What can you build in Gold Coast?

Check any Gold Coast property against the planning layers that control it under the Gold Coast City Plan (Version 13) — and get the full picture as a planner-grade PDF report in minutes.

Full council scheme coverage — every overlay auto-checked — 13 state-wide checks + 23 City of Gold Coast scheme overlay maps, every one queried automatically .

City of Gold Coast application fees (2026/2027): new house $2,587 · 1 → 2 lot subdivision $2,214 — compare every council

Property address

The Gold Coast council area

The outline is the area this page covers; the markers are development applications lodged or decided with City of Gold Coast in the last 14 days.

Larger marker = impact assessable · ✓ = decided. Tap a marker for the application. Boundary © State of Queensland (CC BY 4.0).

Gold Coast scheme overlays we check

· Acid Sulfate Soils Overlay
· Agricultural Land Overlay
· Airport Environs Overlay
· Building Height Overlay
· Bushfire Hazard Overlay
· Coastal Erosion Hazard Overlay
· Dwelling House Overlay
· Environmental Significance Overlay
· Extractive Resources Overlay
· Flood Overlay
· Heritage Overlay
· Industry and Infrastructure Interface Overlay
· Landslide Hazard Overlay
· Light Rail Urban Renewal Area Overlay
· Minimum Lot Size Overlay
· Residential Density Overlay
· Party House Area Overlay
· Mudgeeraba Village Character Overlay
· Ridges and Significant Hills Overlay
· Regional Infrastructure Overlay
· Water Resource Catchment Overlay
· Road Hierarchy Overlay
· Transport Noise Corridor Overlay

Queensland-wide checks (every address)

· Flood study areas
· Vegetation management (regulated vegetation)
· Protected plants / flora survey triggers
· Priority agricultural areas
· Strategic environmental areas
· Priority living areas
· Coastal management districts
· Coastal hazard areas
· Wetlands
· Acid sulfate soils
· Water resource plan areas
· State-controlled roads

Development activity by suburb

What's been applied for on the City of Gold Coast register, suburb by suburb — updated daily.

Southport 128 Surfers Paradise 107 Palm Beach 105 Burleigh Heads 87 Coomera 67 Mermaid Waters 65 Broadbeach Waters 64 Upper Coomera 62 Stapylton 60 Worongary 58 Mermaid Beach 50 Pimpama 50 Yatala 45 Paradise Point 41 Currumbin Waters 39 Ormeau 39 Labrador 38 Tugun 38 Biggera Waters 37 Jacobs Well 35 Mudgeeraba 33 Nerang 33 Robina 32 Bundall 28 Hope Island 28 Miami 28 Molendinar 27 Runaway Bay 27 Tallebudgera 27 Ashmore 25 Broadbeach 25 Helensvale 25 Burleigh Waters 22 Bonogin 21 Carrara 21 Main Beach 21 Tallai 19 Varsity Lakes 17 Benowa 16 Coolangatta 16 Currumbin 15 Willow Vale 15 Maudsland 14 Elanora 13 Hollywell 13 Luscombe 13 Merrimac 13 Arundel 12 Bilinga 12 Mount Nathan 11 Alberton 10 Coombabah 10 Gaven 10 Oxenford 10 Ormeau Hills 9 Tallebudgera Valley 9 Advancetown 8 Currumbin Valley 8 Wongawallan 8 Gilston 7 Highland Park 7 Parkwood 7 Reedy Creek 7 Clear Island Waters 6 Pacific Pines 6 Springbrook 6 Guanaba 5 Steiglitz 5 Lower Beechmont 4 Gilberton 3

Has Gold Coast flooded? Flood history by suburb

Development application alerts, free

Watch Gold Coast for development applications

Get a brief whenever a development application — a DA, the plans lodged with council before building starts — is lodged or decided near you, with the zone and planning constraints for the site. Rolling out council by council.

Reports are automated information summaries drawn from Queensland Government and City of Gold Coast spatial services. They are not planning advice; data coverage is disclosed on every report.