Local Government Infrastructure Plan (LGIP)

Council’s Local Government Infrastructure Plan (LGIP) is an important part of our Planning Scheme. It identifies and prioritises the trunk (higher order) infrastructure needed to support current and future urban development within the Priority Infrastructure Area (PIA).

What is the Priority Infrastructure Area (PIA)?

The PIA is a defined area of suitable land within the city where adequate infrastructure currently exists or can be more efficiently provided to accommodate forecast population and employment growth for the next 10 to 15 years.

What is trunk infrastructure?

Trunk infrastructure provides vital services to our communities. These are:

  • the green spaces, parks and sporting fields in which we play and relax
  • the roads that connect our neighbourhoods to the major State Government-managed roads
  • the pathways on which we cycle and walk
  • the stormwater systems that manage the impact of development on the health of our floodplains and waterways.

The LGIP focuses on trunk infrastructure across three networks:

  • public parks and land for community facilities
  • transport (roads and active)
  • stormwater (quality and quantity).

Current LGIP

A Local Government Infrastructure Plan (LGIP) is an important document that enables City of Moreton Bay to deliver infrastructure, services, and facilities in line with community needs, the rate of growth, and changing demand across the city. An updated LGIP allows Council to integrate infrastructure planning with land use planning. Council also uses this to levy infrastructure charges on new development to fund trunk infrastructure like roads and open spaces for the community.

Council’s LGIP is reviewed and amended at regular intervals and community consultation is an important part of this process.

On 14 June 2023, Council resolved to start the process of amending the LGIP, to reflect:

  • refinements to trunk network planning that have been completed since December 2021
  • updates to the schedule of works to reflect these refinements
  • updates to unit costs to deliver trunk infrastructure
  • administrative updates to make the LGIP easier to read and use.

The State Government is currently reviewing the proposed LGIP Amendment No. 2. Once the review is complete, Council will invite the community to provide feedback on the proposed LGIP Amendment No. 2 during a public consultation period. It is anticipated this will occur late 2024 to early 2025. View further details of the proposed LGIP amendment.

Land nominations for LGIP infrastructure items

The LGIP nominates the location and area of land needed for future trunk infrastructure.

For some future infrastructure items, the land requirements can be specifically identified, while for others it is indicative only. Indicative nominations occur where the planning for and design of an item has not reached a point where the land requirements can be specifically identified.

Council recognises the importance of giving our communities, landowners and developers certainty. So, we work to refine indicative nominations as soon as can be reasonably achieved. This is done through a range of ways including:

  • Council’s comprehensive site selection process
  • conditioning infrastructure provision as part of development assessment processes
  • updating the LGIP.

The statutory process to amend the LGIP can take some time. Updates about the land requirements for trunk infrastructure items will be posted on Council's website where appropriate, to provide certainty, as soon as possible, to landowners affected by indicative LGIP land nominations.

Securing land required for trunk infrastructure

The land required for trunk infrastructure may be already owned by Council or may be land that Council intends to acquire in the future when demand triggers the delivery of that infrastructure item. Council decides when required land will be acquired based on:

  • anticipated timeframe for delivery of the infrastructure item
  • current and emerging demand for the infrastructure
  • Council’s budget and long-term financial planning
  • other special circumstances that may be affecting specific land parcels.

Council is committed to fair and reasonable land acquisition negotiations with landowners when the decision is made to purchase or acquire land for the purposes of delivering trunk infrastructure. Each property acquisition is done on a case-by-case basis that considers the unique circumstance of the landowners and current market valuations. 

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