What can you build in Bundaberg?

Check any Bundaberg property against the planning layers that control it under the Bundaberg Regional Council Planning Scheme 2015 (Version 6.7, effective 28 August 2026) — and get the full picture as a planner-grade PDF report in minutes.

Full council scheme coverage — every overlay auto-checked — 13 state-wide checks + 13 Bundaberg Regional Council scheme overlay maps, every one queried automatically .

Bundaberg Regional Council application fees (2026/2027): new house $1,355 · 1 → 2 lot subdivision $4,545 — compare every council

Property address

The Bundaberg council area

The outline is the area this page covers; the markers are development applications lodged or decided with Bundaberg Regional Council in the last 14 days.

Larger marker = impact assessable · ✓ = decided. Tap a marker for the application. Boundary © State of Queensland (CC BY 4.0).

Bundaberg scheme overlays we check

· Acid Sulfate Soils Overlay
· Agricultural Land Overlay
· Airport Environs Overlay
· Biodiversity Overlay
· Bushfire Hazard Overlay
· Coastal Protection Overlay
· Extractive Resources Overlay
· Flood Hazard Overlay
· Heritage and Neighbourhood Character Overlay
· Infrastructure Overlay
· Mining Tenements Overlay
· Steep Land Overlay
· Water Resource Catchment Overlay

Queensland-wide checks (every address)

· Flood study areas
· Vegetation management (regulated vegetation)
· Protected plants / flora survey triggers
· Priority agricultural areas
· Strategic environmental areas
· Priority living areas
· Coastal management districts
· Coastal hazard areas
· Wetlands
· Acid sulfate soils
· Water resource plan areas
· State-controlled roads

Development activity by suburb

What's been applied for on the Bundaberg Regional Council register, suburb by suburb — updated daily.

Bargara 143 Innes Park 98 Burnett Heads 84 Branyan 69 Woodgate 63 Elliott Heads 58 Moore Park Beach 42 Gooburrum 33 Kensington 33 Bundaberg North 30 Kalkie 30 Thabeban 28 Walkervale 27 Bundaberg West 24 Childers 24 Bundaberg Central 22 Coral Cove 22 Bundaberg East 21 Bundaberg South 20 Avoca 19 Buxton 19 Bucca 18 Sharon 18 Ashfield 17 Gin Gin 17 Norville 17 Avenell Heights 16 Svensson Heights 15 Kepnock 13 Apple Tree Creek 12 Miara 12 South Kolan 12 Millbank 11 Alloway 10 Redridge 10 Welcome Creek 9 Woongarra 9 Horton 8 Qunaba 8 Avondale 6 Booyal 6 North Isis 6 Oakwood 6 Windermere 6 Maroondan 5 Calavos 4 Cordalba 4 Delan 4 Mullett Creek 4 South Bingera 4 Coonarr 3 Goodwood 3 Mcilwraith 3 Meadowvale 3 Rubyanna 3 South Isis 3 Yandaran 3

Has Bundaberg flooded? Flood history by suburb

Development application alerts, free

Watch Bundaberg for development applications

Get a brief whenever a development application — a DA, the plans lodged with council before building starts — is lodged or decided near you, with the zone and planning constraints for the site. Rolling out council by council.

Reports are automated information summaries drawn from Queensland Government and Bundaberg Regional Council spatial services. They are not planning advice; data coverage is disclosed on every report.