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Development applications in Bayview Heights

Every application Landbrief has seen on the Cairns Regional Council public register for Bayview Heights — what's proposed, whereabouts, and the planning zone of each site. Updated daily. Seen one you want to object to? Here is how to object to a development application.

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Free, and no sign-up: type a Bayview Heights address to see its planning zone and how many planning overlays apply. The full report ($49 incl. GST) names each one.

Has Bayview Heights flooded? Recorded flood history for the suburb

About Bayview Heights

43
median age
$1906
household income / wk
$390
rent / wk
$1625
mortgage / mo
2.6
people / household

Census 2021, Australian Bureau of Statistics — the suburb, not this street.

3
applications on record
3
lodged in 90 days
0
decided

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What's being applied for

Other 3

Zones these sites sit in

The zone sets what a site can be used for. Landbrief resolves it for each application from the Cairns Regional Council scheme mapping — the register itself doesn't publish it.

Low Density Residential 1

Recent applications (3 in the last 6 months)

14418/2026 Other · lodged 17 Oct 2026

Operational Works Minor Earthworks

18 Yara Street BAYVIEW HEIGHTS QLD 4868 Zone: Low Density Residential Council record
14360/2026 Other · lodged 21 Sep 2026

Operational Works Secondary Crossover & Tree Removal

53 Karwin Street BAYVIEW HEIGHTS QLD 4868 Council record
14329/2026 Other · lodged 1 Sep 2026

Building Works Assessable Against the Planning Scheme Dwelling House

25 Pheasant Street BAYVIEW HEIGHTS QLD 4868 Council record

Zones and overlays explained: what each Queensland zone allows · what planning overlays such as flood and bushfire change

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Application details are reproduced from the Cairns Regional Council public development register and may lag the council's own record; follow the council link for the authoritative file. Zones are resolved by Landbrief from published scheme mapping. Nothing here is planning advice.