Planning & Building - Brisbane City Council

Planning & Building

Brisbane City Council has tools, forms and guidelines to help you with planning and building, construction and development. Use PD Online to track your development application or submission, do a property enquiry or use the interactive maps. You can find planning rules, laws and regulations for property development in City Plan 2000, lodge a plumbing and drainage application online and find standard drawings for drainage, parks or roads.

Residents and businesses can find the latest flood advice for building approval needed to repair or rebuild flood damaged property after the January 2011 floods. Download free FloodWise Property Reports and Flood Flag Maps.

Tools, forms and guidelines

Temporary Local Planning Instrument (TLPI) -
planning guidelines for flood-affected areas – TLPI interim flood level maps
Planning and Development online - pd online
Brisbane City Plan 2000
eBIMAP - property search and mapping services
Development application forms
Standard drawings

Local plans

Find existing local plans or get involved in neighbourhood plans in Brisbane's inner city or suburbs on the:

PD Online Track your planning and development application, research properties and building development in Brisbane or use Council's interactive mapping tool.	City Plan 2000 Building and development in Brisbane is directed by the Brisbane City Plan 2000 (City Plan). Find City Plan appendices, building codes and related provisions or find out about the new City Plan.
Planning for a growing city Read Brisbane's draft Strategic Plan or find planning projects in your community using the 'search my community' map.	Planning and building rules Council incorporates the state government requirements with its own rules. Find standard drawings for roads, parks and more.
Common building projects Start on your retaining wall project or find the building and approval process to build a carport, pool fence or garden shed.	How to apply for development approval Understand the development application process and learn how to prepare a development application, or where and how to lodge it.

Changes to the subsidy of infrastructure charges

Brisbane City Council is phasing-out the subsidy of infrastructure charges. Download the fact sheet and find out if you are still entitled to a subsidy or reduced subsidy and what this means for your development application.

Minor water and sewer works

Read about the new process streamlining approvals for minor water and sewer works.

Assessing development applications

Check your development application online and find out what process Council follows from the initial review and assessment of a development application to the final decision, plus the conditions and appeals process.

RiskSMART: Fast track your development application

RiskSMART is a simple and fast way to get certain types of development proposals approved by Council. Find out more about these fast and low-risk development proposals.

About planning and building

Understand what the difference is between planning and building approval and find out about Council's planning framework and how it affects neighbourhood planning and development in Brisbane.

Have your say on developments

To have your say, lodge your submission online to support or oppose a development application. Read about the different types of development application and how to lodge a submission in person or by mail.

After development approval

Find out what happens once a development is approved, including information about other approvals, building certification and plumbing and drainage approvals.

Buying, selling and conveyancing

Research building plans, an area classification or zoning for property development or use the inspection of records to find property information when you are buying or selling a property in Brisbane.

Affordable housing

Council's affordable housing projects aim to improve the supply of affordable housing in Brisbane.

Eco Development Advisory Service (EDAS)

Information about Council's Eco Development Advisory Service. Includes links to Council and government websites, case studies, guides and other sustainability resources.

Applicants should note

The requirements of the Sustainable Planning Act and Council's planning scheme (Brisbane City Plan 2000) are complex. As such, Council encourages all applicants to seek the advice and services of a suitably qualified professional (such as a town planning consultant, civil engineer or landscape architect) when preparing their development application.