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Ballina Shire Local Strategic Planning Statement 2025-2046

2 decisions0 topicsUpdated 26 March 2026

Context

  • Tracked aliases include Ballina Shire Local Strategic Planning Statement 2025-2046.

Mentions

  • Key long-term planning document adopted with amendments.
  • Main planning document adopted with amendments.
  • This sets long-term land use and growth planning across the shire and may affect future housing, employment land, village planning and rural protections.
  • This shapes long-term land use, housing, employment land, village character, and rural planning across the shire.

Decisions

Local Strategic Planning Statement adopted

Council adopted the Ballina Shire Local Strategic Planning Statement 2025-2046 and addendum, with amendments including more employment land investigation, changes affecting Alstonville, Newrybar and rural planning actions, and a further report in April 2026 on North Kinvara, Cumbalum and West Lennox Palms.

This sets long-term land use and growth planning across the shire and may affect future housing, employment land, village planning and rural protections.

Local Strategic Planning Statement adopted with amendments

Council adopted the Ballina Shire Local Strategic Planning Statement 2025-2046 and Russellton Estate Expansion Area addendum, with changes covering Alstonville employment land mapping, Newrybar wording, a Ballina Hospital precinct plan, rural land use principles, consolidation of rural land use policy, removal of three SUGAs for further examination, and an action to identify additional employment land options.

This shapes long-term land use, housing, employment land, village character, and rural planning across the shire.

Meetings

Council - 26 Mar 2026

Ballina Shire Council adopted its updated Local Strategic Planning Statement with amendments, advanced planning and biodiversity controls, approved several tenders and leases, and backed further work on Australia Day signage, CCTV expansion and reducing single-use plastics.

Environmental and Sustainability Committee - 11 Mar 2026

Council backed major planning actions including adoption of the Ballina Shire Local Strategic Planning Statement 2025-2046 with amendments, exhibition of the CURA B planning proposal, and support for detached dual occupancies in the 7(c) Water Catchment zone.