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Development applications in Cairns City

Every application Landbrief has seen on the Cairns Regional Council public register for Cairns City — 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 Cairns City address to see its planning zone and how many planning overlays apply. The full report ($49 incl. GST) names each one.

Has Cairns City flooded? Recorded flood history for the suburb

About Cairns City

44
median age
$1627
household income / wk
$413
rent / wk
$1733
mortgage / mo
1.9
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

Recent applications (3 in the last 6 months)

14370/2026 Other · lodged 23 Sep 2026

Change Application (Minor Change) Material Change of Use Outdoor Sales

144 Sheridan Street CAIRNS CITY QLD 4870 Council record
14333/2026 Other · lodged 3 Sep 2026

Change Application (Minor Change) Material Change of Use - Holiday Accommodation, Multiple Dwellings, Business Facilities & Shops

1 Sheridan Street CAIRNS CITY QLD 4870 Council record
14320/2026 Other · lodged 26 Aug 2026

Material Change of Use Hotel

113-117 Sheridan Street CAIRNS CITY QLD 4870 Council record

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

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Nearby suburbs in Cairns

Edmonton 13 Clifton Beach 10 Gordonvale 9 Edge Hill 7 Kewarra Beach 7 Cairns North 6 Caravonica 5 Parramatta Park 5 Smithfield 5 Trinity Beach 5 Machans Beach 4 Manunda 4

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.