Schedule 1 Definitions
SC1.1 Use definitions
SC1.1.1 Defined uses
(1)
The use definitions listed in Table SC1.1.1.A have a particular meaning stated in Table
SC1.1.1.B for the purpose of the planning scheme.
(2)
Any use not listed in Table SC1.1.1.B column 1 is an undefined use.
Note—Development comprising a combination of defined uses is not considered to be an undefined use.
(3)
The use definitions listed here are the definitions used in this planning scheme.
(4)
A use listed in Table SC1.1.1.B column 1 has the meaning set out beside that term in
column 2.
(5)
Column 3 of Table SC1.1.1.B identifies examples of the types of activities that are
consistent with the use identified in column 1.
(6)
Column 4 of Table SC1.1.1.B identifies examples of activities that are not consistent
with the use identified in column 1.
(7)
Columns 3 and 4 of Table SC1.1.1.B are not exhaustive lists.
(8)
Uses listed in Table SC1.1.1.B columns 3 and 4 which are not listed in column 1 form
part of the definition.
Table SC1.1.1.A—Index of use definitions
Index of use definitions
Adult store
Health care services
Relocatable home park
Agricultural supplies store
High impact industry
Renewable energy facility
Air services
Home based business
Animal husbandry
Hospital
Research and technology
industry
Animal keeping
Hotel
Residential care facility
Aquaculture
Indoor sport and recreation
Resort complex
Brothel
Intensive animal industry
Retirement facility
Bulk landscape supplies
Intensive horticulture
Roadside stall
Car wash
Landing
Rooming accommodation
Caretaker’s accommodation
Low impact industry
Rural industry
Cemetery
Major electricity
infrastructure
Rural workers accommodation
Major sport, recreation and
entertainment facility
Service industry
Marine industry
Shop
Market
Shopping centre
Child care centre
Club
Community care centre
Community residence
Community use
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Sales office
Service station
Effective 4 September 2015
Crematorium
Medium impact industry
Short-term accommodation
Cropping
Motor sport facility
Showroom
Detention facility
Multiple dwelling
Special industry
Dual occupancy
Nature based tourism
Substation
Dwelling house
Nightclub entertainment
facility
Telecommunications facility
Non-resident workforce
accommodation
Tourist attraction
Dwelling unit
Educational establishment
Emergency services
Environment facility
Office
Food and drink outlet
Utility installation
Outdoor sport and recreation
Park
Function facility
Wholesale nursery
Permanent plantation
Garden centre
Hardware and trade supplies
Veterinary services
Warehouse
Parking station
Funeral parlour
Tourist park
Transport depot
Outdoor sales
Extractive industry
Theatre
Winery
Place of worship
Port services
Table SC1.1.1.B—Use definitions
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Column 4
Use
Definition
Examples include
Does not include the
following examples
Adult store
Premises used as a shop where the
primary purpose is for the display
or sale of sexually explicit
materials, products and devices
associated with or used in a sexual
practice or activity.
Sex shop
Shop, newsagent,
registered pharmacist or
video hire, where the
primary use of these are
concerned with:
Agricultural
supplies store
Schedule 1 – Definitions
Premises used for the sale of
agricultural products and supplies

the sale, display or
hire of printed or
recorded matter
(not of a sexually
explicit nature); or

the sale or display of
underwear or
lingerie; or

the sale or display of
an article or thing
primarily concerned
with or used in
association with a
medically recognised
purpose.
Bulk landscape supplies,
garden centre, outdoor
Effective 4 September 2015
including agricultural chemicals
and fertilisers, seeds, bulk
veterinary supplies, farm clothing,
saddlery, animal feed and irrigation
materials.
Air services
Animal
husbandry
Premises used for any of the
following:

the arrival and departure of
aircraft;

the housing, servicing,
refuelling, maintenance and
repair of aircraft;

the assembly and dispersal of
passengers or goods on or
from an aircraft;

any ancillary activities directly
serving the needs of
passengers and visitors to the
use;

associated training and
education facilities;

aviation facilities.
Premises used for production of
animals or animal products on
either native or improved pastures
or vegetation.
sales wholesale nursery
Airport, airstrip,
helipad, public or
private airfield
Cattle studs,
grazing of livestock,
non-feedlot
dairying
Animal keeping,
intensive animal
industry, aquaculture,
feedlots, piggeries
Aviaries, catteries,
kennels, stables,
wildlife refuge
Aquaculture, cattle
studs, domestic pets,
feedlots, grazing of
livestock, non-feedlot
dairying, piggeries,
poultry meat and egg
production, animal
husbandry
Pond farms, tank
systems,
hatcheries,
raceway system,
rack and line
systems, sea cages
Intensive animal industry
The use includes ancillary yards,
stables and temporary holding
facilities and the repair and
servicing of machinery.
Animal keeping
Premises used for boarding,
breeding or training of animals.
The use may include ancillary
temporary or permanent holding
facilities on the same site and
ancillary repair and servicing of
machinery.
Aquaculture
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Premises used for the cultivation of
aquatic animals or plants in a
confined area that may require the
provision of food either
mechanically or by hand.
Effective 4 September 2015
Brothel
Premises made available for
prostitution by two or more
prostitutes at the premises.
Adult store, club,
entertainment facility,
nightclub, shop
Note—definition from the Prostitution Act 1999.
Bulk landscape
supplies
Premises used for bulk storage and
sale of landscaping and gardening
supplies, which may include soil,
gravel, potting mix and mulch,
where the majority of materials
sold from the premises are not in
pre-packaged form.
Garden centre, outdoor
sales, wholesale nursery
Car wash
Premises primarily used for
commercially cleaning motor
vehicles by an automatic or partly
automatic process.
Service station
Caretaker’s
accommodation
A dwelling provided for a caretaker
of a non-residential use on the
same premises.
Dwelling house
Cemetery
Premises used for interment of
bodies or ashes after death.
Burial ground,
crypt,
columbarium, lawn
Crematorium, funeral
parlour
cemetery, pet
cemetery,
mausoleum
Child care centre
Premises used for minding,
education and care, but not
residence, of children.
Crèche, early
childhood centre,
kindergarten,
outside-hours
school care
Educational
establishment, homebased child care, family
day care
Club
Premises used by persons
associated for social, literary,
political, sporting, athletic or other
similar purposes for social
interaction or entertainment.
Club house, guide
and scout clubs,
surf lifesaving club,
RSL, bowls club
Hotel, nightclub,
entertainment facility,
place of worship, theatre
Disability support
services, drop-in
centre, respite
centre, integrated
Indigenous support
centre
Child care centre, family
day care, health care
services, home-based
child care, residential
care facility
The use may include the ancillary
preparation and service of food
and drink.
Community care
centre
Premises used to provide social
support where no accommodation
is provided.
Medical care may be provided but
is ancillary to the primary use.
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Effective 4 September 2015
Community
residence
Any dwelling used for
accommodation for a maximum of
six persons who require assistance
or support with daily living needs,
share communal spaces and who
may be unrelated.
Hospice
Dwelling house, dwelling
unit, residential care
facility, rooming
accommodation, shortterm accommodation
Art gallery,
community centre,
community hall,
library, museum
Cinema, club,
entertainment facility,
hotel, nightclub, place of
worship
The use may include a resident
support worker engaged or
employed in the management of
the residence.
Community use
Premises used for providing
artistic, social or cultural facilities
and community support services to
the public and may include the
ancillary preparation and provision
of food and drink.
Crematorium
Premises used for the cremation or
aquamation of bodies.
Cropping
Premises used for growing plants
or plant material for commercial
purposes where dependant on the
cultivation of soil.
The use includes harvesting and
the storage and packing of produce
and plants grown on the site and
the ancillary repair and servicing of
machinery used on the site.
Cemetery
Fruit, nut,
Permanent plantations,
vegetable and grain intensive horticulture,
production,
rural industry
forestry for wood
production, fodder
and pasture
production, plant
fibre production,
sugarcane
growing, vineyard
Detention
facility
Premises used for the confinement
of persons committed by a process
of law.
Prison, detention
centre
Dual occupancy
Premises containing two dwellings
on one lot (whether or not
attached) for separate households.
Duplex
Dwelling house
A residential use of premises for
one household that contains a
single dwelling. The use includes
outbuildings and works normally
associated with a dwelling and may
include a secondary dwelling.
Dwelling unit
A single dwelling within a premises
containing non-residential use(s).
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Dwelling house, multiple
dwelling
Caretaker’s
accommodation, dual
occupancy, rooming
accommodation, shortterm accommodation,
student accommodation,
multiple dwelling
'Shop-top'
apartment
Caretaker’s
accommodation,
dwelling house
Effective 4 September 2015
Educational
establishment
Premises used for training and
instruction designed to impart
knowledge and develop skills.
The use may include outside-hours
school care for students or on-site
student accommodation.
Pre-preparatory,
preparatory and
primary school,
secondary school,
special education,
college, university,
technical institute,
outdoor education
centres
Child care centre, homebased child care, family
day care
Community use,
hospital, residential care
facility
Emergency
services
Premises used by government
bodies or community organisations
to provide essential emergency
services, disaster management
services, including management
support facilities, for the
protection of persons, property
and the environment.
State emergency
service facility,
ambulance station,
rural fire brigade,
auxiliary fire and
rescue station,
urban fire and
rescue station,
police station,
emergency
management
support facility,
evacuation centres
Environment
facility
Facilities used for the conservation,
interpretation and appreciation of
areas of environmental, cultural or
heritage value.
Nature-based
attractions, walking
tracks, seating,
shelters,
boardwalks,
observation decks,
bird hides
Extractive
industry
Premises used for the extraction
and/or processing of extractive
resources and associated activities,
including their transportation to
market.
Quarry
Food and drink
outlet
Premises used for preparation and
sale of food and drink to the public
for consumption on or off the site.
The use may include the ancillary
sale of liquor for consumption on
site.
Bistro, cafe, coffee
shop, drivethrough facility,
kiosk, milk bar,
restaurant, snack
bar, takeaway,
tearoom
Bar, club, entertainment
facility, hotel, shop,
theatre, nightclub
Function facility
Premises used for conducting
receptions or functions that may
include the preparation and
provision of food and liquor for
Conference centre,
reception centre
Community use, hotel
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Effective 4 September 2015
consumption on site.
Funeral parlour
Premises used to arrange and
conduct funerals, memorial
services and the like, but do not
include burial or cremation.
Cemetery, crematorium,
place of worship
The use includes a mortuary and
the storage and preparation of
bodies for burial or cremation.
Garden centre
Premises used primarily for the
sale of plants and may include sale
of gardening and landscape
products and supplies where these
are sold mainly in pre-packaged
form.
Retail plant nursery
Bulk landscape supplies,
wholesale nursery,
outdoor sales
The use may include an ancillary
food and drink outlet.
Hardware and
trade supplies
Premises used for the sale, display
or hire of hardware and trade
supplies including household
fixtures, timber, tools, paint,
wallpaper, plumbing supplies and
the like.
Health care
services
Premises for medical, paramedical,
alternative therapies and general
health care and treatment of
persons that involves no overnight
accommodation.
Dental clinics,
medical centres,
natural medicine
practices, nursing
services,
physiotherapy
clinic
Community care centre,
hospital
High impact
industry
Premises used for industrial
activities that include the
manufacturing, producing,
processing, repairing, altering
recycling, storing, distributing,
transferring, treating of products
and have one or more of the
following attributes:
Abattoirs, concrete
batching plant,
boiler making and
engineering and
metal foundry
Tanneries, rendering
plants, oil refineries,
waste incineration,
manufacturing or storing
explosives, power plants,
manufacturing
fertilisers, service
industry, low impact
industry, medium impact
industry, special industry
Schedule 1 – Definitions

