Guides to Planning

Brisbane City Council is creating six simple guides to planning. Four guides are now available and two more will be completed shortly. The Residential Form Handbook provides case studies about residential developments, explains dwelling type verses density and more. The Neighbourhood Planning Glossary is a plain English explanation of various planning terms.

Simple Guides to Planning

You can download the following four planning guides:

• A simple guide to planning and building in Brisbane (PDF - 2Mb)*
• A simple guide to the plans that affect your home and neighbourhood (PDF - 1Mb)*
• A simple guide to making a submission (PDF - 1Mb)*
• A simple guide to Brisbane's heritage places and character homes (PDF - 1Mb)*

Alternatively, to receive a hard copy, phone Council on 07 3403 8888. 

The Residential Form Handbook

You can download the handbook in four parts:

• Residential Form Handbook part one (PDF - 1.6Mb)*
• Residential Form Handbook part two (PDF - 1.4Mb)*
• Residential Form Handbook part three (PDF - 1.2Mb)*
• Residential Form Handbook part four (PDF - 1.7Mb)*

Other Guides

You can download the:

• Neighbourhood Planning Glossary (Word - 4.1Mb)*