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Development applications in Shaw

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

Has Shaw flooded? Recorded flood history for the suburb

About Shaw

28
median age
$2016
household income / wk
$322
rent / wk
$1733
mortgage / mo
2.5
people / household

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

5
applications on record
0
lodged in 90 days
2
decided

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What's being applied for

Reconfiguring a lot 3
Operational works 2

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.

Medium Impact Industry 2

Recent applications (3 in the last 6 months)

RAL26/0048 Reconfiguring a lot · lodged 8 May 2026

Code Assessable - Lot Creation - One Lot into Two Lots

22 - 60 Shaw Road SHAW QLD 4818 Zone: Medium Impact Industry Appeal Stage Council record
OPW26/0051 Operational works · lodged 29 Apr 2026

Code Assessable - Civil Works, Earthworks and Clearing Vegetation associated with RC13/0081 & RAL25/0070

22 - 60 Shaw Road SHAW QLD 4818 Zone: Medium Impact Industry Development Approval Takes Effect Council record
OPW26/0027 Operational works · lodged 16 Mar 2026

Code Assessable - Civil Landscaping and Earthworks associated with RAL25/0099 - Greater Ascot Stages 503-507

24 The Links Boulevard SHAW QLD 4818 Development Approval Takes Effect Council record

2 older applications on record (since 2025) — the full Shaw history is part of Landbrief Pro.

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 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.