BWAP036-2026
Building works
· lodged 1 Oct 2026
Building Work Assessable Against the Planning Scheme
Development applications in Blackwater
Every application Landbrief has seen on the Central Highlands Regional Council public register for Blackwater — 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 Blackwater flooded? Recorded flood history for the suburb
About Blackwater
31
median age
$2358
household income / wk
$220
rent / wk
$1083
mortgage / mo
2.6
people / household
Census 2021, Australian Bureau of Statistics — the suburb, not this street.
30
applications on record
3
lodged in 90 days
10
decided
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What's being applied for
Operational works
1
Building works
13
Other
16
Zones these sites sit in
The zone sets what a site can be used for. Landbrief resolves it for each application from the Central Highlands Regional Council scheme mapping — the register itself doesn't publish it.
Priority Development Area
21
Industry
3
Recent applications (4 in the last 6 months)
BWAP034-2026
Building works
· lodged 11 Sep 2026
Building Work Assessable Against the Planning Scheme
CHA010-2026
Other
· lodged 17 Aug 2026
Change a Development Approval
BWAP009-2025
Building works
· lodged 15 Apr 2025
Building Work Assessable Against the Planning Scheme
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Zones and overlays explained: what each Queensland zone allows · what planning overlays such as flood and bushfire change
Read next: plain-English guides
- Can I subdivide this block? Subdivision guide
- What is this property zoned? Zoning guide
- Is this address in a flood zone? Flood guide
- What is registered across the lot? Easements guide
- Is the site in a bushfire area? Bushfire guide
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Application details are reproduced from the Central Highlands 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.