DEPUTY premier Steven Miles has warned he may use his ministerial powers to force Redland City Council into revisiting its housing strategy to plan for population growth.
Mr Miles wrote to council chief executive Andrew Chesterman last month, airing concerns council had not started a comprehensive strategy despite repeated requests dating back to 2018.
In a response to the Redland City Bulletin, Mr Miles said the government was looking at land supply issues in five south-east Queensland areas, including Redlands.
A Ministerial Direction would force council to complete a housing strategy addressing diversity, affordability and housing choice.
Mr Miles warned in his letter that council would not be able to meet demand or the state government's housing supply requirements without a strategy.
"I have power as the planning minister to take an action and request the department to undertake any necessary work where a state interest is affected," he said.
"Given the significance of this issue, this option is available to me in the instance the council elects not to prepare the strategy within the timeframes proposed ... "
Council would be required to prepare a report and submit a draft to the state government by August 30, 2022.
The matter will be mentioned at next week's council meeting, where councillors will vote on recommendations put forward by officers.
Their options will be to note the proposed Ministerial Direction, or authorise the chief executive to write to the deputy premier saying there is no urgent need to prepare a housing strategy.
Minutes for the meeting show council believes the Redland Housing Strategy has addressed residential supply and housing diversity.
It states the government's 2020 Land Supply Development Monitoring report found Redlands had sufficient supply to meet the ShapingSEQ planning benchmarks.
The report also showed other south-east councils had not met four-year supply requirements, including Brisbane, Gold Coast, Moreton Bay, Sunshine Coast and Noosa.
It is understood only Redlands was hit with a request to implement a housing strategy.
The warning letter comes after Mr Miles moved to provide loan funding totalling $15 million for a wastewater management plant in southern Redland Bay to plan for the Lendlease Shoreline development.
"I have also asked the growth areas team to work closely with state infrastructure agencies and council to ensure the first stages of the Shoreline community can be released to market as soon as possible," he said.
"The growth areas team will also continue to look at options to facilitate better development outcomes so we can see a greater mix of housing in existing, well-connected, urban areas."
Council believes the Shoreline development would address land supply and housing diversity, meaning there would be no immediate need to prepare a strategy.
It has brought in consultants to put together a residential land supply study that would help with infrastructure planning.
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