REDLAND City Council will release six Planning Scheme Policies for public consultation.
Mayor Karen Williams said the PSPs, which were part of the Draft Redland City Plan but subordinate to the assessments codes and the higher level Strategic Framework, provide operational guidance on matters of environment, infrastructure standards, hazards, structure plans and emissions.
“The legislative name of ‘planning scheme policies’ is misleading as they didn’t contain policy statements at all,” she said.
“Rather, the six PSPs provide guidance ranging from preparing a structure plan to the design of roads within new developments. PSPs are not hard and fast requirements but guidance on preferred outcomes.
“As such, they are not required to be submitted to the government for State Interest Review, however, they have been thoroughly workshopped by councillors with support of council staff and will be available for public consultation from Wednesday 26 April up to and including Wednesday 24 May 2017.”
Copies of the PSP documents will be available at council customer service centres and from your say Redland city (www.redland.qld.gov.au/yoursay), where you can also make an online submission.
Properly made submissions must identify the full name and address details of the submitter and should clearly identify the policy or policies being commented on.
All properly made submissions on draft planning scheme policies will be considered and council might make changes to the policies addressing issues raised in those submissions.
Council also has agreed to make a largely administrative change to Subordinate Local Law No 1.4 to enable existing planning scheme provisions covering permanent signage provisions to be moved into local law.
Cr Williams said that as council’s temporary signage provisions were already included in Subordinate Local Law No 1.4, it was the obvious place for permanent signage provisions as well.
“The move was prompted by the removal of the permanent signage provisions from the new draft Redland City Plan, (which is) now before the state government for adoption,” she said.
The community will be able to make a formal submission on the subordinate local law from Tuesday, May 2 until Monday May 22, with the amendment available for viewing at service centres and at www.redland.qld.gov.au/yoursay, where you can also make an online submission.