Development applications

Application forms and lodgement

The table below lists the forms you need and explains when fees apply for a development application. When you submit a development application, you must include any supporting documents listed on the forms. You may need to include plans, a statement about how the proposed development meets the relevant assessment criteria or a stormwater management report.

For us to assess your application, it needs to be properly made according to the rules in the Planning Act 2016. For more information, please see Properly made applications.

To find out what the application fee is and how to make payment see Fees, charges and payments.

You can lodge your application:

• online – some types of applications can be lodged online, as listed in the table below
• by email - see the table below for the email address
• by post – for the postal address, please see our connect with us page
• in person – you can lodge your application in person at one of our customer service centres.

In line with Queensland's Planning Act 2016, all development application information (e.g. forms, plans, supporting technical reports, submissions, decisions) is published on our website.

To learn more about development assessment, please see our Development in Logan page and watch our short video.

Residential development (houses etc.)

Other development

Before or after your development application

Later stages of development (including plan sealing)

Plumbing and drainage

See Plumbing and Drainage Application Forms and Lodgement.

Building

See Lodgement Information for Building Certifiers.

Properly made applications

A development application is properly made when it has met the requirements under section 51 of the Planning Act 2016.

This section states that all development applications must be:

• made to the assessment manager
• on the approved relevant application form, please see Application forms and lodgement
• accompanied by supporting information identified on the approved form
• accompanied by the owner’s consent (for any Material Change of Use of premises or Reconfiguring a Lot applications under section 51 of the Planning Act 2016)
• accompanied by the application fee fixed by resolution of Council, please see Fees, charges and payments.

When the above requirements are met, the application will become properly made and the assessment process will start.

We will issue a Confirmation Notice to the applicant within five business days (under Part 1 (Application) of the Queensland Government - Development Assessment Rules).

We will issue an Action Notice to the applicant if a development application does not meet the properly made requirements.

The applicant must take the action outlined in the Action Notice within 20 business days after receiving the notice. If the required action is not undertaken within that period, the application is considered not made (in line with Part 1 (Application) of the Development Assessment Rules).

Required supporting information

Supporting information may be required with your application (detailed on the development application form).

Development applications generally need the following supporting information:

• information addressing applicable assessment benchmarks (please download the Department of State Development, Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning – DA forms guide: Report template for more information)
• relevant plans of the development (please download the Department of State Development, Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning – DA forms guide: Relevant plans for more information).

Fees, charges and payments

Some development services have a flat fee. Some fees vary depending on the type and scale of development (e.g. how complex or big the development is or what impact it will have).

To work out the fees and charges you can:

• get an estimate of development application fees using the development fees estimator tool in the Logan PD Hub – the estimator will give you a report that you can download (as a PDF) and attach to your application if you need to explain the fee amount entered
• See our Register of fees and charges - look under development assessment in the table of contents to find the fee that applies to your development or request.

There may be several stages in the development process, and fees may be payable at each stage. The Logan PD Hub includes functions to estimate costs for:

• vegetation clearing (see the environmental offset estimate tool)
• infrastructure charges (see the infrastructure charges estimate tool).

If a discount is applicable (e.g. for charities or as a result of negotiations), relevant and current supporting documentation must be provided with the application.

Payment options

Planning and development application fees are payable when the application or request is lodged. When you lodge the application, you can choose to pay:

• online with a credit card
• online using the online payment reference number located at the bottom of the notice of account
• by BPay with a savings or cheque account using the biller code and reference number located at the bottom of the notice of account (there is a limit of $500,000 for each BPay payment, but you can make multiple payments if needed)
• by email to council@logan.qld.gov.au – an officer will call you for your credit card payment
• by direct deposit (this option applies to large business customers with multiple transactions) – to arrange direct deposit, please email council@logan.qld.gov.au
• by post with a cheque or money order to our postal address
• in person at one of our customer service centres.

A merchant surcharge fee of 0.34% will apply to all online payments.

Viewing lodged applications

Information about development applications that have been lodged with Council is available from the Development Enquiry Tool. You can see if the application has been approved or not, and find out more by looking at the application documents like:

• application forms
• plans of development plans
• notices issued (including decision notices which say if the development has been approved and any conditions that apply)
• other supporting documents like engineering reports or traffic studies, depending on what was relevant for the development.

Applications you have lodged

You can look at applications you have lodged using our Online services (application enquiry). You will need to sign in and choose one of the following:

• development applications: My applications
• building works applications: Notice of engagement applications or Privately certified building work applications
• plumbing and drainage applications: My plumbing and drainage applications.

If we have asked for more information about your proposed development by sending you an action notice or information request, you can upload the documents using our online services (My applications).

