The Property Council of Australia welcomes the opportunity to provide input into the draft Ipswich Plan 2024.
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The Property Council is the leading advocate for Australia’s property industry with over 400 member companies here in Queensland. Our members represent a cross-section of the property sector and are spread across all asset classes – they are city-shapers and community builders, who are committed to delivering projects that embrace local characteristics and benefit Queenslanders for the long-term.
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Our members invest in, design, build and manage places that matter to Australians. They have a long-term interest in the future of our places and spaces and are committed to creating great cities, strong economies, and sustainable communities.
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As the fastest growing local government area in Queensland, Ipswich will play an essential role in responding to the State’s housing crisis. As such, this scheme represents a key opportunity for both Ipswich and South-East Queensland and it is imperative to ensure this scheme gets the balance right in providing the development industry with certainty and confidence to build critical supply.
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In addition to helping house South-East Queensland’s rapidly growing population, Ipswich has a high level of land suitable for industrial uses in comparison with other local government areas. Industrial land is not only crucial in terms of its value as an employment driver but due to its ability to help facilitate development outcomes for all industries including the residential sector. With a comparative lack of adequate and serviceable industrial land in neighbouring LGAs there is an opportunity for Ipswich to continue to unlock industrial land in order to help the City’s economy to continue to mature and to enable the production of materials essential in fuelling Queensland’s housing and infrastructure pipeline.
