MORE LAND TO BE RELEASED UNDER SWEEPING REFORMS
Published Wednesday, 25 July, 2007 at 12:04 PM
JOINT STATEMENT
Premier and Minister for Trade
The Honourable Peter Beattie
Deputy Premier, Treasurer and Minister for Infrastructure
The Honourable Anna Bligh
The State Government will establish a powerful body to slash red tape as it frees up land across the state for new housing projects.
The Urban Land Development Authority is the centrepiece of the State Government’s Housing Affordability Strategy launched today.
The new authority will accelerate the release of surplus land and ensure there are no unnecessary delays in its development.
The authority will take over responsibility for development approvals on land under its control, cutting months off the process and delivering potential savings of $15,000-$20,000 to homebuyers.
It also will take control of strategic areas of inner-city land earmarked for urban renewal to ensure developments are world-class precincts that cater for a diverse range of accommodation.
On sites nominated by the Queensland Government, the role of the Authority will be to undertake land use planning, amalgamation and acquisition of sites, and then on-sell land to the private sector with approvals in place.
The new authority will have the power to deliver a range of housing styles to meet the changing needs of the community and can attach conditions of sale to require a component of affordable housing.
The Government has nominated five initial development sites at Woolloongabba, Bowen Hills, Northshore (Hamilton), Fitzgibbon and Mackay Showgrounds.
These sites cover more than 700 hectares of land and deliver housing for more than
20,000 Queenslanders.
This new body has been given unprecedented powers to get the job done.
The authority has been developed after consultation with the industry and targets the issues they rate as stumbling blocks, primarily bottlenecks in the development approvals process.
We’ve listened to the industry’s advice on how to make housing more affordable and this is their chance to show us they are fair dinkum.
The authority’s job is to provide the strong leadership that ensures owning a home stays within reach of ordinary Queenslanders.
It’s role will include amalgamation of land parcels within designated areas and being a one-stop shop for planning and development approval.
It’s a radical approach, but at its heart is this government’s commitment to keep home ownership within reach of ordinary Queenslanders. I must stress that it will not allow developers to sidestep environmental laws.
This is a long overdue move to slash the duplication and red tape that is needlessly contributing to prices that make it hard for young Queenslanders to buy their own place.
Operation of the Authority, including its role and institutional arrangements, will be outlined in legislation to be introduced next month and it will begin operating by November.
25 July, 2007
Media inquiries: Premiers Office 3224 4500
Deputy Premiers Office 3224 6900
The Urban Land Development Authority is the centrepiece of the State Government’s Housing Affordability Strategy launched today.
The new authority will accelerate the release of surplus land and ensure there are no unnecessary delays in its development.
The authority will take over responsibility for development approvals on land under its control, cutting months off the process and delivering potential savings of $15,000-$20,000 to homebuyers.
It also will take control of strategic areas of inner-city land earmarked for urban renewal to ensure developments are world-class precincts that cater for a diverse range of accommodation.
On sites nominated by the Queensland Government, the role of the Authority will be to undertake land use planning, amalgamation and acquisition of sites, and then on-sell land to the private sector with approvals in place.
The new authority will have the power to deliver a range of housing styles to meet the changing needs of the community and can attach conditions of sale to require a component of affordable housing.
The Government has nominated five initial development sites at Woolloongabba, Bowen Hills, Northshore (Hamilton), Fitzgibbon and Mackay Showgrounds.
These sites cover more than 700 hectares of land and deliver housing for more than
20,000 Queenslanders.
This new body has been given unprecedented powers to get the job done.
The authority has been developed after consultation with the industry and targets the issues they rate as stumbling blocks, primarily bottlenecks in the development approvals process.
We’ve listened to the industry’s advice on how to make housing more affordable and this is their chance to show us they are fair dinkum.
The authority’s job is to provide the strong leadership that ensures owning a home stays within reach of ordinary Queenslanders.
It’s role will include amalgamation of land parcels within designated areas and being a one-stop shop for planning and development approval.
It’s a radical approach, but at its heart is this government’s commitment to keep home ownership within reach of ordinary Queenslanders. I must stress that it will not allow developers to sidestep environmental laws.
This is a long overdue move to slash the duplication and red tape that is needlessly contributing to prices that make it hard for young Queenslanders to buy their own place.
Operation of the Authority, including its role and institutional arrangements, will be outlined in legislation to be introduced next month and it will begin operating by November.
25 July, 2007
Media inquiries: Premiers Office 3224 4500
Deputy Premiers Office 3224 6900