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Development applications in Ooralea

Every application Landbrief has seen on the Mackay Regional Council public register for Ooralea — 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 Ooralea flooded? Recorded flood history for the suburb

About Ooralea

35
median age
$2248
household income / wk
$440
rent / wk
$1820
mortgage / mo
2.7
people / household

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

5
applications on record
3
lodged in 90 days
2
decided

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What's being applied for

Reconfiguring a lot 2
Operational works 2
Other 1

Zones these sites sit in

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

Emerging community 2
Low density residential 1
Rural 1

Recent applications (5 in the last 6 months)

DA-2014-92/E Reconfiguring a lot · lodged 2 Oct 2026

Change Application (Minor) Reconfiguring a Lot - Development Permit for Subdivision (1 Lot into 71 Lots and Balance Lot)

25 Schmidtkes Road OORALEA QLD 4740 Decision Period Council record
DA-2026-231 Reconfiguring a lot · lodged 27 Sep 2026

Reconfiguring a Lot - Development Permit for Boundary Realignment (4 Lots into 4 Lots) - Tradeable Development Rights

101 Schmidtkes Road OORALEA QLD 4740 Zone: Rural Confirmation Notice Pending Council record
OW-2026-54 Operational works · lodged 5 Aug 2026

Operational Works - Development Permit for Civil Works - Stage 1

L 8 Schmidtkes Road OORALEA QLD 4740 Zone: Emerging community Application Withdrawn Council record
DA-2023-126/A Other · lodged 17 Jun 2026

Change (Other) - Material Change of Use - Development Permit for Showroom, Hardware, Trade Supplies, Service Station and Food & Drink Outlet, and Reconfiguring a Lot - Development Permit for Subdivision (1 Lot into 14 L…

L 3 Schmidtkes Road OORALEA QLD 4740 Zone: Low density residential External Referrals Council record
OW-2025-66 Operational works · lodged 22 Oct 2025

Operational Works - Development Permit for Civil Works - Stage 1

L 8 Schmidtkes Road OORALEA QLD 4740 Zone: Emerging community Approved Subject to Conditions Council record

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 Mackay 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.