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Coolangatta

2 decisions0 topicsUpdated 21 May 2026

Mentions

  • Proposed location for a new SES hub.
  • Referenced in petition-related meeting content and closed-session material.
  • Prioritised for future local area / neighbourhood planning and named in scheme transition work.
  • Improves disaster response capability and emergency refuge infrastructure across the city.
  • Shapes future zoning and neighbourhood planning across several growth areas and established suburbs.
  • Residents in Pimpama, Carrara, Coolangatta, Runaway Bay, Springbrook and Nerang may see future project activity or planning changes.

Decisions

Gold Coast SES facility uplift endorsed

Council endorsed a State Emergency Service facility uplift program including immediate upgrades, three new hubs at Pimpama, Carrara and Coolangatta, a replacement facility at Runaway Bay, and renovation at Springbrook, with broader use of Program AIR funding. The report and attachments were kept confidential.

Improves disaster response capability and emergency refuge infrastructure across the city.

New Planning Scheme Program updated

Council noted progress on the New Planning Scheme Program and Local Growth Management Strategy, and endorsed the transition of several station neighbourhoods and local plan areas into the new planning scheme, including Broadbeach, Burleigh Heads, Coolangatta, Kirra, Nobby Beach, Palm Beach and Surfers Paradise. Priority local area planning projects were also identified for future consideration.

Shapes future zoning and neighbourhood planning across several growth areas and established suburbs.

Meetings

Planning & Regulation (P&R) - 19 May 2026

Council updated e-mobility, local law and homelessness compliance policy settings, noted appeals activity, and decided several planning applications including mixed-use, telecommunications and multiple dwellings matters.

Planning & Regulation (P&R) - 17 March 2026

Council adopted planning scheme and natural hazards policy updates, made a temporary planning instrument for the Guragunbah floodplain, responded to two petitions, and decided several development applications including one refusal and two approvals.