Have Your Say on the Draft Strategy for the Bridgeman Downs Neighbourhood Plan

BCC is asking for community feedback on the draft strategy for the Bridgeman Downs Neighbourhood Plan. Be sure to have your say by 16 November 2020.

Council is currently in the process of creating a new neighbourhood plan for Bridgeman Downs. The new neighbourhood plan will help guide future development and coordinate land use and infrastructure at Bridgeman Downs over a 10-year period and beyond. 

Council will use the community feedback received on this draft strategy to prepare a draft neighbourhood plan and once completed, will form part of Brisbane City Plan 2014.

According to the feedback gathered during the initial community engagement in late 2019, community members felt that recent housing developments and clearing of native vegetation were not in keeping with the area. Hence, council has identified three key community priorities:

  • Protecting the environment and greenspaces.
  • Maintaining suburban neighbourhoods.
  • Servicing the area with infrastructure.
Photo credit: Brisbane City Council / brisbane.qld.gov.au

Vision 

“Bridgeman Downs is a relaxed suburb combining city convenience with bushland beauty. Here, natural habitat and waterways are protected and embraced. Well-designed homes contribute to the local community and are connected to natural habitats. Convenient transport connections make getting to surrounding areas easy and active travel options inspire healthy living, clean air, outdoor recreation and smart travel choices.”



Some of the council proposed strategies include:

  • Preserve Bridgeman Downs’ natural habitat corridors
  • Maintain and enhance the waterway corridors and catchments in the area including Cabbage Tree Creek, Albany Creek and South Pine River
  • Grow our urban forest
  • Housing design and choice
  • Mitigate risks to people and property from natural hazards
  • Mitigate risks to people from nearby industry and powerlines
  • Protect and celebrate built history
  • Improve the area’s open space and parks network
  • Efficient stormwater network
  • Community facilities
  • Transport network
  • Orderly growth and transition

You can have your say on the draft strategy by 11:59 p.m. Monday 16 November 2020 by doing any of the following:

Visit Brisbane City Council website for more information.



Have Your Say on the Bridgeman Downs Neighbourhood Plan

As part of the planning process, Brisbane City Council is inviting the community to have their say and participate in the nomination of the Bridgeman Downs Neighbourhood Plan Community Planning Team.

The Bridgeman Downs Neighbourhood Plan will become part of the Brisbane City Plan 2014, once it is completed by early 2022. The neighbourhood  plan will help guide the future development planning, as well as coordinate the land use and future infrastructure project for the area over a 10-year period and beyond. 

  • confirm future development potential within existing residential and rural areas
  • provide services and facilities to meet the needs of existing and future community
  • protect and enhance the environment and biodiversity in the Albany Creek and Cabbage Tree Creek catchments
  • consider future infrastructure and services such as stormwater drainage, sewer and other utilities.

Public input is vital to the planning process and by working with the local community, Council will be able to: 

To participate in the consultation process, residents may nominate a member for the Community Planning Team by 29 September 2019. A CPT member — who may be a resident, works, runs a business, or owns a property in the area — participates in a series of workshops to guide the neighbourhood plan.

Also, until Monday 21 October, residents may have their say by completing an online survey or by using the interactive map and dropping a pin and placing a comment on the location which they think should stay the same or might be suitable for future growth or change. 

Alternatively, a hardcopy survey form can be requested by sending an email to the project team, contacting Council, or writing to:

Neighbourhood Planning Brisbane (Bridgeman Downs Neighbourhood Plan)
Brisbane City Council
GPO Box 1434
Brisbane Qld 4001

The next phase will be for the Council to seek community input on draft strategy, by mid-2020. By late 2020 to early 2021, the neighbourhood plan, which will include proposals for changes to zones and overlays, will be released for community feedback and reviewed by the Queensland Government.