potential for significant
impacts on sensitive land uses
due to off-site emissions
including aerosol, fume,
particle, smoke, odour and
noise;

potential for significant off-site
Shop, showroom,
outdoor sales and
warehouse
Note—Additional
examples may be shown in
SC1.1.3 industry
thresholds.
Effective 4 September 2015
impacts in the event of fire,
explosion or toxic release;

generates high traffic flows in
the context of the locality or
the road network;

generates a significant demand
on the local infrastructure
network;

the use may involve night-time
and outdoor activities;

on-site controls are required
for emissions and dangerous
goods risks.
Home based
business
A dwelling used for a business
activity where subordinate to the
residential use.
Hospital
Premises used for medical or
surgical care or treatment of
patients whether or not involving
overnight accommodation. The use
may include ancillary
accommodation for employees and
ancillary activities directly serving
the needs of patients and visitors.
Hotel
Premises used primarily to sell
liquor for consumption.
Bed and breakfast,
farm stay, home
office, home-based
childcare
Hobby, office, shop,
warehouse, transport
depot
Health care services,
residential care facility
Bar, pub, tavern
Entertainment facility,
nightclub
The use may include short-term
accommodation, dining and
entertainment activities and
facilities.
Indoor sport and
recreation
Premises used for leisure, sport or
recreation conducted wholly or
mainly indoors.
Amusement
parlour, bowling
alley, gymnasium,
squash courts,
enclosed tennis
courts
Cinema, entertainment
facility, hotel, nightclub,
theatre
Intensive animal
industry
Premises used for the intensive
production of animals or animal
products in an enclosure that
requires the provision of food and
water either mechanically or by
hand.
Feedlots, piggeries,
poultry and egg
production
Animal husbandry,
aquaculture, drought
feeding, milking sheds,
shearing sheds, weaning
pens
The use includes the ancillary
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Effective 4 September 2015
storage and packing of feed and
produce.
Intensive
horticulture
Premises used for the intensive
production of plants or plant
material on imported media and
located within a building or
structure or where outdoors,
artificial lights or containers are
used.
Greenhouse and
shade house plant
production,
hydroponic farms,
mushroom farms
Wholesale nursery
The use includes the storage and
packing of produce and plants
grown on the subject site.
Landing
A structure for mooring, launching,
storage and retrieval of vessels
where passengers embark and
disembark.
Boat ramp, jetty,
pontoon
Marina
Low impact
industry
Premises used for industrial
activities that include the
manufacturing, producing,
processing, repairing, altering,
recycling, storing, distributing,
transferring, treating of products
and have one or more of the
following attributes:
Repairing motor
vehicles, fitting and
turning workshop
Panel beating, spray
painting or surface
coating, tyre recycling,
drum re-conditioning,
wooden and laminated
product manufacturing,
service industry,
medium impact industry,
high impact industry,
special industry
Major electricity
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
negligible impacts on sensitive
land uses due to off-site
emissions including aerosol,
fume, particle, smoke, odour
and noise;

minimal traffic generation and
heavy-vehicle usage;

demands imposed upon the
local infrastructure network
consistent with surrounding
uses;

the use generally operates
during the day (e.g. 7am to
6pm);

off-site impacts from storage of
dangerous goods are
negligible;

the use is primarily undertaken
indoors.
All aspects of development for
Note—Additional
examples may be shown in
SC1.1.3 industry
thresholds.
Powerlines greater
Minor electricity
Effective 4 September 2015
infrastructure
either the transmission grid or
electricity supply networks as
defined under the Electricity Act
1994.
than 66kV
infrastructure,
substation
The use may include ancillary
telecommunication facilities.
Major sport,
recreation and
entertainment
facility
Premises with large-scale built
facilities designed to cater for
large- scale events, including major
sporting, recreation, conference
and entertainment events.
Convention and
exhibition centres,
entertainment
centres, sports
stadiums, horse
racing
Indoor sport and
recreation, local sporting
field, motor sport, park,
outdoor sport and
recreation
Marine industry
Premises used for waterfrontbased marine industries involved in
any activity relating to the
manufacturing, storage, repair or
servicing of vessels and maritime
infrastructure.
Boat building, boat
storage, dry dock
Marina
The use may include the provision
of fuel and disposal of waste.
Market
Premises used for the sale of goods
to the public on a regular basis,
where goods are primarily sold
from temporary structures such as
stalls, booths or trestle tables.
Flea market,
Shop, roadside stall
farmers market, car
boot sales
The use may include entertainment
provided for the enjoyment of
customers.
Medium impact
industry
Premises used for industrial
activities that include the
manufacturing, producing,
processing, repairing, altering,
recycling, storing, distributing,
transferring, treating of products
and have one or more of the
following attributes:


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potential for noticeable
impacts on sensitive land uses
due to off-site emissions
including aerosol, fume,
particle, smoke, odour and
noise;
Spray painting and
surface coating,
wooden and
laminated product
manufacturing
(including cabinet
making, joining,
timber truss
making or wood
working)
Tyre manufacturing and
retreading, metal
recovery (involving a
fragmentiser), textile
manufacture, chemically
treating timber and
plastic product
manufacture, service
industry, low impact
industry, high impact
industry, special industry
Note—Additional
examples may be shown in
SC1.1.3 industry
thresholds.
potential for noticeable off-site
impacts in the event of fire,
explosion or toxic release;
Effective 4 September 2015

generates high traffic flows in
the context of the locality or
the road network;

generates an elevated demand
on the local infrastructure
network;

on-site controls are required
for emissions and dangerous
goods risks;

the use is primarily undertaken
indoors;

evening or night activities are
undertaken indoors and not
outdoors.
Motor sport
facility
Premises used for organised or
recreational motor sports whether
on or off road, which may include
permanent, temporary or informal
provision for spectators and other
supporting uses.
Go-karting,
lawnmower race
tracks, trail-bike
parks, 4WD and all
terrain parks,
motocross tracks,
off-road
motorcycle facility,
motorcycle or car
race tracks
Major sport, recreation
and entertainment
facility, outdoor sport
and recreation
Multiple
dwelling
Premises that contain three or
more dwellings for separate
households.
Apartments, flats,
units, townhouses,
row housing,
triplex
Rooming
accommodation, dual
occupancy, duplex,
granny flat, residential
care facility, retirement
facility
Nature based
tourism
The use of land or premises for a
tourism activity, including tourist
and visitor short-term
accommodation, that is intended
for the conservation, interpretation
and appreciation of areas of
environmental, cultural or heritage
value, local ecosystem, and
attributes of the natural
environment.
Environmentally
responsible
accommodation
facilities including
lodges, cabins, huts
and tented camps
Environment facility
Nature-based tourism activities
typically:
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
maintain a nature-based focus
or product;

promote environmental
Effective 4 September 2015
awareness, education and
conservation;

