Development applications in Smithfield

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

Property address

Has Smithfield flooded? Recorded flood history for the suburb

About Smithfield

median age

$1840

household income / wk

$420

rent / wk

$1755

mortgage / mo

2.6

people / household

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

applications on record

lodged in 90 days

decided

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We watch the Cairns Regional Council register daily. When an application is lodged or decided near you, you get a brief with the zone and planning constraints for the site.

What's being applied for

Other 5

Recent applications (5 in the last 6 months)

14319/2026 Other · lodged 26 Aug 2026

Extension to the Currency Periold Material Change of Use (Shopping Facilities)

Captain Cook Highway SMITHFIELD QLD 4878 Council record

14315/2026 Other · lodged 24 Aug 2026

Operational Works Civil Works (Stage 34 & 35)

802L McGregor Road SMITHFIELD QLD 4878 Council record

14277/2026 Other · lodged 4 Aug 2026

Reconfiguring a Lot 1 Lot into 2 Lots & Common Property

Unit 4 109-117 McGregor Road SMITHFIELD QLD 4878 Council record

14274/2026 Other · lodged 3 Aug 2026

Building Works Assessable Against the Planning Scheme Retaining Wall

18-20 Chatham Terrace SMITHFIELD QLD 4878 Council record

14252/2026 Other · lodged 22 Jul 2026

Building Works Assessable Against the Planning Scheme Shade Sail

1-3 Ainslie Place SMITHFIELD QLD 4878 Council record

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

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 Trinity Beach 5 Machans Beach 4 Manunda 4 Mooroobool 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.