Housing & planning · Scenic Rim Regional Council
Scenic Rim backs state planning submission, with no local rule change recorded
Councillors unanimously endorsed an officer submission on the Draft State Planning Policy 2026 and received a letter setting out Council’s position, but the unconfirmed minutes record no state response.
Reporting from draft minutes. Recorded wording may change when confirmed. How this article was prepared
Scenic Rim Regional Council has retrospectively endorsed its officer submission on the Draft State Planning Policy 2026, according to unconfirmed minutes of its 28 October meeting. The move records Council’s position but does not itself change local planning rules for residents, developers or applicants.
The motion passed unanimously at Council’s ordinary meeting on 28 October, with Cr Marshall Chalk moving it and Cr Kerri Cryer seconding it.
Councillors also unanimously received a draft letter to the Deputy Premier, Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning and Minister for Industrial Relations. The motion provided for the letter to be included in the meeting minutes and described it as setting out Council’s submission on proposed changes to the state policy.
The supplied minutes do not state when the officer submission was lodged, detail all of the changes Council requested or record a response from the Queensland Government. They also do not record approval of the Draft State Planning Policy 2026 itself.
The policy submission was separate from Council’s decision on Draft Amendment No. 8 to the Scenic Rim Planning Scheme. In that matter, Council endorsed an amended draft for a second State Interest Review and asked the Minister to proceed with approval for Council to adopt the proposed amendment.
What deserves a closer look
The recorded resolution concerns Council's submission and the receipt of a draft letter, not approval of the State Planning Policy itself.
The supplied minutes give no recorded lodgement date for the officer submission and no response from the Queensland Government.
The Draft State Planning Policy submission and Draft Amendment No. 8 are separate agenda matters with different recorded actions.
Questions for follow-up reporting
When was the officer submission lodged with the Queensland Government?
What specific changes to the Draft State Planning Policy 2026 did Council request?
Has the Queensland Government responded to the officer submission?
Check the record
These passages were matched to the source text. Read them in context in the original minutes.
The minutes are for Scenic Rim Regional Council's ordinary meeting held on 28 October 2026.
All correspondence to be addressed to the Chief Executive Officer Scenic Rim Regional Council PO Box 25 BEAUDESERT QLD 4285 ABN: 45 596 234 931 Beaudesert Administration Centre P: 07 5540 5111 F: 07 5540 5103 Boonah Administration Centre P: 07 5463 3000 F: 07 5463 2650 E: mail@scenicrim.qld.gov.au W: https://www.scenicrim.qld.gov.au/ Minutes Ordinary Meeting Wednesday, 28 October 2026 Time: 9:00 am Meeting adjourned at 12:04 pm Meeting resumed at 12:15 pm Meeting adjourned at 12:35 pm Meeting resumed at 1:35 pm Location: Council Chambers 82 Brisbane Street BEAUDESERT QLD 4285 Ordinary Meeting Minutes 28 October 2026 Page 2 Scenic Rim Regional
Meeting heading
Open original minutes ↗Council unanimously received a draft letter to the Deputy Premier, Minister for State Development Infrastructure and Planning and Minister for Industrial Relations, described as detailing Council's submission on proposed changes to the State Planning Policy 2026, and provided for its inclusion in the meeting minutes.
Submission - Draft State Planning Policy 2026 Recommendation That Council retrospectively endorse the officer submission on the Draft State Planning Policy 2026. Moved: Cr Marshall Chalk I table a draft letter to the Deputy Premier, Minister for State Development Infrastructure and Planning and Minister for Industrial Relations, detailing Council's submission that addresses the proposed changes to the State Planning Policy 2026, and I move the following: Motion That the draft letter to the Deputy Premier, Minister for State Development Infrastructure and Planning and Minister for Industrial Relations, detailing Council's submission that addresses the proposed changes to the State Planning Policy 2026 be received by Council, and included in the Minutes of this Ordinary Meeting. Seconded: Cr Kerri Cryer Carried unanimously Attachment (as tabled) 1.
