CairnsPlan 2016 Version 3.0

The CairnsPlan 2016 Version 3.0 was adopted by Cairns Regional Council on 13 October 2021 and was superseded by the CairnsPlan 2016 v3.1 on 2 August 2022.

CairnsPlan 2016 Version 2.1

The CairnsPlan 2016 v2.1 was adopted on 23 October 2019 and was superseded by the CairnsPlan 2016 v3.0 on 26 October 2021.

CairnsPlan 2016 Version 2.0

Version 2.0 of the CairnsPlan 2016 commenced on 9 September 2019 and was superseded by Version 2.1 which commenced on 11 November 2019.

CairnsPlan 2016 Version 1.3

This version of the CairnsPlan 2016 commenced on 15 April 2019 and was superseded by Version 2.0 which commenced on 9 September 2019.

CairnsPlan 2016 Version 1.2

Version 1.2 of the CairnsPlan 2016 commenced on 11 December 2017 and was superseded by Version 1.3 from 15 April 2019.

CairnsPlan 2016 Version 1.1

CairnsPlan 2016 Version 1.1 commenced on 1 July 2017 and was superseded by Version 1.2 from 11 December 2017.

CairnsPlan 2016 Version 1.0

CairnsPlan 2016 v1.0 commenced on 1 March 2016 and was superseded on 1 July 2017 by CairnsPlan 2016 v1.1.

CairnsPlan 2009

The CairnsPlan 2009 was superseded by CairnsPlan 2016 which commenced on 1 March 2016.

CairnsPlan 2005

The CairnsPlan 2005 was superseded by the CairnsPlan 2009, which came into effect in March 2009

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