City of Moreton Bay is planning for our city’s future growth. As part of this, we’re proposing an amendment to the Planning Scheme to include a long-term plan for the Morayfield South Emerging Community Area. It also includes a separate change to the Council’s city-wide designated bushfire prone areas to improve bushfire resilience and public safety for certain classes of new buildings.

The proposed Major Planning Scheme Amendment No. 4 - Morayfield South Emerging Community Area and Designated Bushfire Prone Areas has two key components:

• Morayfield South Emerging Community Area Temporary Local Planning Instrument (TLPI) response, including updated Structure Plan
• changes to Council’s city-wide designated bushfire prone area rules for all zones in the city to improve bushfire hazard resilience and public safety.

On 8 October 2025, Council approved the updated proposed Major Planning Scheme Amendment No. 4 - Morayfield South Emerging Community Area and Designated Bushfire Prone Areas for community consultation. The consultation period was open from Monday 13 October 2025 and closed at midnight on Friday 7 November 2025.

You can read about how we engaged, what we heard, and our response in the Consultation Report for the proposed Major Planning Scheme Amendment No. 4 - Morayfield South Emerging Community Area and Designated Bushfire Prone Areas.

Council has reviewed submissions received during public consultation and prepared a response to each submission on the proposed amendment. At its General meeting on 22 April 2026, Council resolved to notify everybody who made a submission and explain how they can access the Consultation Report to find out how Council has responded. Council also resolved to issue a notice to the Planning Minister requesting approval to adopt the proposed amendment.

The Minister will now consider whether the proposed amendment may be adopted including any changes made in response to submissions, before Council can consider whether to adopt the amendment.

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