Item 11.4, motion to receive the draft letter and recorded result
Open original minutes ↗Council retrospectively endorsed the officer submission on the Draft State Planning Policy 2026. The motion was moved by Cr Marshall Chalk, seconded by Cr Kerri Cryer and carried unanimously.
Draft letter to the Deputy Premier, Minister for State Development Infrastructure and Planning and Minister for Industrial Relations re the State Planning Policy Motion That Council retrospectively endorse the officer submission on the Draft State Planning Policy 2026. Moved: Cr Marshall Chalk Seconded: Cr Kerri Cryer Carried unanimously Ordinary Meeting Minutes 28 October 2026 Page 24 Ordinary Meeting Minutes 28 October 2026 Page 25 Ordinary Meeting Minutes 28 October 2026 Page 26 Ordinary Meeting Minutes 28 October 2026 Page 27 Ordinary Meeting Minutes 28 October 2026 Page 28 Ordinary Meeting Minutes 28 October 2026 Page 29 11.5 MCU25/106 Development Application for Change Application (Other Change) – Material Change of Use – Intensive animal industry (Poultry involving 145,500 additional Birds) and Material Change of Use – Amendment to Environmentally Relevant Activity (ERA 4(2) Poultry Farm >200,000 Birds)
Item 11.4, retrospective endorsement motion and recorded result
Open original minutes ↗Item 11.3 concerns Scenic Rim Planning Scheme 2020 Draft Amendment No. 8.
Moved: Cr Amanda Hay Seconded: Cr Stephen Moriarty was then put and Carried unanimously Ordinary Meeting Minutes 28 October 2026 Page 22 11.3 Scenic Rim Planning Scheme 2020 Draft Amendment No.8 - Post Public Consultation and Final State Government Ministerial Approval Executive Officer: Manager Planning and Development / Acting Director Planning Development and Environment Attachments: 1.
Item 11.3 heading
Open original minutes ↗Council endorsed the amended Draft Amendment No. 8 for Second State Interest Review and requested that the Minister proceed with approval for Council to adopt the proposed amendment. The motion carried unanimously.
and 3. Council endorse the amended Draft Amendment No. 8 For Second State Interest Review, Attachment 2 to this report, and request the Minister proceed with approval for Council to adopt the proposed amendment in accordance with the Minister's Guidelines and Rules. Carried unanimously Ordinary Meeting Minutes 28 October 2026 Page 23 11.4 Draft State Planning Policy Submission Executive Officer: Manager Planning and Development / Acting Director Planning Development and Environment Attachments: 1.
Item 11.3, motion paragraph 3 and recorded result
Open original minutes ↗The minutes state that they are to be confirmed on 25 November 2026.
and a sad loss to Council." 12 Confidential Matters Nil The Ordinary Meeting ended at 2:57 pm. To be confirmed on 25 November 2026. Cr Tom Sharp Mayor
Closing entry and confirmation notation
Open original minutes ↗Source record
Reporting from the unconfirmed minutes of Scenic Rim Regional Council’s ordinary meeting held on 28 October 2026.
Key facts from the minutes
- The unconfirmed minutes record that Council retrospectively endorsed the officer submission on the Draft State Planning Policy 2026.
- The motion carried unanimously at the ordinary meeting on 28 October 2026.
- Council unanimously received a draft letter to the Deputy Premier setting out its position on the proposed policy changes.
- The recorded resolution does not approve the State Planning Policy or establish that the Queensland Government has accepted Council’s submission.
- Council separately endorsed an amended Draft Amendment No. 8 to the Scenic Rim Planning Scheme for a second State Interest Review and requested ministerial approval for Council to adopt the proposed amendment.
Why it matters
- The submission gives Council a recorded opportunity to state its position on proposed state planning settings, but the minutes do not show that the State Government has accepted the submission or that local planning rules have changed.