The purpose of the Local Growth Management Strategy (LGMS) is to provide detailed guidance on the preferred nature and timing of development within the Gold Coast Urban Footprint and to identify enhancements to the city’s planning scheme and other key policy documents to ensure
appropriate integration at the local level of the South East Queensland (SEQ) Regional Plan. The draft strategy has been developed as a statutory requirement to identify how the Gold Coast will develop over the next 20 years in a manner which achieves the dwelling targets and other key urban development policies in the South East Queensland Regional Plan 2005-2026 (SEQ Regional Plan). This document should be read and interpreted in conjunction with the Local Growth Management Strategy Planning Report and the SEQ Regional Plan.