Planning & Building

Planning and building

Brisbane City Council has tools, forms and guidelines to help you with planning and building, construction and development. Use PD Online to track your development application or submission, do a property enquiry or use the interactive maps. You can find planning rules, laws and regulations for property development in City Plan 2000, lodge a plumbing and drainage application online and find standard drawings for drainage, parks or roads.

Residents and businesses can find the latest flood advice for building approval needed to repair or rebuild flood damaged property after the January 2011 floods. Download free FloodWise Property Reports and Flood Flag Maps.

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PD Online - property development & application search tool

Find planning and development information in Brisbane with PD online. You can do a property enquiry, use the interactive mapping tool, track the progress of a development application, view the Brisbane Planning Scheme (City Plan) and lodge a submission.
Tools, forms and guidelines

Building, selling & renovating

All the information you need to know about building, selling or renovating a home in Brisbane.
Local plans

Current planning projects

Find out how the City Plan and Neighbourhood Plans affect your property and all suburbs of Brisbane. You can also get information on Roads, Infrastructure and public works.
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Development assessment

Understand the development application process and learn how to prepare a development application, or where and how to lodge it.
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Planning guidelines & tools

Find all the guidelines, tools and resources that you will need to track, plan, apply or map for your development in Brisbane.