Nightclub
entertainment
facility
carry out sustainable practices.
Premises used to provide
entertainment which may include
cabaret, dancing and music.
Club, hotel, tavern, pub,
indoor sport and
recreation, theatre,
concert hall
The use generally includes the sale
of liquor and food for consumption
on site.
Non-resident
workforce
accommodation
Premises used to provide
accommodation for non-resident
workers.
The use may include provision of
recreational and entertainment
facilities for the exclusive use of
residents and their visitors.
Office
Premises used for an
administrative, secretarial or
management service or the
practice of a profession, where no
goods or materials are made, sold
or hired and where the principal
activity provides for the following:

business or professional
advice;

service of goods that are not
physically on the premises;

office-based administrative
functions of an organisation.
Contractor’s camp,
construction camp,
single person’s
quarters,
temporary workers
accommodation
Relocatable home park,
short-term
accommodation, tourist
park.
Bank, real estate
agent,
administration
building
Home based business,
home office, shop,
outdoor sales
Outdoor sales
Premises used for the display, sale,
hire or lease of products where the
use is conducted wholly or
predominantly outdoors and may
include construction, industrial or
farm plant and equipment,
vehicles, boats and caravans. The
use may include ancillary repair or
servicing activities and sale or
fitting of accessories.
Agricultural
machinery sales
yard, motor
vehicles sales yard
Bulk landscape supplies,
market
Outdoor sport
and recreation
Premises used for a recreation or
sport activity that is carried on
outside a building and which
requires areas of open space and
may include ancillary works
Driving range, golf
course, swimming
pool, tennis courts,
Major sport, recreation
and entertainment
facility, motor sport,
park, community use
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football ground,
cricket oval, pony
Effective 4 September 2015
necessary for safety and
sustainability.
club
The use may include ancillary food
and drink outlet(s) and the
provision of ancillary facilities or
amenities conducted indoors such
as changing rooms and storage
facilities.
Park
Premises accessible to the public
generally for free sport, recreation
and leisure, and may be used for
community events or other
community activities.
Urban common
Tourist attraction,
outdoor sport and
recreation
Facilities may include children’s
playground equipment, informal
sports fields and ancillary vehicle
parking and other public
conveniences.
Parking station
Premises used for parking vehicles
where the parking is not ancillary
to another use.
Car park
Permanent
plantation
Premises used for growing plants
not intended to be harvested.
Permanent
plantations for
carbon
sequestration,
biodiversity or
natural resource
management
Forestry for wood
production, biofuel
production
Place of worship
Premises used by an organised
group for worship and religious
activities.
Church, chapel,
mosque,
synagogue, temple
Community use, child
care centre, funeral
parlour, crematorium
Marina, ferry
terminal
Landing
The use may include ancillary
facilities for social, educational and
associated charitable activities.
Port services
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Premises used for the following:

the arrival and departure of
vessels;

the movement of passengers
or goods on or off vessels;

any ancillary activities directly
serving the needs of
passengers and visitors or the
housing, servicing,
maintenance and repair of
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vessels.
Relocatable
home park
Premises used for relocatable
dwellings (whether they are
permanently located or not) that
provides long-term residential
accommodation.
Tourist park
The use may include a manager’s
residence and office, ancillary food
and drink outlet, kiosk, amenity
buildings and the provision of
recreation facilities for the
exclusive use of residents.
Renewable
energy facility
Premises used for the generation
of electricity or energy from
renewable (naturally reoccurring)
sources.
Solar farm, wind
farm, tidal power
Research and
technology
industry
Premises used for innovative and
emerging technological industries
involved in research design,
manufacture, assembly, testing,
maintenance and storage of
machinery, equipment and
components.
Aeronautical
engineering,
computer
component
manufacturing,
medical
laboratories,
computer-server
facility.
The use may include emerging
industries such as energy,
aerospace and biotechnology.
Residential care
facility
A residential use of premises for
supervised accommodation where
the use includes medical and other
support facilities for residents who
cannot live independently and
require regular nursing or personal
care.
Convalescent
home, nursing
home
Resort complex
Premises used for tourist and
visitor short-term accommodation
that include integrated leisure
Island resort
Wind turbine or solar
panels supplying energy
to domestic or rural
activities on the same
site
Community residence,
dwelling house, dual
occupancy, hospital,
multiple dwelling,
retirement facility
facilities including:
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
restaurants and bars;

meeting and function facilities;

sporting and fitness facilities;

staff accommodation;

transport facilities directly
associated with the tourist
Effective 4 September 2015
facility such as a ferry terminal
and air services.
Retirement
facility
A residential use of premises for an
integrated community and
specifically built and designed for
older people.
Retirement village
Residential care facility
The use includes independent
living units and may include
serviced units where residents
require some support with health
care and daily living needs.
The use may also include a
manager’s residence and office,
food and drink outlet, amenity
buildings, communal facilities and
accommodation for staff.
Roadside stall
Premises used for the roadside
display and sale of goods in rural
areas.
Produce stall
Market
Rooming
accommodation
Premises used for the
accommodation of one or more
households where each resident:
Boarding house,
monastery, hostel,
off-site student
accommodation
Hospice, community
residence, dwelling
house, short-term
accommodation,
multiple dwelling
Packing shed
Intensive animal
husbandry, intensive
horticulture, roadside
stall, wholesale nursery,

has a right to occupy one or
more rooms;

does not have a right to occupy
the whole of the premises in
which the rooms are situated;

may be provided with separate
facilities for private use;

may share communal facilities
or communal space, with one
or more of the other residents.
It may include:
Rural industry
Schedule 1 – Definitions

rooms not in the same building
on site; or

provision of a food or other
service; or

on-site management or staff
and associated
accommodation.
Premises used for storage,
processing and packaging of
products from a rural use.
Effective 4 September 2015
The use includes processing,
packaging and sale of products
produced as a result of a rural use
where these activities are ancillary
to a rural use on or adjacent to the
site.
winery, abattoir,
agricultural supply store
Rural workers
accommodation
Any premises used as quarters for
staff employed in the use of land
for rural purposes, such as
agriculture, intensive animal
husbandry and forestry, conducted
on a lot in the same ownership
whether or not such quarters are
self-contained.
Farm workers
accommodation
Short-term
accommodation
building, caretaker’s
accommodation, dual
occupancy, dwelling
house, nature or rural
based tourist
accommodation, nonresident workers
accommodation,
multiple dwellings
Sales office
The temporary use of premises for
displaying a land parcel or buildings
that can be built for sale or can be
won as a prize.
Display dwelling
Bank, office
Audio visual
equipment repair,
film processing,
bicycle repairs,
clock and watch
repairs, computer
repairs, dry
cleaning, hand
engraving,
jewellery making,
laundromat,
locksmith, picture
framing, shoe
repairs, tailor
Small engine mechanical
repair workshop, cabinet
making, shop fitting, sign
writing, tyre depot, low
impact industry, medium
impact high impact
industry, special industry
The use may include a caravan or
relocatable dwelling or structure.
Service industry
Premises used for industrial
activities that have no external
air, noise or odour emissions from
the site and can be suitably located
with other non-industrial uses.
Service station
Premises used for the sale of fuel
including petrol, liquid petroleum
gas, automotive distillate and
alternative fuels.
Car wash
The use may include, where
ancillary, a shop, food and drink
outlet, maintenance, repair
servicing and washing of vehicles,
Schedule 1 – Definitions
Effective 4 September 2015
the hire of trailers, and supply of
compressed air.
Shop
Premises used for the display, sale
or hire of goods or the provision of
personal services or betting to the
public.
Shopping centre
Premises comprising two or more
individual tenancies that is
comprised primarily of shops and
that function as an integrated
complex.
Short-term
accommodation
Premises used to provide shortterm accommodation for tourists
or travellers for a temporary period
of time (typically not exceeding
three consecutive months) and
may be self-contained.
Hairdresser, liquor
store, department
store, discount
department store,
discount variety
stores, betting
agencies,
supermarket,
corner store
Adult store, food and
drink outlet, showroom,
market
Motel,
backpackers,
cabins, serviced
apartments,
accommodation
hotel, farm stay
Hostel, rooming
accommodation, tourist
park
Bulky goods sales,
motor vehicles
sales showroom,
bulk stationery
supplies
Food and drink outlet,
shop, outdoor sales
Tanneries,
rendering plants,
oil refineries, waste
incineration,
manufacturing or
storing explosives,
power plants,
manufacturing
Low impact industry,
medium impact industry,
high impact industry,
service industry
The use may include a manager’s
residence and office and the
provision of recreation facilities for
the exclusive use of visitors.
Showroom
Special industry
Schedule 1 – Definitions
Premises used primarily for the
sale of goods of a related product
line that are of a size, shape or
weight that requires:

a large area for handling,
display or storage;

direct vehicle access to the
building by members of the
public for loading and
unloading items purchased or
hired.
Premises used for industrial
activities that include the
manufacturing, producing,
processing, repairing, altering,
recycling, storing, distributing,
transferring, treating of products
and have one or more of the
following attributes:
Effective 4 September 2015

