FAQ

The proposed development scheme is currently out for public submission. During the submission period, all interested parties including the community, residents, and business operators are invited to view the proposed development scheme and make a written submission for consideration by the Minister for Economic Development Queensland.

Development of the Herston Quarter PDA involves a number of organisations performing various roles over the life of the proposed renewal of the site. Queensland Treasury managed the competitive bid process. Metro North Hospital and Health Services is the State Government's project manager for the site's renewal with oversight of the contractual arrangement with Australian Unity (the developer). EDQ is the responsible planning agency (including plan making and development assessment) rather than Brisbane City Council (BCC). BCC remains involved in the planning process and is responsible for other matters including local infrastructure networks and management of local laws.

The Herston Quarter PDA was declared to establish the necessary policy framework to support the intended development and community outcomes for the area. The redevelopment of the PDA will include a Specialist Rehabilitation and Ambulatory Care Centre, a private hospital, aged care and retirement living, residential accommodation, childcare facilities and retail and restaurant facilities to support the new mixed-use community.

For more information on the Herston Quarter project visit the Queensland Treasury website

Development in the Herston Quarter PDA will capitalise on and leverage the convenience and quality of the adjacent institutions, heritage places, public transport infrastructure and RBWH to support employment growth in health and knowledge industries and deliver a unique and world-class destination for Brisbane. While development will have an emphasis on health-related uses, the PDA will also provide a mix of other complementary uses to support this outcome.

Development in the Herston Quarter will achieve this vision by:

• delivering a range of new and exemplary clinical, biomedical and complementary health-related uses including a Specialist Rehabilitation and Ambulatory Care Centre (SRACC) and a private hospital
• creating a vibrant and highly active mixed-use precinct that supports the surrounding health, research and education uses through provision of commercial, residential, retirement, child care, aged care, community and ancillary retail uses
• providing improved amenity for users of facilities in the PDA and the RBWH including delivery of a range of diverse, interconnected and activated public realm spaces that encourage formal and informal interactions and promote wellbeing
• promoting high-quality urban design in the built form and public realm including best practice sub-tropical design
• providing a new integrated parking station to service the needs of staff and visitors to the RBWH and the PDA providing for the conservation and adaptive re-use of heritage places to ensure their ongoing use, preservation and recognition of the site’s cultural heritage
• maximising the infrastructure investment in the Inner Northern and Northern Busway by promoting integration between new development in the PDA and the Herston and RBWH busway stations
• contributing to a unique sense of identity for the PDA and surrounding area
• improving the connectivity, permeability, safety and accessibility within the PDA for vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians
• improving the integration between the PDA, the RBWH and the surrounding community including physically and visually reconnecting the heritage places within the PDA to its southern and western edges.

The development scheme will be prepared by EDQ in consultation with state agencies and other stakeholders.

A PDA development application will be assessed against the purposes of the ED Act and the Herston Quarter PDA Interim Land Use Plan (ILUP) until the development scheme has been finalised.

Any development applications made under the ILUP may require public notification if it is considered to have adverse impacts on adjoining land or amenity.

Development applications over land within a PDA are made against the ILUP, instead of the local planning scheme and assessed under the ED Act. Under this Act, the assessment process generally occurs within 40 business days. This timeframe does not include circumstances where there is a need for additional information or public notice of the application.

Development applications over land outside a PDA are made to and assessed by the local government authority under the Sustainable Planning Act 2009 and the planning scheme.