Development applications in Picnic Bay

Every application Landbrief has seen on the Townsville City Council public register for Picnic Bay — 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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Free, and no sign-up: type a Picnic Bay address to see its planning zone and how many planning overlays apply. The full report ($49 incl. GST) names each one.

Property address

Has Picnic Bay flooded? Recorded flood history for the suburb

About Picnic Bay

median age

$870

household income / wk

$250

rent / wk

$1469

mortgage / mo

1.8

people / household

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

applications on record

lodged in 90 days

decided

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We watch the Townsville City 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.

What's being applied for

Material change of use 2

Reconfiguring a lot 1

Zones these sites sit in

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

Low Density Residential 1

Recent applications (3 in the last 6 months)

MCU26/0102 Material change of use · lodged 22 Sep 2026

Code Assessable - Utility Installation (Extension to Existing Utility Installation Facility & Concurrent ERA63(1)(c))

11 - 63 West Point Road PICNIC BAY QLD 4819 Assessment Council record

RAL26/0087 Reconfiguring a lot · lodged 7 Aug 2026

Code Assessable - Reconfiguring a lot - 2 Lots into 4 Lots and Access and Services Easement

1 Magnetic Street PICNIC BAY QLD 4819 Zone: Low Density Residential Information Request Part Council record

MCU26/0045 Material change of use · lodged 20 May 2026

Code Assessable - Dwelling House (Landslide Hazard Overlay) combined with CAR26/0280

3 / 1 Picnic Street PICNIC BAY QLD 4819 Development Approval Takes Effect Council record

Zones and overlays explained: what each Queensland zone allows · what planning overlays such as flood and bushfire change

Nearby suburbs in Townsville

Aitkenvale 11 Kirwan 11 Rasmussen 10 Garbutt 9 Idalia 8 Cranbrook 7 Bushland Beach 6 Douglas 6 North Ward 6 Pimlico 6 Alligator Creek 5 Rosslea 5

Application details are reproduced from the Townsville City 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.