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Development applications in The Leap

Every application Landbrief has seen on the Mackay Regional Council public register for The Leap — 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.

Check your own address in The Leap

Free, and no sign-up: type a The Leap address to see its planning zone and how many planning overlays apply. The full report ($49 incl. GST) names each one.

Has The Leap flooded? Recorded flood history for the suburb

About The Leap

48
median age
$2486
household income / wk
$250
rent / wk
$2000
mortgage / mo
2.8
people / household

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

5
applications on record
1
lodged in 90 days
5
decided

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We watch the Mackay Regional Council register daily. When an application is lodged or decided near you, you get a brief with the zone and planning constraints for the site.

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What's being applied for

Material change of use 5

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.

Rural 3
Rural residential 1

Recent applications (5 in the last 6 months)

DA-2026-233 Material change of use · lodged 2 Oct 2026

Material Change of Use - Development Permit for Dwelling House (Class 1a) (Extractive Resources and High Impact Activities)

L 7 Bruce Highway THE LEAP QLD 4740 Approved Subject to Conditions Council record
DA-2026-161 Material change of use · lodged 10 Jul 2026

Material Change of Use - Development Permit for Dwelling House (Class 1a) - Bushfire Hazard Overlay

14 Balnagowan Mandarana Road THE LEAP QLD 4740 Zone: Rural Approved Subject to Conditions Council record
DA-2026-111 Material change of use · lodged 25 May 2026

Material Change of Use - Development Permit for Dwelling House (Secondary Dwelling - Class 1a) (Bushfire Hazard and Extractive Resources and High Impact Activities Overlays)

12 Balnagowan Mandarana Road THE LEAP QLD 4740 Zone: Rural Approved Subject to Conditions Council record
DA-2026-123 Material change of use · lodged 19 May 2026

Material Change of Use - Development Permit for Dwelling House (Class 1a) (Extractive Resources and High Impact Activities Overlay)

L 61 Balnagowan Mandarana Road THE LEAP QLD 4740 Zone: Rural Approved Subject to Conditions Council record
DA-2026-104 Material change of use · lodged 6 May 2026

Material Change of Use - Development Permit for Dwelling House (Secondary Dwelling - Class 1a) - Siting

116 Ian Reddacliff Drive THE LEAP QLD 4740 Zone: Rural residential 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.