Substation
Telecommunicat
ions facility
Schedule 1 – Definitions
potential for extreme impacts
on sensitive land uses due to
off-site emissions including
aerosol, fume, particle, smoke,
odour and noise;

potential for extreme off-site
impacts in the event of fire,
explosion or toxic release;

on-site controls are required
for emissions and dangerous
goods risks;

the use generally involves
night-time and outdoor
activities;

the use may involve the
storage and handling of large
volumes of dangerous goods;

requires significant separation
from non-industrial uses.
Premises forming part of a
transmission grid or supply
network under the Electricity Act
1994, and used for:

converting or transforming
electrical energy from one
voltage to another; or

regulating voltage in an
electrical circuit; or

controlling electrical circuits; or

switching electrical current
between circuits; or

a switchyard; or

communication facilities for
'operating works' as defined
under the Electricity Act 1994;
and for workforce operational
and safety communications.
Premises used for systems that
carry communications and signals
by means of radio, including guided
or unguided electromagnetic
energy, whether such facility is
manned or remotely controlled.
fertilisers.
Note—Additional
examples may be shown in
SC1.1.3 industry
thresholds.
Substations,
switching yards
Major electricity
infrastructure, minor
electricity infrastructure
Telecommunicatio
n tower,
broadcasting
station, television
station
Aviation facility, ‘lowimpact
telecommunications
facility’ as defined under
the Telecommunications
Act 1997
Effective 4 September 2015
Theatre
Premises used for presenting
movies, live entertainment or
music to the public and may
include provision of food and liquor
for consumption on the premises.
Cinema, movie
house, concert hall,
dance hall, film
studio, music
recording studio
Community hall, hotel,
indoor sport and
recreation facility,
temporary film studio
Casino, theme
park, zoo
Hotel, major sport,
recreation and
entertainment facility,
nightclub entertainment
facility
Camping ground,
caravan park,
holiday cabins
Relocatable home park,
tourist attraction, shortterm accommodation,
non-resident workforce
accommodation
The use may include the
production of film and music,
including associated ancillary
facilities, which are associated with
the production, such as sound
stages, wardrobe and laundry
facilities, makeup facilities, set
construction workshops, editing
and post-production facilities.
Tourist
attraction
Premises used for providing on-site
entertainment, recreation or
similar facilities for the general
public.
The use may include provision of
food and drink for consumption on
site.
Tourist park
Premises used to provide for
accommodation in caravans, selfcontained cabins, tents and similar
structures for the public for shortterm holiday purposes.
The use may include, where
ancillary, a manager’s residence
and office, kiosk, amenity
buildings, food and drink outlet, or
the provision of recreation facilities
for the use of occupants of the
tourist park and their visitors, and
accommodation for staff.
Transport depot
Premises used for the storage, for
commercial or public purposes, of
more than one motor vehicle. The
use includes premises for the
storage of taxis, buses, trucks,
heavy machinery and uses of a like
nature. The term may include the
ancillary servicing, repair and
cleaning of vehicles stored on the
premises.
Contractor’s depot,
bus depot, truck
yard, heavy
machinery yard
Home based business,
warehouse, low impact
industry, service industry
Utility
Premises used to provide the
Sewerage
Telecommunications
Schedule 1 – Definitions
Effective 4 September 2015
installation
public with the following services:

supply or treatment of water,
hydraulic power or gas;

sewerage, drainage or
stormwater services;

transport services including
road, rail or water;

waste management facilities;

network infrastructure.
treatment plant,
mail depot,
pumping station,
water treatment
plant, district
energy facility
tower, major electricity
infrastructure, minor
electricity infrastructure,
substation, renewable
energy facility, transport
depot
The use includes maintenance and
storage depots and other facilities
for the operation of the use.
Veterinary
services
Premises used for veterinary care,
surgery and treatment of animals
that may include provision for the
short-term accommodation of the
animals on the premises.
Warehouse
Premises used for the storage and
distribution of goods, whether or
not in a building, including selfstorage facilities or storage yards.
Animal keeping
Self-storage sheds
Hardware and trade
supplies, outdoor sales,
showroom, shop
The use may include sale of goods
by wholesale where ancillary to
storage.
The use does not include retail
sales from the premises or
industrial uses.
Wholesale
nursery
Premises used for the sale of
plants, but not to the general
public, where the plants are grown
on or adjacent to the site.
Bulk landscape supplies,
garden centre
The use may include sale of
gardening materials where these
are ancillary to the primary use.
Winery
Premises used for manufacturing
of wine, which may include the sale
of wine manufactured on site.
Rural industry
SC1.1.2 Defined activity groups
(1)
The defined uses listed in Table SC1.1.1.A are able to be clustered into the activity
groups listed in Table SC1.1.2.A and defined in Table SC1.1.2.B.
(2)
An activity group listed in Table SC1.1.2.B column 1 clusters the defined uses listed in
Table SC1.1.2.B column 2.
Schedule 1 – Definitions
Effective 4 September 2015
(3)
An activity group is able to be referenced in Part 5.
(4)
The activity groups listed here are the defined activity groups for the purpose of the
planning scheme.
Table SC1.1.2.A—Index of defined activity groups
Index of activity groups
Accommodation activities
Active frontage uses
Assembly uses
Centre activities
Commercial character
building activities where in
the Low density residential
zone, Medium density
residential zone, High
density residential zone or
Character residential zone
Commercial character
building activities where in
the Low impact industry
zone or General industry A
zone precinct of the Industry
zone
Commercial character
building activities where in
the Specialised centre zone
Commercial character
building activities where in
the community facilities
zone
Community facilities
Community facilities – health care
purposes
Community facilities – major health
care
Community facilities – major sports
venue
Difficult to evacuate uses
Essential community infrastructure
Community facilities –
cemetery
Large format retail
Community facilities –
community purposes
Small-scale non-residential uses
Community facilities –
education purposes
Rural activities
Vulnerable uses
Community facilities –
emergency services
Table SC1.1.2.B—Defined activity groups
Column 1
Column 2
Activity group
Uses
Accommodation activities

caretaker’s accommodation

community residence

dual occupancy

dwelling house

multiple dwelling

non-residential workforce accommodation

relocatable home park

residential care facility

retirement facility

rooming accommodation

short-term accommodation

tourist park

caretaker’s accommodation

club
Active frontage uses
Schedule 1 – Definitions
Effective 4 September 2015
Assembly uses
Centre activities
Schedule 1 – Definitions

community care centre

community use

dwelling unit

educational establishment

emergency services

food and drink outlet

health care services

indoor sport and recreation

office

place of worship

shop

veterinary services

club

community use

educational establishment

function facility

major sport, recreation and entertainment facility

nightclub entertainment facility

place of worship

shopping centre, if a district shopping centre or
10,000m2 or larger

theatre

tourist attraction

caretakers accommodation

child care centre

club

community care centre

community use

dwelling unit

educational establishment

emergency services

food and drink outlet

function facility

health care services

indoor sport and recreation

office

parking station, if bicycle parking

place of worship
Effective 4 September 2015
Commercial character building activities, if in
the Low density residential zone, Lowmedium density residential zone, Medium
density residential zone, High density
residential zone, or Character residential
zone
Commercial character building activities, if in
the Low impact industry zone or General
industry A zone precinct of the Industry zone
Schedule 1 – Definitions

sales office

service industry, if less than a gross floor area of
100m2

shop

shopping centre

short-term accommodation

substation

telecommunications facility, if a broadcasting
station or television station

theatre

veterinary services

caretaker’s accommodation

club

community care centre

community use

dwelling unit

educational establishment

food and drink outlet

health care services

office

shop

veterinary services

caretaker’s accommodation

club

community use

dwelling unit

educational establishment

emergency services

food and drink outlet

garden centre

health care services

hotel

indoor sport and recreation

low impact industry, if not exceeding a gross floor
area of 100m2

office

research and technology industry, if not exceeding
gross floor area of 100m2

sales office
Effective 4 September 2015
Commercial character building activities, if in
the Specialised centre zone
Commercial character building activities, if in
the Community facilities zone
Schedule 1 – Definitions

shop

showroom

telecommunications facility

theatre

utility installation

veterinary services

caretaker’s accommodation

child care centre

club

community care centre

community use

dwelling unit

educational establishment

emergency services

food and drink outlet

garden centre

health care services

hotel

indoor sport and recreation

low impact industry, if not exceeding a gross floor
area of 100m2

nightclub

office

research and technology industry, if not exceeding
gross floor area of 100m2

sales office

shop

showroom

telecommunications facility

theatre

utility installation

veterinary services

caretaker’s accommodation

child care centre

club

community care centre

community use

dwelling unit
Effective 4 September 2015
Community facilities
Community facilities – cemetery
Community facilities – community purposes
Community facilities – education purposes
Community facilities – emergency services
Schedule 1 – Definitions

educational establishment

emergency services

food and drink outlet

health care services

indoor sport and recreation

office

utility installation

cemetery

club

child care centre

community care centre

community residence

community use

crematorium

educational establishment

funeral parlour

emergency services

health care services

hospital

major sport, recreation and entertainment facility

place of worship

cemetery

crematorium

funeral parlour

place of worship

club

child care centre

community care centre

community use

place of worship

child care centre

community care centre

community use

educational establishment

place of worship

emergency services

health care services
Effective 4 September 2015
Community facilities – health care purposes
Community facilities – major health care
Community facilities – major sports venue
Difficult to evacuate uses
Essential community infrastructure
Schedule 1 – Definitions

child care centre

community care centre

health care services

hospital

child care centre

community care centre

emergency services

health care services

hospital

place of worship

club

child care centre

community use

health care services

major sport, recreation and entertainment facility

child care centre

community residence

detention facility

educational establishment

hospital

hotel, if including short term accommodation

nature based tourism

residential care facility

resort complex

retirement facility

short-term accommodation

tourist park

air services

community use, if for the storage of records or
items of cultural or historic significance including
facilities for the storage of public records under the
Public Records Act 2002

emergency services

health care services, if supporting a hospital

hospital

major electricity infrastructure

renewable energy facility

substation, if supporting other essential community
Effective 4 September 2015
infrastructure
Large format retail
Rural activities
Schedule 1 – Definitions

telecommunications facility

transport depot, if required for disaster response

utility installation

warehouse, if supporting emergency services or
disaster response activities

Agricultural supplies store

Bulk landscape supplies

Car wash

Food and drink outlet (where ancillary to and
integrated with any other uses in this activity
group)

Garden centre

Hardware and trade supplies

Outdoor sales

Service industry

Shop (with a minimum gross floor area of 1,000m2
and other than a department store, discount
variety store, supermarket or corner store)

