MBRC Planning Scheme - Centre zone
The Centre zone includes a mix of business, retail, community and cultural uses within a compact area.
What is the purpose of this zone?
This zone aims to create places that are:
- centralised hubs of economic activity and growth
- lively places that provide for the community’s needs
- attractive, well designed and safe
- highly accessible for pedestrians, cyclist and public transport
- sensitively designed to capitalise on the climate and mitigate impacts of stormwater run-off
- appropriate to the location in their role and function.
Land in the Redcliffe Kippa-Ring local plan may also be in the Centre zone. Refer to the information sheet for further details about this local plan.
Example of Centre zone mapping
Centre zone
Centre zone precincts
All land in the Centre Zone, except where in a local plan, is included in one of six precincts. Zone precincts provide greater clarity about the types of development intended in a particular location. These precincts are:
- Caboolture centre precinct – A main centre for administration and business
- Morayfield centre precinct – A main centre for a limited mix of predominately large format retail and commercial activities which support commercial or retail functions of the Caboolture centre precinct
- Strathpine centre precinct – A main centre for administration and business
- District centre precinct – Large centres with a wide range of services and facilities at a lower scale and intensity than higher order centres, serving a smaller catchment population
- Local centre precinct – Small centres with a limited range of services, including convenience retail, serving a local neighbourhood catchment
- Specialised centre precinct – Areas that accommodate large bulky good retail activities. Development does not compete with or undermine the role, function or viability of other precincts
Smaller neighbourhood centres and corner stores, referred to in the planning scheme as "Neighbourhood hubs", are not in the Centre zone. Refer to the General residential zone for more information.
The major activity centre and local centres at North lakes are not in the Centre zone. Most of the land in the North Lakes locality does not have a zone in the MBRC Planning Scheme. This is intentional and needed to allow the existing planning arrangements to continue. In accordance with Part 10.1 of the planning scheme, development within the North Lakes locality is regulated by the Mango Hill Infrastructure Development Control Plan.
The major activity and local centres at The Mill at Moreton Bay Priority Development Area (PDA) are not in the Centre zone. Most of the land in The Mill does not have a zone in the MBRC Planning Scheme. This is intentional and needed to allow the existing planning arrangements to continue. In accordance with Part 10.2 of the planning scheme, development within The Mill locality is regulated by The Mill at Moreton Bay Priority Development Area (PDA) Development Scheme.
What can I expect to see in this zone?
The following table gives an overview of the precincts that can be found within a Centre zone. The first column contains the different types of precincts. The second column identities the location of each of these precincts. The third and final column details the types of uses that can be expected in each precinct.
| Precincts |
Location |
Overview of precinct |
| Higher order centre precinct |
- Caboolture
- Morayfield
- Strathpine
Note: Redcliffe Kippa-Ring and North Lakes centres are also Higher order centres, however are not included in these centres having either a local plan or covered by Part 10 of the planning scheme. |
- Main regional centres, most intense concentration of retail, commercial and community development.
- Range of uses include:
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- Retail – department stores, discount department stores, showrooms, personal service, full-line supermarkets, full range of specialty stores
- Commercial – key administration centre, State and local government offices, professional and service businesses
- Residential – high density, multi-storey
- Community – artistic, social or cultural facilities, child care, education, emergency services, health services, religious activities, social interaction or entertainment, support services and civic park
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District centre precinct
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- Bellara/Bongaree
- Burpengary
- Deception Bay
- Margate
- Kallangur
- Petrie
- Warner
- Albany Creek
- Rothwell - Deception Bay Road
- Arana Hills
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- Focus for retail and commercial development over a large area.
- Serving between 20,000 – 50,000 people.
- Range of uses include:
- Retail - discount department stores, full-line supermarkets, personal services and specialty stores
- Commercial – intermediate level offices and local professional offices
- Residential – medium density and multi-storey
- Community – artistic, social or cultural facilities, child care, education, emergency services, health services, religious activities, social interaction or entertainment, support services and civic park
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Local centre precinct
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- Albany Creek - Old North Road
- Caboolture, Central Lakes - Pettigrew Street
- Banksia Beach, Banksia Beach Shopping Centre - Sunderland Drive
- Bongaree, First Avenue Strip
- Bray Park, Kensington Village Shopping Centre - Sovereign Avenue
- Beachmere, Beachmere Road
- Clontarf, Elizabeth Avenue
- Kallangur, Lilly Brook Shopping Village - Brickworks Road
- Kippa-Ring, Dolphins Centre - Ashmole Road
- Lawnton, Gympie Road
- Murrumba Downs, Murrumba Shopping Centre - Dohles Rocks Road West
- Narangba, Young Road and Golden Wattle Drive
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- Focus for retail and commercial activity for a local catchment.
- Serving between 10,000 – 15,000 people.
- Range of uses include:
- Retail – a full-line supermarket, convenience stores, personal services and specialty stores
- Commercial – local professional offices
- Residential – medium density, low density and low rise
- Community – artistic, social or cultural facilities, child care, education, emergency services, health services, religious activities, social interaction or entertainment, support services and civic park
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Specialised
centre precinct
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- Mango Hill, Anzac Avenue
- Morayfield - Morayfield Road South
- Rothwell - Anzac Avenue
- Strathpine - Gympie Road South
- Lawnton - Gympie Road
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- Focus for large (bulky goods) showrooms
- Serving between 40,000 – 80,000 people
- Range of uses include:
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- Retail – bulky goods retailing
- Commercial – none permitted
- Residential – no residential uses other than caretakers accommodation
- Community – none permitted
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More information
Assessment benchmarks (requirements) for development (material change of use) in the Centre zone can be found in Part 6, section 6.2.1 Centre zone code. If a lot is in a local plan (e.g. Redcliffe Kippa-Ring), development requirements can be found in Part 7 - Local plans. Refer to Part 5 of the planning scheme to determine the category of development and assessment (type of application required, if any) for development in the centre zone. This can be identified in Section 5.5.1 Centre zone Table of assessment for the levels of assessment for a material change of use. Planning scheme policy - Centre and neighbourhood hub design provides additional information and guidance about satisfying assessment benchmarks identified in the planning scheme.
Assessment benchmarks for reconfiguring a lot in the Centre zone can be found in Part 9, section 9.4.1.1 Reconfiguring a lot code, Centre zone.
Planning scheme policy - Centre and neighbourhood hub design(PDF, 19MB) provides additional information and guidance about satisfying assessment criteria benchmarks identified in the planning scheme.