Formal consultation on the Proposed Sunshine Coast Planning Scheme has ended
Between 15 July and 19 September 2025, Council invited the community to explore the Proposed Sunshine Coast Planning Scheme and share their feedback.
Visit Council’s New Planning Scheme Project webpage for further information and to learn more about the steps in preparing a new planning scheme.
The Sunshine Coast Council is committed to handling your personal information in accordance with the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld) and the Queensland Privacy Principles.
The personal information collected in your submission will be used for the purposes of public consultation on the proposed planning scheme and planning scheme policies in accordance with the Planning Act 2016 and the Minister’s Guidelines and Rules 2024 and to maintain contact with you.
Council will be using third parties to assist in the assessment of your information, including:
- Artificial Intelligence (Azure OpenAI GPT-4) to analyse, summarise and classify or group submissions by topic and sentiment to support the efficient review of all submissions made to Council.
- Third party providers to collect, assess and summarise submissions for the purpose of review and reporting about submissions made to Council.
Your personal information may be stored by third party providers in accordance with Council’s procurement agreements and in accordance with the Information Privacy Act (2009) (Qld) and the Public Records Act (2023).
Council will be using information collected from submissions to prepare a consultation report that summarises and consolidates your feedback to inform the review of all submissions made to the proposed planning scheme and proposed planning scheme policies. Once the submission review process is complete, the consultation report will be publicly released by Council. Your submission and personal details will not be published publicly.
Our privacy policy explains how you may request access to and/or correction of your personal information. Our policy also explains how you can complain to us if you consider we have breached our obligations to manage your personal information in accordance with the Queensland Privacy Principles, and how we deal with privacy complaints. For more information and Council’s privacy policy, please refer to scc.qld.gov.au/privacy.
If you have questions regarding how your personal information will be handled for this project, contact us at:
| Attention: | Strategic Planning |
| Mail: | Sunshine Coast Regional Council Proposed Sunshine Coast Planning Scheme Reply Paid 84374 SUNSHINE COAST MC QLD 4560 |
| Email: | newplanningscheme@sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au |
| Phone: | (07) 5409 0570 |
Making a submission
Community members were able to provide feedback on any aspect of the proposed planning scheme, including:
- Proposed planning scheme maps, such as zoning, building heights, or overlay mapping for a specific property or area of interest
- Proposed planning scheme text, including the strategic framework, zone codes, local plans, development codes, or planning scheme policies
More information about the elements of a planning scheme is available at Understanding the proposed planning scheme.
Submission form
Council will also accept:
Email submissions |
Hard copy submissions | |
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| We encourage you to use the online submission form for convenience. If you prefer, you can email your submission to: newplanningscheme@sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au |
Mail: Sunshine Coast Regional Council |
In person: Maroochydore Office (City Hall) Caloundra Office Nambour Office |
