What can you build in Rockhampton?

Check any Rockhampton property against the planning layers that control it under the Rockhampton Region Planning Scheme 2015 (Version 5 (2025)) — 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 + 22 Rockhampton Regional Council scheme overlay maps, every one queried automatically .

Rockhampton Regional Council application fees (2026/2027): new house $1,336 · 1 → 2 lot subdivision $4,112 — compare every council

Property address

The Rockhampton council area

The outline is the area this page covers; the markers are development applications lodged or decided with Rockhampton 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).

Rockhampton scheme overlays we check

· Acid Sulfate Soils Overlay
· Agricultural Land Classification Overlay
· Airport Environs Overlay
· Biodiversity Areas Overlay
· Bushfire Hazard Overlay
· Coastal Protection Overlay
· Storm Tide Inundation Overlay
· Residential Character Overlay
· Commercial Character Overlay
· Extractive Resources Overlay
· Flood Hazard Overlay
· Local Catchment Planning Area Overlay
· Heritage Overlay
· Steep Land / Landslide Hazard Overlay
· Transport Noise Corridor Overlay
· Regional Infrastructure Overlay
· Road Hierarchy Overlay
· Bicycle Network Overlay
· Transport Route Separation Overlay
· Special Management Area Overlay
· Water Resource Catchment Overlay
· Infrastructure — Sewer/Water Planning 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 Rockhampton Regional Council register, suburb by suburb — updated daily.

Parkhurst 8 Kawana 5 Park Avenue 5 Berserker 4 Frenchville 4 Gracemere 4 Koongal 4 Depot Hill 3 Norman Gardens 3 Rockhampton City 3

Has Rockhampton flooded? Flood history by suburb

Development application alerts, free

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