Online lodgement frequently asked questions

When I choose 'New application' I can't see the application type I want.

If the application type you want is not listed, it may be because:

1. you need to register as a user and log in to lodge that type of application
2. that type of application cannot be lodged online – please see Application forms and lodgement for the email address to send your application (whether you can lodge online depends on the type of application).

After I submitted my application, it gave me a ‘Multi-item request submission’ page. I thought I only lodged one?

At the bottom of the last page in the online lodgement process (where you confirm your application and accept the terms and conditions), if you choose Add to cart instead of Next, you will see the Multi-item request submission page (even if you've only lodged one application).

If the submission page lists the correct type of application (under transaction type, with a number in the identifier column) your application has lodged successfully.

The transaction reference I received after I lodged my application is not the same format as other application numbers I've seen before.

Application numbers with a prefix like ‘16PA’ for development applications or ‘1PD’ for plumbing and drainage applications are not properly made (e.g. they may be waiting on payment or checking by our team). You can still use the transaction reference number to search for lodged applications. When the application becomes properly made and the assessment process starts, it will be given an application number that indicates the application type (e.g. MCU/156/2018, PD/147/2018).

I have too many attachments, or they seem to be too large and they're not uploading properly.

If your documents are too big or you have too many to upload, please lodge your application online with the minimum attachments (forms and plans). You can email the remaining attachments to DALodgements@logan.qld.gov.au quoting the transaction reference number (displayed on the application submissions page) in your email.

If your attachments are too large to email, you can upload them to a shareable storage facility (e.g. Dropbox, OneDrive, GoogleDocs) and include the link in your email.

If you do not have access to a shareable storage facility, specify that in your email so we can make alternative arrangements.

Do I have to pay when I lodge the application?

You can choose to pay with a credit card when you lodge your application or request a Notice of account (with BPay options). For more information, please see Fees, charges and payments(PDF, 2MB).

Your application will not be properly made (and the assessment process will not start) until you have made the payment. Please email your receipt to DALodgements@logan.qld.gov.au to let us know you have paid.

I've lodged my application but forgot to upload something or loaded the wrong version of an attachment.

If you need to add anything to your application or change something after it has been lodged, please email the information to council@logan.qld.gov.au. In your email, include the application number and property address, and whatever extra or changed information is needed.

Public notification and submissions

Make a submission online

As part of the process of assessing complex (impact assessable) development applications, we give members of the public a chance to look at the application and make comments about it. Members of the public can make comments in a submission to us.

If public notification is needed, it must happen before we decide if the proposed development will be approved.

If public notification is needed, the applicant (developer) must put a notice about the proposed development:

• on the land (e.g. put up a sign on the property)
• in the mail to adjoining property owners (e.g. the developer sends you information if you live next door)
• in at least one local newspaper.

The public notification period must last for at least 15 business days. During this time, members of the public can write to Council about the proposed development giving reasons for either supporting or objecting to the proposed development.

Applications currently on public notification

To view any applications on public notification now, please see Public notification list or the Development Enquiry Tool (select On Notification).

If you have seen a current notice of proposed development or have received a letter about a proposed development near you, but that application is not listed on the Public notification list or in the Development Enquiry Tool, please contact our team.

For more information about applications, including proposed plans, please use the Development Enquiry Tool.

The applications listed in the table below are not available in the Development Enquiry Tool. Please use the links provided to review the application documents (forms, plans of development, etc.).

Making a submission about an application

If you want to object to or support an application for a proposed development, and if you want the right to appeal the decision once it is made by Council, you must make a submission to us. The submissions process is described in the Planning Act 2016.

A properly made submission must:

• be made in writing to us
• be signed by each person making the submission
• be received by us during the public notification period for that application (on or before the last day)
• include the full name and full residential or business street address of each person making the submission
• include the application details
• state the reasons for the submission (e.g. the grounds for your support or objection, facts about the proposed development and any relevant circumstances)
• include a postal or email address for each person making the submission.

You can send your submission in four ways:

• online - please click on the specific application and use the Submit response button; you can also include attachments
• by email - Council@logan.qld.gov.au
• by post - see contact our team for the address
• in person - see contact our team for the address of our customer service centres.

In line with Queensland's Planning Act 2016, all submissions received by Council for a development application are published on our website with the other documents for that application.

After your submission

We will acknowledge your submission within five business days of receiving it.

If you have not received a response after that time, please contact our team.

You can change a submission during the notification period (the period during which submissions can be made) only.

You can withdraw a submission any time before we make a decision.

Application decision

Whilst we consider all submissions in our assessment of the application, only properly made submitters will be notified of our decision.

For petitions, only the principal submitter (i.e. first signatory) will be notified of our decision.