Showroom

agricultural supplies store

animal husbandry

aquaculture

bulk landscape supplies

cropping

garden centre

intensive animal industry

intensive horticulture

market

permanent plantation

roadside stall

rural industry

veterinary services

wholesale nursery

winery
Effective 4 September 2015
Small scale non-residential uses
Vulnerable uses

caretaker’s accommodation

community care centre

community use

dwelling unit

health care services

office

shop

veterinary services

child care centre

community residence

educational establishment

hospital

residential care facility
SC1.1.3 Industry thresholds
The industry thresholds listed in Table SC1.1.3 are to be used in conjunction with the defined
uses listed in SC1.1.1.A.
Table SC1.1.3—Industry thresholds
Use
Additional examples include
Low impact industry
(a) Light engineering works, including assembling, fabricating or
repairing metal or sheet metal products or components, not
including boiler making, metal finishing, spray painting or
foundry activities.
(b) Assembling, fabricating or repairing wood products, including
furniture, kitchens, shop fitting, cabinet making, joinery if not
involving:
(i)
outdoor plant or machinery including dust extraction
plant
(ii)
spray painting, spraying glue or spraying surface coatings
(c) Dangerous goods store, if not including the storage of toxic
gases and where storing less than the placard quantities
listed in the Work Health and Safety Act 2011
(d) Dismantling automotive or mechanical equipment, if not
including debonding brake or clutch components
(e) Fitting and turning workshop
(f) Repairing or servicing tools, garden equipment, lawn mowers
or outboard engines
(g) Repairing or servicing motor vehicles including mechanical
components, radiators, electrical components, wheel
alignments, exhausts, tyres, suspension, bull bars, roof racks
Schedule 1 – Definitions
Effective 4 September 2015
or air conditioning, if not including spray painting
(h) Assembling or manufacturing plastic products, including
moulding and extruding and not involving casting, liquid
resins or fibre-glassing
(i) Clothing or footwear manufacturing or repair
(j) Assembling or repairing domestic furniture or fittings if not
involving:
(i)
Outdoor plant or machinery including dust extraction
plant or compressors;
(ii)
Not involving spraying paint, glue or surface coatings
(k) Upholstering
(l) Printing, with a gross floor area less than 1000m2
Note—Spray painting does not include the sole use of aerosol cans or air brushing for the
purpose of this industry threshold table.
Medium impact industry
Medium impact industry – A
(a) Abrasive blasting workshop, if using less than 1 tonne of
abrasive blasting material per annum
(b) Anodising workshop, if the tank area production capacity is
less than 100m2
(c) Glass product manufacturing workshop, if producing less
than 100 tonnes of product per annum
(d) Plaster manufacturing, if processing less than 1,000 tonnes of
gypsum per annum
(e) Plastic or plastic product manufacturing involving PET, PETE,
polypropylene or polystyrene, if not involving
polyvinylchloride, where producing less than 1000 tonnes of
product per annum
(f) Powder coating, if using less than 10 tonnes of coating per
annum
(g) Contractors depot or storage yard
Medium impact industry – B
(a) Abrasive blasting facility, if using less than 10 tonnes of
abrasive material per annum
(b) Anodising or electroplating workshop, if the tank area is less
than 400m2
(c) Battery recycling or reprocessing workshop
(d) Boat repairing or maintaining works
(e) Boiler making or engineering works other than metal foundry
or casting, if producing less than 10,000 tonnes of metal
product per annum
(f) Clay or ceramic product, including bricks, tiles, pipes and
pottery goods manufacturing, if producing less than 200
Schedule 1 – Definitions
Effective 4 September 2015
tonnes per annum
(g) Enamelling workshop, if using less than 15,000 litres of
enamel per annum
(h) Fibreglass, foam plastic, composite plastic or rigid fibrereinforced plastic manufacturing or product manufacturing
works other than producing fibreglass boats, tanks and
swimming pools, if producing less than 5 tonnes per annum
(i) Food, beverages or pet food processing, smoking, drying,
curing, milling, bottling or canning works, if producing less
than 200 tonnes per annum
(j) Fuel burning for power generation with an installed capacity
of 0.1 MW or less, if:
(i)
operating more than 100 hours per year;
(ii)
not involving coal combustion
(k) Galvanising works, if using less than 100 tonnes of zinc per
annum
(l) Glass fibre manufacturing works, if less than 200 tonnes per
annum
(m) Glass or glass product manufacturing works, if producing less
than 250 tonnes per annum
(n) Large dangerous goods store, if not including the storage of
toxic gases
(o) Medium density fibreboard, chipboard, particle board,
plywood, laminated board or wood veneer product
manufacturing works, if producing less than 250 tonnes per
annum
(p) Plastic manufacturing PET, PETE, polypropylene and
polystyrene plastic or plastic products, if less than 10,000
tonnes per annum
(q) Manufacturing substrate for mushroom growing
(r) Metal foundry, if producing:
(i)
less than 10 tonnes of ferrous metal castings per annum;
or
(ii)
less than 50 tonnes of non-ferrous metal castings per
annum
(s) Plaster manufacturing, if processing less than 5000 tonnes of
gypsum per annum
(t) Printing workshop producing advertising material,
magazines, newspapers, packaging or stationary
(u) Powder coating workshop, if using less than 500 tonnes of
coating per annum
(v) Reconditioning metal or plastic drums
(w) Sawmilling, wood chipping and kiln drying timber and logs, if
Schedule 1 – Definitions
Effective 4 September 2015
producing less than 500 tonnes per annum
(x) Scrap metal yard (if not including a fragmentiser) or
dismantling automotive or mechanical equipment including
debonding brake and clutch components
(y) Spray painting workshop including spray painting vehicles,
heavy machinery, signs, equipment or boats, if using:
(i)
less than 20,000 litres of paint product per annum;
(ii)
spray equipment other than the sole use of aerosol cans
or air brush.
(z) Transport depot or distribution centre
(aa) Tyre recycling or reprocessing, including retreading
workshop
(bb) Vegetable oil or oilseed processing works, with a design
production capacity of less than 1,000 tonnes per annum
(cc) Wooden product manufacturing, including cabinet making,
joinery or making timber frames or roof trusses involving:
(i)
outdoor plant or machinery
(ii)
spraying paint, glue or surface coatings
(dd) Facility, goods yard or warehouse for the storage and
distribution of dangerous goods if:
High impact industry
(i)
not involving manufacturing processes;
(ii)
not a major hazard facility under the Work Health and
Safety Act 2011
(a) Abattoir, if not involving rendering
(b) Abrasive blasting facility, if using 10 tonnes or greater of
abrasive material per annum
(c) Anodising or electroplating workshop, if the tank area is
400m2 or greater
(d) Battery manufacturing
(e) Boiler making or engineering works, if producing 10,000
tonnes or greater of metal product per annum
(f) Clay or ceramic product manufacturing, if including bricks,
tiles, pipes and pottery goods, producing 200 tonnes or more
per annum
(g) Concrete batching plant or works for producing concrete
products
(h) Crematoria
(i) Enamelling workshop, if using 15,000 litres or more of
enamel per annum
(j) Fibreglass, foam plastic, composite plastic or rigid fibrereinforced plastic manufacturing or product manufacturing
works including producing fibreglass boats, tanks and
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Effective 4 September 2015
swimming pools, if producing 5 tonnes or more per annum
(k) Food, beverages or pet food processing, smoking, drying,
curing, milling, bottling or canning works, if producing 200
tonnes or more per annum
(l) Fuel burning for power generation with an installed capacity
of more than 0.1 MW, if:
(i)
less than 10 MW;
(ii)
not involving coal combustion
(m) Galvanising works, if using 100 tonnes or greater of zinc per
annum
(n) Glass fibre manufacture, if producing 200 tonnes or more per
annum
(o) Glass or glass product manufacturing, if producing 250
tonnes or more per annum
(p) Manufacturing tyres, asbestos products, asphalt, cement,
mineral wool or ceramic fibre
(q) Major hazard facility for the storage or distribution of
dangerous goods, if not involving manufacturing processes
(r) Medium density fibreboard, chipboard, particle board,
plywood, laminated board or wood veneer product
manufacturing works, if producing 250 tonnes or more per
annum
(s) Metal foundry, if producing:
(i)
10 tonnes or more of ferrous metal castings per annum;
or
(ii)
50 tonnes or more of non-ferrous metal castings per
annum
(t) Plaster manufacturing, if processing 5,000 tonnes or more of
gypsum per annum
(u) Plastic manufacturing works for PET, PETE, polypropylene
and polystyrene plastic or plastic products, if producing
10,000 tonnes or greater per annum
(v) Powder coating workshop, if using 500 tonnes or more of
coating per annum
(w) Recycling chemicals, oils or solvents
(x) Recycling, storing or reprocessing regulated waste, if not
involving a waste incinerator
(y) Sawmilling, wood chipping or kiln drying timber and logs, if
producing 500 tonnes or more per annum
(z) Scrap metal yard including a fragmentiser
(aa) Spray painting workshop including spray painting vehicles,
heavy machinery, equipment, signs or boats, if using 20,000
litres or more of paint per annum
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Effective 4 September 2015
(bb) Soil conditioners manufacturing by receiving, blending,
storing, processing, drying or composting organic waste,
including animal manures, sewage, septic sludges and
domestic waste
(cc) Treating timber for preservation using chemicals including
copper, chromium, arsenic, borax or creosote
(dd) Vegetable oil or oilseed processing in works with a design
production capacity of 1,000 tonnes or more per annum
(ee)Waste disposal facility, if not involving a waste incinerator
(ff) Wooden product manufacturing including cabinet making,
joinery or making timber frames or roof trusses, if producing
500 tonnes or more per annum
Special industry
(a) Distilling alcohol in works, if producing 2,500 litres or more
per annum
(b) Fuel burning for power generation with an installed capacity
of 10 MW or greater or burning coal or coal products
(c) Manufacturing hazardous chemicals
(d) Manufacturing fertilisers involving ammonia
(e) Metal refining or smelting
(f) Oil refining or processing facility
(g) Polyvinyl chloride plastic manufacturing works
(h) Producing, refining or processing gas or fuel gas
(i) Producing, quenching, cutting, crushing or grading coke
(j) Pulp or paper manufacturing
(k) Rendering plant
(l) Sugar milling or refining
(m) Tannery or works for curing animal skins, hides or finishing
leather
(n) Textile manufacturing including carpet manufacturing, wool
scouring or carbonising, cotton milling or textile bleaching,
dying or finishing
(o) Tobacco processing
(p) Waste incinerator
SC1.2 Administrative definitions
SC1.2.1 Preliminary
(1)
The administrative definitions listed in Table SC1.2.2.A and Table SC1.2.3.A and defined
in Table SC1.2.2.B and Table SC1.2.3.B assist with the interpretation of the planning
scheme but do not have a meaning in relation to use.
(2)
A term listed in Table 1.2.2.B and Table 1.2.3.B column 1 has the meaning set out
beside that term in column 2 under the heading.
Schedule 1 – Definitions
Effective 4 September 2015
(3)
The administrative definitions listed here are the definitions for the purpose of the
planning scheme.
SC1.2.2 QPP administrative definitions
Table SC1.2.2.A—Index of QPP administrative definitions
Index of QPP administrative definitions
Adjoining premises
Domestic outbuilding
Outermost projection
Advertising device
Dwelling
Planning assumptions
Affordable housing
Gross floor area
Plot ratio
Average width
Ground level
Projection area(s)
Base date
Household
Secondary dwelling
Basement
Minor building work
Service catchment
Boundary clearance
Setback
Building height
Minor electricity
infrastructure
Demand unit
Net developable area
Site Cover
Development footprint
Netserv plan
Storey
Non-resident workers
Temporary use
Site
Table SC1.2.2.B—QPP administrative definitions
Column 1
Column 2
Term
Definition
Adjoining premises
Premises that share all or part of a common boundary. A
common boundary may be a single point such as a
corner point.
Advertising device
Any permanent structure, device, sign or the like
intended for advertising purposes. It includes any
framework, supporting structure or building feature that
is provided exclusively or mainly as part of the
advertisement.
Affordable housing
Housing that is appropriate to the needs of households
with low to moderate incomes.
Average width
In regard to a lot, the distance between the midpoints of
the side boundaries of the lot.
Base date
The date from which a local government has estimated
its projected infrastructure demands and costs.
Basement
A space that is situated between one floor level and the
floor level next below where no part of the space
projects more than one metre above ground level.
Boundary clearance
The shortest distance from the outermost projection of a
structural part of the building or
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Effective 4 September 2015
structure to the property boundary, including:
(a) if the projection is a roof and there is a fascia – the
outside face of the fascia; or
(b) if the projection is a roof and there is no fascia – the
roof structure.
The term does not include rainwater fittings or
ornamental or architectural attachments.
Building height
If specified:
(a) in metres, the vertical distance between the ground
level and the highest point of the building roof (apex)
or parapet at any point, but not including loadbearing antenna, aerial, chimney, flagpole or the like;
(b) in storeys, the number of storeys above ground level;
or
(c) in both metres and storeys, both (a) and (b) apply.
Demand unit
Demand units provide a standard of unit measurement
to express demand on a trunk infrastructure network.
Development footprint
The location and extent of all development proposed on
a site. This includes all buildings and structures, open
space, all associated facilities, landscaping, on-site
stormwater drainage, on-site wastewater treatment, all
areas of disturbance, on-site parking, access and
manoeuvring areas.
Domestic outbuilding
A Class 10a building, as defined in the Building Code of
Australia, that is ancillary to a residential use on the
same premises and is limited to non-habitable buildings
for the purpose of a shed, garage and carport.
Dwelling
A building or part of a building used or capable of being
used as a self-contained residence that must include the
following:
(a) food preparation facilities;
(b) a bath or shower;
(c) a toilet and wash basin;
(d) clothes washing facilities.
This term includes outbuildings, structures and works
normally associated with a dwelling.
Gross floor area
The total floor area of all storeys of the building
(measured from the outside of the external walls or the
centre of a common wall), other than areas used for the
following:
(a) building services, plant and equipment;
(b) access between levels;
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Effective 4 September 2015
(c) ground floor public lobby;
(d) a mall;
(e) the parking, loading or manoeuvring of motor
vehicles;
(f) unenclosed private balconies, whether roofed or not.
Ground level
The level of the natural ground, or, where the level of the
natural has been lawfully changed, the level as lawfully
changed.
Editor’s note—Section 1.7.5 provides that for the
purpose of the definition of ground level in Schedule 1,
the level of the natural ground is deemed to have been
lawfully changed if the level of the natural ground level is
the prescribed level.
Household
An individual or a group of two or more related or
unrelated people who reside in the dwelling, with the
common intention to live together on a long-term basis
and who make common provision for food or other
essentials for living.
Minor building work
An alteration, addition or extension to an existing
building where the floor area including balconies is less
than five per cent of the building or fifty square metres,
whichever is the lesser.
Minor electricity infrastructure
All aspects of development for an electricity supply
network as defined under the Electricity Act 1994, (or for
private electricity works that form an extension of, or
provide service connections to properties from the
network), if the network operates at standard voltages
up to and including 66kV.)
This includes:
(a) augmentations/upgrades to existing powerlines
where the voltage of the infrastructure does not
increase;
(b) augmentations to existing substations (including
communication facilities for controlling works as
defined under the Electricity Act 1994) where the
voltage of the infrastructure does not increase, and
where they are located on an existing substation lot.
Net developable area
The area of land available for development. It does not
include land that cannot be developed due to constraints
such as acid sulfate soils, conservation land, flood
affected land or steep slope.
Note—For the purpose of a priority infrastructure plan, net developable area
is usually measured in hectares, net developable hectares (net dev ha).
Schedule 1 – Definitions
Effective 4 September 2015
Netserv plan
A distributor-retailer’s plan about its water and
wastewater networks and provision of water service and
wastewater service pursuant to section 99BJ of the
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail
Restructuring) Act 2009.
Non-resident workers
Workers who reside in areas for extended periods when
employed on projects directly associated with resource
extraction, major industry, major infrastructure or rural
uses, but have a permanent place of residence in
another area.
This includes workers engaged in fly-in/fly-out or drivein/drive-out arrangements.
Outermost projection
The outermost projection of any part of a building or
structure including, in the case of a roof, the outside face
of the fascia, or the roof structure where there is no
fascia, or attached sunhoods or the like, but does not
include retractable blinds, fixed screens, rainwater
fittings, or ornamental attachments.
Planning assumptions
Assumptions about the type, scale, location and timing of
future growth.
Plot ratio
The ratio of gross floor area to the area of the site.
Projection area(s)
Area or areas within a local government area for which a
local government carries out demand growth
projections.
Secondary dwelling
A dwelling used in conjunction with, and subordinate to,
a dwelling house on the same lot. A secondary dwelling
may be constructed under a dwelling house, be attached
to a dwelling house or be free standing.
Service catchment
An area serviced by an infrastructure network. An
infrastructure network is made up of one or more service
catchments. Service catchments are determined by the
network type and how it has been designed to operate
and provide service to the urban areas.
Note—for example:



