About the webinar

The Department of State Development, Infrastructure and Planning (DSDIP) have released the 2026 draft Queensland State Planning Policy (SPP) for consultation.

This webinar gives attendees an opportunity to understand directly from DSDIP about the main changes proposed in the SPP and related documents namely:

• The draft State Planning Policy
• Assessment benchmarks
• Natural hazards
• Ministers Guidelines and rules.

And the background for these changes.

Key proposed changes

The draft State Planning Policy proposes a revised framework designed to improve clarity, usability and efficiency while supporting Queensland's long-term housing, economic, environmental and infrastructure needs.

While the draft State Planning Policy retains many existing State Planning Policy outcomes, it introduces several changes to the framework’s structure and organisation:

• six new strategic aspirations to guide planning outcomes and help balance competing state interests
• a revised structure designed to make the State Planning Policy easier to navigate, understand and apply
• a new Environment, Heritage and Efficient Growth state interest to support coordinated growth while protecting the environment, heritage and natural and rural landscapes
• updated and streamlined state interests, including new policies and revised interests
• a revised approach to natural hazards and resilience, including a greater focus on risk-based planning for natural hazards
• proposed removal of assessment benchmarks from the State Planning Policy, and proposed to be re-located and consolidated to the Planning Regulation 2017 with other development assessment benchmarks.

Who should attend?

Attendess from local government, industry, community organisations and interested Queenslanders are encouraged to attend.

Meet the Speaker

Alice Brown is the Executive Director Policy and Statutory Planning at DSDIP

Alice is a Senior public sector executive with over 20 years' experience leading complex policy, legislative and infrastructure reform across state and local government in Queensland, New South Wales and Western Australia.

Her combined qualifications in urban planning and business administration have enabled the successful progression of significant city development and infrastructure funding and contribution initiatives. Her professional experience also includes concurrent sessional university lecturing in planning at Curtin University and the University of New South Wales, complementing work in public policy, planning reform and implementation.

This webinar will run for one hour off Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) and due to potential sensitive nature of some elements of the discussion, it will not be recorded, attendees will need to attend the live session.

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