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Development applications in Scarness

Every application Landbrief has seen on the Fraser Coast Regional Council public register for Scarness — 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 Scarness flooded? Recorded flood history for the suburb

About Scarness

51
median age
$933
household income / wk
$300
rent / wk
$1244
mortgage / mo
2.0
people / household

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

14
applications on record
5
lodged in 90 days
11
decided

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What's being applied for

Material change of use 1
Reconfiguring a lot 10
Operational works 2
Building works 1

Zones these sites sit in

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

Low Density Residential 5
Medium Density Residential 5
High Density Residential 4

Recent applications (9 in the last 6 months)

CAR26/0355 Reconfiguring a lot · lodged 9 Sep 2026

Pre-lodgement Concurrence Agency Referral - Dwelling House (Domestic Outbuilding)

16 Holiday Parade Scarness Qld 4655 Zone: Low Density Residential Application Completed Council record
CAR26/0345 Reconfiguring a lot · lodged 1 Sep 2026

Pre-lodgement Concurrence Agency Referral - Dwelling House (Domestic Outbuilding)

4 Kuruman Street Scarness Qld 4655 Zone: Low Density Residential Application Completed Council record
OPW26/0092 Operational works · lodged 7 Aug 2026

Operational Works - Code - Civil Works - Reconfiguration of Four (4) Lots into a Multi-Res Development

24 Freshwater Street Scarness Qld 4655 Zone: High Density Residential Assessment Council record
DBW25/0027.01 Building works · lodged 5 Aug 2026

Generally in Accordance - Request for endorsement of amended plans for building envelope - Dual Occupancy

6 John Street Scarness Qld 4655 Zone: Low Density Residential Withdrawn Council record
MCU26/0067 Material change of use · lodged 17 Jul 2026

Material Change Of Use - Code - Multiple Dwelling (10 Dwellings)

191 Torquay Road Scarness Qld 4655 Zone: Medium Density Residential Decision Stage Council record
CAR26/0273 Reconfiguring a lot · lodged 30 Jun 2026

Pre-lodgement Concurrence Agency Referral - Dwelling House

130 Torquay Road Scarness Qld 4655 Zone: High Density Residential Application Completed Council record
RAL26/0025 Reconfiguring a lot · lodged 26 Mar 2026

Reconfiguring A Lot - One (1) lot into Three (3) lots and Common Property

125 Torquay Road Scarness Qld 4655 Zone: Medium Density Residential Development Permit Council record
CAR26/0105 Reconfiguring a lot · lodged 9 Mar 2026

Concurrence Agency Referral - Dwelling House

19 Mckean Road Scarness Qld 4655 Zone: High Density Residential Application Completed Council record
CAR26/0060 Reconfiguring a lot · lodged 10 Feb 2026

Pre-lodgement Concurrence Agency Referral - Dwelling House (Domestic Outbuilding)

18 Pohlman Court Scarness Qld 4655 Zone: Low Density Residential Application Completed Council record

5 older applications on record (since 2025) — the full Scarness history is part of Landbrief Pro.

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 Fraser Coast 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.