Setback
Schedule 1 – Definitions
stormwater network service catchments can be delineated to align
with watershed boundaries;
open space network service catchments can be determined using
local government accessibility standards;
water network service catchments can be established as the area
serviced by a particular reservoir.
For a building or structure, the shortest distance
Effective 4 September 2015
measured horizontally from the outermost projection of
a building or structure to the vertical projection of the
boundary of the lot
Editor’s note—Section 1.7.6 provides that for the
purpose of determining compliance with an assessment
criteria for site cover and setback, development is
deemed to comply with the assessment criteria if the
development exceeds the assessment criteria only by
reason of the inclusion of an outermost projection which
is part of a building or structure that is:


an eave of a roof; or
a sunhood or the like attached to the wall of a building or structure
to provide shade or shelter to the wall
Site
Any land on which development is carried out or is
proposed to be carried out whether such land comprises
the whole or part of one lot or more than one lot if each
of such lots is contiguous.
Site cover
The proportion of the site covered by a building(s),
structure(s) attached to the building(s) and carport(s),
calculated to the outermost projections of the building(s)
and expressed as a percentage.
The term does not include:
(a) any structure or part thereof included in a
landscaped open space area such as a gazebo or
shade structure
(b) basement car parking areas located wholly below
ground level
Editor’s note—Section 1.7.6 provides that for the purpose of determining
compliance with an assessment criteria for site cover and setback,
development is deemed to comply with the assessment criteria if the
development exceeds the assessment criteria only by reason of the inclusion
of an outermost projection which is part of a building or structure that is:


Storey
an eave of a roof; or
a sunhood or the like attached to the wall of a building or structure
to provide shade or shelter to the wall
A space that is situated between one floor level and the
floor level next above, or if there is no floor above, the
ceiling or roof above, but not a space that contains only:
(a) a lift shaft, stairway or meter room
(b) a bathroom, shower room, laundry, water closet, or
other sanitary compartment
(c) a combination of the above.
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Effective 4 September 2015
A mezzanine is a storey.
A roofed structure on or part of a rooftop that does not
solely accommodate building plant and equipment is a
storey.
A basement is not a storey.
Temporary use
A use that is impermanent and may be irregular or
infrequent that does not require the construction of a
permanent building or the installation of permanent
infrastructure or services.
Note—Provisions for temporary use timeframes for defined uses may be
provided within section 1.7 Local government administrative matters.
Editor’s note—It is recommended that local government use the ability under
section 1.7 to further refine this definition for use within the local government
area for defined uses.
SC1.2.3 Brisbane City Council administrative definitions
Table SC1.2.3.A—Index of Brisbane City Council administrative definitions
Index of Brisbane City Council administrative definitions
Access way
Edge effects
Prescribed level
Acid sulfate soils
Prescribed secondary code
Acoustic fence
Environmentally relevant
activity
Acoustically screened
Erosion prone area
Primary street frontage
Act
Existing trunk infrastructure
Priority infrastructure area
Active frontage-primary
Filling or excavation
Active frontage-secondary
Amenity
Arcade
Arterial road
Average recurrence interval
Aviation facilities
Building envelope
Building envelope plan
Building footprint
Building height transition
Bushfire attack level
City centre
Clearing site
Combustible liquid
Commercial character
building
Primary cycle route
Public realm
Future Suburban Living Areas Rear lot
Future trunk infrastructure
Receiving site
Greenspace and Rural
Neighbourhoods
Regional ecosystem
Greenspace system
Registered Professional
Engineer Queensland
Ground storey
Regulation
Growth Node
Remnant vegetation
Habitable room
Replacement tree area
Hazardous chemical
Residential
Hazardous material
Residential flood level (RFL)
Highest astronomical tide
Restoration
Infrastructure corridor plan
Runoff hectare
Investigation Area
Rural Neighbourhoods
Landmark site
Secondary cycle route
Landscape concept plan
Secondary street frontage
Local cycle route
Selected Transport Corridors
Local road
Schedule 1 – Definitions
Effective 4 September 2015
Communal open space
Major Centre
Sensitive use
Conservation
Major Industry Area
Sensitive zone
Corner land dedication
Major road
SEQ Regional Plan
Corner lot
Mean high water spring tide
Significant corner site
Corridor Hub
Minor road
Significant landscape tree
Critical Assets
Motorway
Significant vegetation
Cross block link
Natural habitat cover
Sleeping area
Dangerous goods
Neighbourhood road
Small lot
Defined flood event (DFE)
Special Centre
Defined flood level (DFL)
Non-juvenile koala habitat
tree
Desired standard of service
Non-residential
Suburban road
Detailed landscape plan
Outdoor lighting
Tree protection zone
Development footprint plan
Park concept plan
Trunk infrastructure
Distributor-retailer
Planning horizon
Unacceptable risk
District road
Plaza
Walking distance
Ecological features
Prescribed exempt
development
Ecological processes
Suburban Living Areas
Table SC1.2.3.B—Brisbane City Council administrative definitions
Column 1
Column 2
Term
Definition
Access way
The part of a lot used to provide access to a road for a
lot that does not otherwise front the road.
Acid sulfate soils
See the State Planning Policy, Glossary.
Acoustic fence
Solid, gap free fence with minimum panel surface
density of 12.5kg/m2.
Acoustically screened
The source of noise is completely screened from view of
habitable rooms (including balconies, patios, decks and
verandas) of an adjoining sensitive use by solid, gap free
material and construction e.g. acoustic fence, building,
or enclosure.
Act
Sustainable Planning Act 2009.
Active frontage – primary
May be specified in a neighbourhood plan or be
identified in a design statement where no
neighbourhood plan applies or no requirements are
specified. These streets are the commercial and
community heart of neighbourhoods. They house highly
active non-residential uses that create the greatest
degree of pedestrian activity and interaction and which
are mostly accommodated in small individual tenancies
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Effective 4 September 2015
with narrow building frontages, such as shops,
restaurants and cafes.
Active frontage – secondary
May be specified in a neighbourhood plan or be
identified in a design statement where no
neighbourhood plan applies or no requirements are
specified. These streets support and compliment active
frontage-primary streets. They house active, nonresidential uses that create pedestrian activity and
interaction and which are mostly accommodated in
larger tenancies with wider building frontages, such as
offices, community uses, medical centres, fitness
facilities and mini-major shops.
Amenity
The qualities of a location in regard to noise, vibration,
dust, odour, air quality, lighting, daylight, glare, breezes
and shade, freedom from hazard or risk of threats to
health and well-being of occupants, and the
uninterrupted ability to use and enjoy the land for the
purpose it was designed, that may be affected by the
level, time and duration of activities on nearby sites or
the impacts of natural hazards, including spatial and
temporal impacts.
Arcade
A privately owned pedestrian pathway that is part of the
pedestrian network and is publicly accessible during
hours of operation. An arcade can be covered or
uncovered.
Arterial road
A road identified as an arterial road on the Road
hierarchy overlay map.
Average recurrence interval
The average, or expected, value of the periods between
exceedences of a given rainfall total accumulated over a
given duration. It is implicit in this definition that the
periods between exceedences are generally random.
Note—For example, a 100 year ARI indicates an average of 100 years
between exceedence of a given storm magnitude.
Aviation facilities
See the State Planning Policy, Glossary.
Building envelope
The three-dimensional extent of where a building and
associated structure may be built on a site after
consideration of limits set on height, set back and other
similar measures.
Building envelope plan
A plan that shows the building envelope for a particular
development.
Building footprint
The two-dimensional extent of built development,
including balconies, covered private outdoor living areas
and enclosed spaces but excluding the part of a building
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Effective 4 September 2015
or structure that is:
(a) an eave or a roof; or
(b) a sunhood or the like attached to the wall of a
building or structure to provide shade or shelter to
the wall.
Building height transition
An area where a height transition is required at the
interface between higher density and lower density
zones, as required by a development codes or a local
neighbourhood plan.
Bushfire attack level
See AS 3959-2009 Construction of buildings in bushfire
prone areas
City Centre
See SC2.1 Strategic framework maps.
Clearing site
The site where the vegetation clearing, development
intrusion or environmental impact occurs and for which
a biodiversity offset is to be provided for at the receiving
site.
Combustible liquid
Combustible liquid as defined in AS1940-2004 The
storage and handling of flammable and combustible
liquids.
Commercial character building
A building constructed in 1946 or earlier on a site
identified on the Commercial character building overlay
map.
Communal open space
Recreation space for the use of all building occupants.
Conservation
The processes and actions of looking after a place so as
to retain its natural significance, including protection
and maintenance.
Corner land dedication
The corner of a site for dedication to the Council
identified on the Streetscape hierarchy overlay map.
Corner lot
A lot bounded by two or more roads where they
intersect or join.
Corridor hub
See SC2.1 Strategic framework maps.
Critical assets
The infrastructure and facilities listed below, that if
destroyed, degraded or rendered unavailable for an
extended period would significantly impact on the
economic, social or environmental wellbeing of the city.
Schedule 1 – Definitions

Archerfield Airport

Brisbane Airport

Central Business District, namely those elements of
the CBD and environs that comprise government
facilities, disaster management control centres and
the transport network hub and major health care
Effective 4 September 2015
facilities, being the Mater, Princess Alexandra and
Royal Brisbane Hospitals

Kedron Emergency Management Headquarters

Port of Brisbane

Acacia Ridge Intermodal Freight Terminal
Cross block link
A publicly owned pedestrian pathway identified on the
Streetscape hierarchy overlay map.
Dangerous goods
Dangerous goods as defined by the Australian code for
the transport of dangerous goods by road and rail.
Defined flood event (DFE)
The flood event adopted by Brisbane City Council for the
management of development in a particular locality. The
DFE varies for different classes of development and
flood source.
Note—Most commonly, the Defined flood event is the 1% Annual Exceedence
Probability (AEP) flood for creek/waterway, 2% AEP for overland flow flooding
sources, or the Residential Flood Level (RFL) for Brisbane River flooding. The
DFE for a particular locality is determined in accordance with the Flood
overlay code.
Defined flood level (DFL)
The DFL for Brisbane River flooding is a level of 3.7m
AHD at the Brisbane City Gauge based on a flow of 6,800
m3/s.
Desired standard of service
See Sustainable Planning Act 2009.
Detailed landscape plan
A plan showing detailed landscape treatment including
excavation, location of site services and proposed levels,
drainage, construction detail and detailed planting
schedule.
Development footprint plan
A plan that shows the development footprint for a
particular development.
Note—An approved building location envelope, building location plan or
development envelope area has the same meaning.
Note—The part of a site outside an approved environmental protection zone
(shown on an approved plan) is considered to be within a development
footprint plan.
Distributor–retailer
See South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and
Retail Restructuring) Act 2009.
District road
A road identified as a district road on the Road hierarchy
overlay map.
Ecological features
Significant vegetation communities, significant flora
species, significant fauna species and elements which
provide important habitat value, such as hollow-bearing
trees, rock outcrops, termitaria, vine thickets, roost
trees, stag trees and coarse woody debris.
Schedule 1 – Definitions
Effective 4 September 2015
Ecological processes
Interactions between components of the natural
environment essential to the long persistence and
resilience of ecological features, such as soil formation
and stabilisation; water and nutrient cycling; pollination
and seed dispersal; organism dispersal, recruitment and
succession and natural disturbances (e.g. fire,
inundation).
Edge effects
Adverse effects on ecological features and processes
caused by incompatible adjacent land uses/activities,
such as invasive garden weeds, dogs and cats preying on
native wildlife, stormwater run-off, rubbish dumping,
light and noise intrusion and vandalism.
Environmentally relevant activity
See Environmental Protection Act 1994.
Erosion prone area
See Coastal Protection and Management Act 1995.
Existing trunk infrastructure
The trunk infrastructure existing as at the base date.
Filling or excavation
Removal or importation of material to, from or within a
lot that will change the ground level of the land.
Future Suburban Living Area
See SFM-002 Brisbane CityShape 2031 Land Use
Strategic Framework Map.
Future trunk infrastructure
The trunk infrastructure to be provided from the base
date to the planning horizon.
Greenspace and Rural
Neighbourhoods
See SC2.1 Strategic framework maps.
Greenspace System
See SFRM-004.Brisbane Greenspace System Strategic
Framework Map.
Ground storey
The storey closest to ground level, being the storey
where the distance between ground level and the
ceiling, measured at the middle of the face of the front
wall of the building, is greater than the distance
between the ground level and the floor.
Growth Node
See SFM-003 Brisbane Selected Transport Corridors and
Growth Nodes Strategic Framework Map.
Habitable room
See Building Code of Australia (Volume 1).
Hazardous chemical
A hazardous chemical identified in the Work Health and
Safety Regulation 2011.
Hazardous material
A substance with potential to cause harm to persons,
property or the environment because of 1 or more of
the following—
Schedule 1 – Definitions