Our decision notice will be available to the public through the Development Enquiry Tool.

All properly made submitters have the right to appeal the decision. The appeal must be lodged to the Planning and Environment Court within 20 business days from the day of receiving the notice of the decision.

All Council and committee meetings are open to the public. However, not all impact assessable development applications need a decision to be made at a Council meeting, it may be decided under delegation by a Council officer.

If the development application requires a decision to be made at a Council meeting, you can request a deputation to address the meeting when the application is considered.

To find out more about Council meetings, please see Committees and meetings.

For more information about a development application submission, please contact our team.

Changing a development approval

Two types of changes can be made to a development approval: a change representation and a change application.

Change representations (changes during the appeal period)

To change to a development approval during the appeal period (after the decision is made by Council), you must lodge a change representation before the appeal period ends.

You can ask us to pause (suspend) the appeal period by giving us notice that you will lodge a change representation. This will allow enough time to make the change representation and for us to consider the requested changes.

To lodge change representations and suspend the appeal period, please contact our team.

For more information, please visit - Queensland Government - Changing, cancelling and extending development approvals fact sheet.

Change application (changes after the appeal period has ended)

To make a change to a development approval after the appeal period has ended, you must lodge a change application.

There are two types of change applications:

• minor change – a change that would not result in a substantially different development (see Schedule 1 of the Queensland Government - Development Assessment (DA) Rules)

To lodge a change application, please see Application forms and lodgement and Fees, charges and payments. Please include supporting information (e.g. plans and statement outlining how the proposal meets the relevant codes).

For more information, please visit Queensland Government - Changing, cancelling and extending development approvals fact sheet.

Extending a development approval (currency period)

Development approvals are valid for a set period of time, which is called the currency period. The currency period is set under Queensland planning legislation.

You can apply to extend the currency period, but you need to apply before the currency period ends.

Different currency periods apply to different types of development approvals:

• material change of use - six year currency period
• reconfiguring a lot - four year currency period
• operational works and building works assessable against a planning scheme - two year currency period.

To apply for the currency period to be extended, please download Extension application form and return it to us with payment - please see Application forms and lodgement and Fees, charges and payments. Please include supporting information (e.g. plans and a statement outlining how the proposal meets the relevant codes).

For more information, please visit Queensland Government - Changing, cancelling and extending development approvals fact sheet.

Certificates

Standard development approval conditions

A development approval may include conditions that need to be met if the development goes ahead.

To make the approval conditions consistent and easier to understand, we use a standard set of conditions for development approvals.

For more information about our standard development approval conditions, please download Standard development approval conditions(PDF, 1MB).

Exemption certificates

In some circumstances, we may provide an exemption certificate to a property owner. An exemption certificate means that a development approval is not needed for their assessable development. This could be for things like an error in the planning scheme.

To view a list of the exemption certificates we have issued, you can:

• download the Exemption certificate register, or
• use our Development Enquiry Tool (click on List and select EC - Exemption Certificates in the Development Type filter field).

For more information about exemption certificates, please visit Queensland Government Exemption certificate fact sheet.

Condition certificates

A development approval may include a condition that asks you to give us for more information. We may need to check or certify the additional information. For example, we may ask for detailed plans or reports that were not available when the development application was lodged and we decided to approve it.

We issue a condition certificate to show that the condition has been met.

To get a condition certificate, please make sure all the information required in the condition is ready before contacting us.

Overlay advice certificate

If an overlay from the Logan Planning Scheme 2015 applies to a property, we can give an overlay advice certificate to confirm how much of the property the overlay affects. Overlays include:

• biodiversity areas overlay
• landslide hazard and steep slope area overlay
• water corridors and wetlands overlay.

To request an overlay advice certificate, please:

• apply online (a fee applies) (if you are not a registered user, you will need to register), or
• fill in the Request for letter of advice form(PDF, 156KB) and return it to us with payment – please see Application forms and lodgement, and Fees, charges and payments.

The development assessment process

All councils in Queensland have a common system for receiving and assessing development applications, guided by the Planning Act 2016.

There are five key parts to the development assessment process:

• application (lodging the application with all the required forms, plans and other information)
• referral (we ask other people to look at the application, if it impacts them – this may include the Queensland Government)
• information request (we do this if we need more information about any part of the application)
• public notification (the time when members of the public can look at the application and comment on it, this is only done for complex (impact assessable) applications)
• decision (we decide whether to approve the application or not).

The development assessment framework describes the process, rules and forms. It also guides the way councils and other agencies assess and make decisions on various types of land use and development proposals and sets out timeframes for each part of the process.

For more information about the assessment process, please visit Queensland Government – Development assessment process.