Local Government Infrastructure Plan

Council's Local Government Infrastructure Plan (LGIP) forms part of the planning scheme - Cairns Plan 2016.

The purpose of the LGIP is to:

• integrate infrastructure planning with the land use planning identified in CairnsPlan 2016;
• provide transparency regarding Council’s intentions for the provision of trunk infrastructure for the Region;
• enable Council  to estimate the cost of infrastructure provision to assist its long term financial planning;
• ensure that trunk infrastructure is planned and provided in an efficient and orderly manner; and
• provide a basis for the imposition of conditions about infrastructure on development approvals.

The LGIP identifies trunk infrastructure plans for the following five networks that provide essential services for development:

• water supply;
• wastewater;
• stormwater;
• transport;
• public parks and land for community facilities.

For more information, contact Council at planningscheme@cairns.qld.gov.au or telephone 1300 69 22 47.