The Property Council has provided feedback to the Sunshine Coast Council’s Draft Environment and Liveability Strategy, which aims to provide long-term strategic direction to guide growth and shape the Sunshine Coast for future generations to 2041.

With the draft SEQ Regional Plan proposing an ambitious infill target for the Sunshine Coast, the Property Council has called on SCC to adopt a balanced approach to planning through this strategy which balances environmental and liveability outcomes and ensures long-term housing affordability.

Sunshine Coast Draft Environment and Liveability Strategy

Sunshine Coast Council has released a draft Environment and Liveability Strategy for public comment, which aims to provide a strategic framework to guide growth on the Sunshine Coast for the next 25 years.  

The draft strategy outlines broad policy directions in response to several identified challenges facing the region. The stated objectives of the strategy are to: 

• Maintain and nurture the natural environment
• Tackle the challenge of population growth
• Build resilience against the potential impacts of climate change
• Create liveable spaces and places to live, work and play
• Drive renewable energy, efficiency and technical know-how
• Live up to the expectations of future generations

Community information sessions are being held throughout May. Submissions on the draft plan are due by 4 June.