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Last Updated: Thursday, 13 June 2024 14:48

We have undertaken a residential land supply analysis to identify the amount of land currently available for residential development and determine whether sufficient land is available.

Residential land supply analysis findings

  • There is 1,609 hectares of unconstrained vacant and under-developed land zoned for residential development within the Greater Toowoomba area.
  • This land has the potential to accommodate 12,833 houses and 3,365 units.
  • This land has the potential to accommodate an additional 41,244 people.
  • This supply would meet demand generated by population growth for approximately 27 years.
  • The land supply is spread across nine locations throughout the Greater Toowoomba area, supplying multiple housing markets and supporting a diversity of housing types.
  • There are approximately 4,300 approved lots and 1,300 approved units that have not been released to the market. This represents approximately eight years supply.
  • Land fragmentation and the absence of trunk infrastructure is a development constraint in Drayton. Our Local Government Infrastructure Plan identifies that this infrastructure will be supplied within the period 2021-2025.
  • Land fragmentation is a development constraint in Glenvale, limiting the pace at which development is delivered.
  • Low market attraction has impeded the take-up of developed land in Cotswold Hills.

While there is sufficient land designated for residential development, current land ownership patterns, land fragmentation, infrastructure requirements and market preference issues are contributing to difficulties experienced by some developers in acquiring land for residential development.

Our ability to release new land for residential development is restricted to land within the Urban Footprint under the South East Queensland Regional Plan. Most of the land within the Urban Footprint is already zoned for residential development. None of the areas that aren’t, offer a viable short-term development option.

Growth management plan

We're currently developing a growth management plan that will identify preferred areas for residential development within the Toowoomba Region over the next 30 years. This work will be completed by the end of 2021.

When completed, this plan will enable us to advise the State Government on changes that may be required to the Urban Footprint to support residential development within the Greater Toowoomba area.

A review of the South East Queensland Regional Plan is anticipated within the next one to three years.

 

Related Documents

Residential Land Supply - Short Term Supply Snapshot May 2021

Toowoomba Urban Extent: Housing Needs Analysis