Development applications in Railway Estate

Every application Landbrief has seen on the Townsville City Council public register for Railway Estate — 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 Railway Estate address to see its planning zone and how many planning overlays apply. The full report ($49 incl. GST) names each one.

Property address

Has Railway Estate flooded? Recorded flood history for the suburb

About Railway Estate

median age

$1529

household income / wk

$300

rent / wk

$1430

mortgage / mo

2.2

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 2

Recent applications (3 in the last 6 months)

MCU26/0104 Material change of use · lodged 24 Sep 2026

Code Assessable - Dual Occupancy combined with CAR26/0561

10 Second Street RAILWAY ESTATE QLD 4810 Information Request Part Council record

MCU26/0103 Material change of use · lodged 23 Sep 2026

Code Assessable - Dual Occupancy Combined with CAR26/0510

182 Boundary Street RAILWAY ESTATE QLD 4810 Zone: Low Density Residential Assessment Council record

RAL26/0092 Reconfiguring a lot · lodged 13 Aug 2026

Code Assessable - Boundary Realignment - Three Lots into Two Lots

84 Railway Avenue RAILWAY ESTATE QLD 4810 Zone: Low Density Residential Appeal Stage 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.