What can you build in Mackay?

Check any Mackay property against the planning layers that control it under the Mackay Region Planning Scheme 2017 (Version 5.0, adopted 1 June 2026, commenced 15 June 2026) — 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 + 11 Mackay Regional Council scheme overlay maps, every one queried automatically .

Mackay Regional Council application fees (2026/2027): new house $850 · 1 → 2 lot subdivision $3,400 — compare every council

Property address

The Mackay council area

The outline is the area this page covers; the markers are development applications lodged or decided with Mackay Regional Council in the last 14 days.

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

Mackay scheme overlays we check

· Acid sulfate soils overlay
· Agricultural land overlay
· Airport environs overlay
· Biodiversity overlay
· Bushfire hazard overlay
· Extractive resources and high impact activities overlay
· Flood and coastal hazards overlay
· Heritage and neighbourhood character overlay
· Landscape character and image corridor overlay
· Landslide hazard overlay
· Regional infrastructure 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 Mackay Regional Council register, suburb by suburb — updated daily.

Paget 24 Sarina 21 Rural View 20 South Mackay 15 East Mackay 13 Bakers Creek 12 Andergrove 11 Mackay 11 West Mackay 11 North Mackay 10 Walkerston 10 Beaconsfield 8 Bloomsbury 8 Eton 8 Finch Hatton 7 Glenella 7 Midge Point 7 Eimeo 6 Habana 5 Marian 5 Mount Pleasant 5 Ooralea 5 The Leap 5 Alligator Creek 4 Bucasia 4 Mirani 4 Seaforth 4 Slade Point 4 Blacks Beach 3 Kuttabul 3 Netherdale 3 Palmyra 3 Richmond 3 Victoria Plains 3

Has Mackay flooded? Flood history by suburb

Development application alerts, free

Watch Mackay 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 Mackay Regional Council spatial services. They are not planning advice; data coverage is disclosed on every report.