About the Ipswich City Plan
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Council adopted the Consolidated Ipswich Planning Scheme on 14 December 2005 which took effect (commencement date) on 23 January 2006.
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Each locality is further divided into Zones and in some cases, Sub Areas and Precincts. The planning scheme also provides a secondary organisational layer called Overlays, which are based on special attributes of land that need to be protected, or that may constrain development. There are two types of overlays – character places overlays and development constraints overlays.
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The Planning Scheme uses the concepts of Overall Outcomes, Specific Outcomes, Probable Solutions and Acceptable Solutions for a zone, overlay or code.
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Overall Outcomes are essentially the overall purpose or intent statements. Specific Outcomes are the more detailed performance objectives.
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Probable Solutions represent one way of achieving a specific outcome and may be either increased or decreased by the Local Government depending on the individual circumstances of the proposal.
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Acceptable Solutions apply only to self-assessable development and represent a precise measure for compliance.
New Ipswich Planning Scheme
Council is preparing a new planning scheme, the Draft Ipswich Planning Scheme 2019