Logan City Council endorses new planning scheme

Logan City Council endorses new planning schemeThe Logan Planning Scheme 2015 commenced on Monday 18 May, following Logan City Council’s formal endorsement of the scheme a week earlier.The new planning scheme provides one clear vision for the Logan City Council area, combining the three different planning schemes that were operating as a result of local government amalgamations in 2008.Councillor Cherie Dalley (Division 8) said “Not only will this provide a new vision of the City of Logan and deliver greater consistency in regulation, it will also simplify the rules around planning and reduce red tape.”The new planning scheme that is available online includes:Nine local plans covering the main activity centres within Logan City CouncilPrincipal centres identified at Beenleigh and Springwood A future urban area at Park RidgeThe provision for over 70,000 new dwellings to be built in the council area between 2009 and 2031,000 new jobs to be provided between 2009 and 2031. Development applications are now subject to assessment against the provisions of the new scheme. However, prospective applicants will have one year in which to make a request to Council to assess a development application under the provisions of the superseded planning schemes.