning scheme Schedule 3 – Local Government Infrastructure Plan Mapping and Tables. This amended part of the planning scheme includes amended planning assumptions tables, an amended schedule of works, and amended maps.
The proposed LGIP Amendment and supporting information can be viewed online via Council’s website www.livingstone.qld.gov.au and it will be available for inspection or purchase at Council’s Customer Service Centres, located at 25 Normanby Street, Yeppoon, or 7 Hill Street, Emu Park.
Any person may make a submission to the Livingstone Shire Council about the LGIP Amendment. Submissions can be made in writing:
- by electronic mail via the following address: enquiries@livingstone.qld.gov.au; or
- by postal service addressed to Livingstone Shire Council, Attention Growth Management, P.O. Box 2292, Yeppoon, QLD, 4703; or
- by delivery in-person during Council office open hours at the Yeppoon Town Hall (25 Normanby Street), or Emu Park Library (7 Hill Street).
To be a properly made submission, the submission must:
- be made to the Chief Executive Officer Livingstone Shire Council; and
- be received by Council during the public consultation period (starting Friday 6 June 2025 and finishing on Friday 4 July 2025); and
- state the name and residential or business address of all submission-makers; and
- is signed by all submission-makers who made the submission; and
- state the grounds for the submission, and the facts and circumstances relied on to support the grounds; and
- state one postal or electronic address for service relating to the submission for all submission-makers.
General questions may be emailed to planningscheme@livingstone.qld.gov.au.
For more information, please contact Council’s customer service centre by calling 1300 790 919 or by email enquiries@livingstone.qld.gov.au.
Terry Dodds
Chief Executive Officer
Livingstone Shire CouncilAmended Local Government Infrastructure Plan - Text
Document - Part 4. Local Goverment Infrastructure Plan
Document - Schedule 3. Local Goverment Infrastructure Plan mapping and tablesAmended Local Government Infrastrucutre Plan - Maps
Maps - Priority Infrastructure Areas
Maps - Water Supply Network Plans for Trunk Infrastructure
Maps - Sewerage Network Plans for Trunk Infrastructure
Maps - Transport Network Plans for Trunk Infrastructure
Maps - Park and Land for Community Facilities Plans for Trunk InfrastructureSchedule of Works (SOW) Model
Schedule of Works Financial Model
Extrinsic Material
Planning Assumptions Report 2023
Water Supply Network Extrinsic Material Report
Sewerage Network Extrinsic Material Report
Transport Network Extrinsic Material Report
Park and Land for Community Facilities Network Extrinsic Material Report
Extrinsic Materials Report - Public Parks - MapsAppointed Reviewer Statement and LGIP Review Checklist
Appointed Reviewer Statement and LGIP Review Checklist
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Local Government Infrastructure Plan (LGIP)?
- An LGIP is a part of Council’s planning scheme that identifies shared (trunk) infrastructure to service forecast growth for the next 15 years
Why have an LGIP?
- Helps to coordinate the delivery of infrastructure with land use planning decisions. It does this by providing information about planned trunk infrastructure and its costs
- It helps Council to estimate the cost of its future capital works program for budgeting purposes
- A local government is required to have an LGIP if it wishes to levy infrastructure charges
What are the key components of an LGIP?
- Planning Assumptions: Assumptions made about the expected type, amount, location and timing of urban development.
- Priority Infrastructure Area (PIA): The PIA is the geographic area that Council will prioritise for the provision of trunk infrastructure over the next 15 years. Council must plan trunk infrastructure to service development of the PIA and identify that infrastructure in its LGIP.
- Desired Standards of Service (DSS): The standards that Council will apply to the planning of trunk infrastructure.
- Plans for Trunk Infrastructure (PFTI): Identifies the trunk infrastructure necessary to service existing and future urban development of the PIA.
- Schedule of Works Financial Model (SoW): Provides information about the trunk infrastructure necessary to service existing and future urban development. It includes a project description, estimated timing and cost (including on-costs and contingency).
What networks are included in the current and proposed amended LGIP?
- Current LGIP includes planned networks for:
- Public Parks and Land for Community Facilities,
- water supply
- sewerage
- transport
- stormwater
- Proposed amended LGIP includes planned networks for:
- Public Parks and Land for Community Facilities,
- water supply
- sewerage
- transport
- Stormwater network is not included. Stormwater strategy yet to be defined. Stormwater planning not undertaken in time to include in the amendments. Stormwater infrastructure will be provided by developers as on-site non-trunk infrastructure.
LGIP amendments – next steps:
- Public consultation of LGIP Amendment - commencing on 6 June 2025 and closing on 4 July 2025 (1 month).
- Consideration of submissions by council (2 months)
- Minister’s approval of LGIP (3 months)
- Adoption by Council of LGIP Amendment in Part 4 and Schedule 3 of the Livingstone Planning Scheme 2018 (1-2 months)
What are the key changes to the Priority Infrastructure Area (PIA)?
How do I make a submission?
Making a Submission
A submission is a written comment about a proposed amendment made by any interested member of the community (for example, person, group or organisation). A submission may support or object to all or part of a proposed amendment, or suggest alternative options.
When can a submission be made?
Any person can make a submission during the public consultation period for a proposed amendment. Please view the public notice associated with a proposed amendment to determine the public consultation timeframe.
How to make a submission?
For a submission to be categorised as a properly made submission, the submission must:
- be signed by all submission-makers who made the submission;
- be made to the Chief Executive Officer, Livingstone Shire Council;
- be received during the consultation period;
- state the name and residential or business address of all submission-makers;
- state the grounds for submission, and the facts and circumstances relied on to support the grounds; and
- state one (1) postal or electronic address for service relating to the submission for all submission-makers.
Submissions can be made in writing:
- by electronic mail via the following address: enquiries@livingstone.qld.gov.au; or
- by postal service addressed to Livingstone Shire Council, Attention Growth Management, P.O. Box 2292, Yeppoon, QLD, 4703; or
- by delivery in-person during Council office open hours at the Yeppoon Town Hall (25 Normanby Street), or Emu Park Library (7 Hill Street).
Grounds for a submission
It is important that a submission focus on matters directly associated with a proposed amendment. It is also important that the grounds of a submission are supported by facts and circumstances to support the grounds.
Submissions are not confidential
Anonymous submissions will not be considered, and all properly made submissions are published on the Council website for viewing along with the planning scheme amendments.