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Development applications in Portsmith

Every application Landbrief has seen on the Cairns Regional Council public register for Portsmith — 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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Has Portsmith flooded? Recorded flood history for the suburb

About Portsmith

35
median age
$749
household income / wk
$280
rent / wk
$1760
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)

14375/2026 Other · lodged 27 Sep 2026

Operational Works - Commercial Crossover / Additional Crossover Additional Crossover & Driveway

4-6 Hollingsworth Street PORTSMITH QLD 4870 Council record
14364/2026 Other · lodged 21 Sep 2026

Change Application (Minor Change) Material Change of Use Transport Depot

14 Comport Street PORTSMITH QLD 4870 Council record
14290/2026 Other · lodged 10 Aug 2026

Building Works Assessable Against the Planning Scheme Shed

53-75 Buchan Street PORTSMITH 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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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.