Delegates to the Urban Development Institute of Australia’s South-East Queensland Growth Forum have been told a specialist team is to be created so the State can keep up with the demand for housing and infrastructure.
Minister for Planning, Steven Miles said the Government would establish a Growth Areas Delivery Team to take on the task.
“Queenslanders want to know that when they’re ready to buy their first home, they will be able to do so without being priced out of the market — or when they’re ready to retire and downsize, they can do so without the need to move far away,” Mr Miles said.
“Queensland’s population is booming, and I want to ensure our Government and Local Councils can keep up with the increase in demand for land, housing and the supporting infrastructure that comes with it.”
He said the Growth Areas Delivery Team would pursue new partnerships between developers, Local Government, utility providers and the State to support structure planning, infrastructure planning and infrastructure funding arrangements for new growth areas.
Mr Miles said the team’s first task would be to identify a pilot site for a new growth area.
“The pilot site identified will be an example of how Local and State Governments and the private sector can work together to plan for better communities,” he said.
“The team will also work to bring land in the under-utilised urban footprint to market sooner and ensure that quarterly Local Government infrastructure reporting identifies infrastructure spending and delivery for larger Councils.”
