Regional coastal management plans
Regional coastal management plans describe how the coastal zone is to be managed and identify the coastal management districts in particular regions. Regional coastal management plans implement the State Coastal Management Plan's policy framework at the regional level and identify key coastal sites requiring special management within the region.
Regional coastal management plans have been prepared for:
Review of the State Coastal Management Plan
The review of the State Coastal Management Plan found that regional coastal management planning is an unnecessary additional regulatory layer that will be redundant due to remote mapping technology and the regional planning process under the Integrated Planning Act 1997 (IPA). As a result, the Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability has decided to remove the requirement to prepare regional coastal management plans from the Coastal Protection and Management Act 1995 (Coastal Act). Legislative amendments to effect this change will be undertaken prior to implementing any final Queensland Coastal Plan.
Along with the existing State Coastal Management Plan, the four Regional Coastal Management Plans will continue to be statutory instruments under the Coastal Act and used to guide relevant decisions by State and local governments and the Planning and Environment Court.
Existing coastal management districts and coastal building lines continue to define the area in which the Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM) has assessment manager or concurrence agency powers and responsibilities to assess certain development applications under the IPA.
To find out more about Regional Coastal Management Plans
Please email coastal.support@derm.qld.gov.au
Last updated: 25 August 2009