Planning and Other Legislation (Make Developers Pay) Amendment Bill 2023
Bill Story
The journey of this bill through Parliament, including debate and recorded votes.
Introduced the bill to remove state-imposed caps on infrastructure charges that councils can levy on developers, arguing that big developers should pay their fair share towards community infrastructure.
“I am introducing this bill, the 'make developers pay' bill, because neither of the major parties will. Labor and the LNP have proven that they are incapable of taking on big developers, even when those developers are making housing more expensive, putting workers at risk, leaving subbies and homebuyers out of pocket, or making off with massive profits, all while infrastructure is stretched and underfunded in communities across Queensland.”— 2023-11-15View Hansard
Referred to State Development and Regional Industries Committee
Plain English Summary
Overview
This bill would have removed state-imposed caps on infrastructure charges that local governments can levy on property developers. It lapsed at the end of the 57th Parliament and did not become law. The bill was introduced by a Greens MP and aimed to give councils more flexibility to charge developers for the true cost of providing infrastructure like parks, footpaths, and flood mitigation.
Who it affects
The bill targeted property developers, who would have faced potentially higher infrastructure charges, and local governments, who would have gained more flexibility to fund community infrastructure in growing areas.
Key changes
- Remove state regulation capping maximum infrastructure charges for local governments
- Allow councils to set infrastructure charges based on actual costs of providing trunk infrastructure
- Remove references to maximum adopted charges from the Planning Act 2016
- Make consequential amendments to South-East Queensland Water legislation