Sunshine Coast Council is preparing a new planning scheme to replace the current one.

Between 15 July and 19 September 2025, Council invited the community to explore the Proposed Sunshine Coast Planning Scheme and share their feedback.

Our Sunshine Coast community is passionate about the future of our region and generously contributed their thoughts and ideas. We heard from a diverse range of voices regarding many different aspects of the proposed planning scheme.

Council will now carefully review all submissions received during the consultation period. This process will help Council determine whether to proceed with the proposed planning scheme and what changes, if any, may be required in response to community feedback. This review will take time to ensure every submission is properly considered.

Council is committed to keeping the community informed.

Once the post-consultation review is complete, everyone who made a submission will be notified of the outcome and receive a copy of a Consultation Report. This report will summarise the feedback received and explain how Council has responded to the issues raised.

Even if you didn’t make a submission, you can still stay informed by signing up for project updates.

Information available during the consultation period

Click on the links below to explore the information that was shared during the formal consultation period to help the community understand the details of the proposed planning scheme.

Community feedback received during preliminary consultation undertaken in 2022 helped to inform the preparation of the proposed planning scheme. We heard you. Protecting our natural environment, maintaining our unique character and addressing public transport, traffic and parking, improving development outcomes and housing affordability are all important.

Scroll through and click on the links to find out more.

The proposed planning scheme includes many new and updated measures to guide development decisions and, over time, will help build the future we envisioned together.

Read the What’s new information sheet for more detail on what’s staying the same and key changes in the proposed planning scheme.