the chemical properties of the substance;

the physical properties of the substance;
Effective 4 September 2015

the biological properties of the substance.
Without limiting the first paragraph, all dangerous
goods, combustible liquids and chemicals are hazardous
materials.
Highest astronomical tide
See Queensland Urban Drainage Manual (Volume 1,
Second Edition 2007).
Infrastructure corridor plan
See Schedule 3, SC3.1, Table SC3.1.1.
Investigation Area
See SFM-002 Brisbane CityShape 2031 Land Use
Strategic Framework Map
Landmark site
A site identified in a neighbourhood plan to
accommodate buildings or developments that attain
citywide prominence through a combination of notable
architectural excellence, siting and location.
Landscape concept plan
A drawing or drawings that shows the extent, function
and character of areas to be landscaped, any proposed
earthworks and an indicative planting palette.
Local cycle route
A cycle link from an individual property or destination to
a primary or secondary cycle route network.
Local road
A road identified as a local road on the Road hierarchy
overlay map.
Major Centre
See SC2.1 Strategic framework maps.
Major Industry Area
See SC2.1 Strategic framework maps.
Major road
A road that is an arterial road, suburban road or district
road.
Mean high water spring tide
The highest level that spring tides reach on the average
over a period of time.
Minor road
A road that is a neighbourhood road or local road.
Motorway
A road identified as a motorway on the Road hierarchy
overlay map.
Natural habitat cover
Bushlands and corridors of native vegetation, including
areas for habitat restoration that provide functioning
habitat for native plants and animals and support the
movement of wildlife across the city.
Neighbourhood road
A road identified as a neighbourhood road on the Road
hierarchy overlay map.
Non-juvenile koala habitat tree
A koala habitat tree that has a height of more than four
metres or a trunk with a circumference of more than
31.5 centimetres at 1.3 metres above the ground
Non-residential
Any combination of uses not listed as residential.
Schedule 1 – Definitions
Effective 4 September 2015
Note—Only if used in relation to describing the proportion or component of
development allocated for residential and non-residential use.
Outdoor lighting
Any form of permanently installed lighting system
whether internal or external which emits light that may
have on impact beyond the site.
Park concept plan
A plan that shows the conceptual layout of a proposed
park.
Planning horizon
The year up to which a trunk infrastructure network has
been planned.
Plaza
A privately owned open space that is publicly accessible
during hours of operation.
Prescribed exempt development
See section 5.3.4.
Prescribed level
The level of the surface of the land:
(a) existing at the time the original estate was
subdivided and roads created through the estate as
determined by a registered surveyor under the
Surveyors Act 2003 using best available evidence
which is based on:
(i)
the ‘as constructed’ drawings for the subdivision
of the original estate lodged with the Council; or
(ii)
if paragraph (a)(i) does not apply, the contours of
the Council’s 2002 BIMAP; or
(b) that is the result of operational work carried out as a
consequence of a material change of use or
reconfiguring a lot, if:
(i)
the material change of use or reconfiguring a lot
was assessable development under the Council’s
planning scheme in effect between 1 January
2002 and the commencement of this planning
scheme; and
(ii)
the operational work accords with the following:
(A)
the development permit for the material
change of use or reconfiguring a lot;
(B)
the development permit or compliance
permit which approved the operational work.
Editor’s note—Section 1.7.5 provides that for the purpose of the definition of
ground level in Schedule 1, the level of the natural ground is deemed to have
been lawfully changed if the level of the natural ground level is the prescribed
level.
Prescribed secondary code
See Section 5.3.5
Primary cycle route
A cycle route (including Brisbane’s Riverwalk) that
provides for all cyclists, including high speed commuters
and links residential areas to major employment
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centres, regional activity centres and other key
destinations, including public transport, cultural and
recreation facilities.
Primary street frontage
The street frontage that is most commonly addressed by
other buildings in the block.
Priority infrastructure area
See Sustainable Planning Act 2009.
Public realm
Any publicly accessible streets, pathways, cross-block
links, arcades, plazas, parks, open spaces and any public
and civic building and facilities.
Rear lot
A lot that has access to a road only by means of an
access way that forms part of the lot, or by means of an
easement over adjoining land.
Receiving site
The location where a biodiversity offset is established.
Regional ecosystem
See Vegetation Management Act 1999.
Registered Professional Engineer
Queensland
A person currently registered as a professional engineer
under the Professional Engineers Act 2002.
Regulation
Sustainable Planning Regulation 2009
Remnant vegetation
See Vegetation Management Act 1999
Replacement tree area
An area of a site shown on a plan or drawing, where
trees replacing a lost significant landscape tree will be
planted.
Residential
Any combination of the following uses: community
residence, multiple dwelling, residential care facility,
retirement facility, rooming accommodation short term
accommodation.
Note—Only if used in relation to describing the proportion or component of
development allocated for residential and non-residential use.
Residential flood level (RFL)
Residential flood level (RFL) for Brisbane River flooding
equates to the flood level applicable to the extent of
January 2011 floods as depicted by mapping on the
Queensland Reconstruction Authority website or the
Council's defined flood level (DFL) for the Brisbane River,
whichever is higher.
Restoration
Returning existing habitats to a known past state or to
an approximation of the natural condition by repairing
degradation, removing introduced species or by
reinstatement.
Run-off hectare
The demand for waterway capacity generated by one
gross hectare of land calculated using the coefficient of
runoff for that area classification.
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Rural Neighbourhoods
See SFM-004 Brisbane Greenspace System Strategic
Framework Map.
Secondary cycle route
A cycle route that provides linkages between residential
areas and primary routes or between suburban
destinations such as schools, suburban centres, cultural
activity areas and recreational facilities.
Secondary street frontage
Where a lot has more than one frontage, a frontage that
is not the primary street frontage.
Selected Transport Corridors
See SFM-003 Brisbane Selected Transport Corridors and
Growth Nodes Strategic Framework Map.
Sensitive use
A use that is child care centre, community care centre,
community residence, dual occupancy, dwelling house,
dwelling unit, educational establishment, health care
services, hospital, multiple dwelling, relocatable home
park, residential care facility, retirement facility,
rooming accommodation, short term accommodation or
tourist park.
Sensitive zone
The following zones and precincts:
(a) all zones in the residential zones category and the
centres zones category;
(b) Emerging community zone;
(c) Mixed use zone;
(d) Rural residential zone;
(e) in the Community facilities zone:
(i)
education purposes zone precinct;
(ii)
health care purposes zone precinct; and
(iii)
major health care zone precinct.
SEQ Regional Plan
South East Queensland Regional Plan 2009-2031
Significant corner site
A site identified in a neighbourhood plan to
accommodate building or development which attain
local prominence through a combination of architecture,
location and their contribution to the public realm and
the quality of the pedestrian experience in particular.
Significant landscape tree
A tree on a site identified in the Landscape features subcategory, the Individual or group significant landscape
tree site sub-category or the Significant landscape tree—
adjoining site sub-category on the Significant landscape
tree overlay map and listed in Table 8.2.19.3.B or Table
8.2.19.3.C of the Significant landscape tree overlay code;
or
A tree identified in Significant landscape tree—
vegetation protection order subcategory on the
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Significant landscape tree overlay map.
Significant vegetation
Mature vegetation that:
(a) is recognised as a significant flora species; or
(b) provides habitat for native fauna; or
(c) contributes to local landscape character values, such
as shade provision, cooling, subtropicality or a sense
of place.
Sleeping area
A bedroom, ward or dormitory.
Small lot
A lot which is:
(a) less than 450m2; or
(b) a rear lot of less than 600m2 excluding an access
way.
Special Centre
See SC2.1 Strategic framework maps.
Suburban Living Areas
See SC2.1 Strategic framework maps.
Suburban road
A road identified as a suburban road on the Road
hierarchy overlay map.
Tree protection zone
The three-dimensional extent of the space a tree
occupies above and below ground, set aside for
protection of the tree, as shown in Figure a of the
Significant landscape tree overlay code.
Trunk infrastructure
See Sustainable Planning Act 2009.
Unacceptable risk
Unacceptable risk is a situation where people or
property are exposed to a predictable hazard event that
may result in serious injury, loss of life, failure of
community infrastructure, or property damage that
would make a dwelling unfit for habitation.
Walking distance
The distance between two places, measured from
reasonable pedestrian access points and along roads
with verges, off-road pathways or other reasonable
pedestrian connections.
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