Note: Due to the local government amalgamations, the WOSPP project is currently on hold.

The Beaudesert WOSP Project was initiated as a response to the State Government’s South East Queensland Regional Plan. It is an interpretation of the SEQ Regional Plan at the local level.

With South East Queensland’s (SEQ) population expected to double or triple over the next 40 to 50 years, demand for more housing and jobs in the Beaudesert Shire is inevitable.

Rather than haphazard development and urban sprawl, Beaudesert Shire Council wants a planned approach to managing this growth. That’s why Beaudesert Shire Council established the Whole of Shire Planning (WOSP) process, with a team of expert Council officers and consultants to plan, cost and prepare for this growth.

The Draft Planning Vision is based on the framework outlined in the SEQ Regional Plan, the Mt Lindesay/North Beaudesert Study Area Studyand Council’s investigations as part of its WOSP process.

The 30-pageDraft Planning Visionoutlines the key directions established by the SEQ Regional plan, the importance of planning for the future, an overview of the 11 guiding principles to underpin future development, and how we see each community playing a role in the future “smart region”. Community consultation finished in April 2007 and Council will soon adopted the final planning vision.

WOSP newsletters are sent to every household in the Shire. If you would like a hard copy, call 5540 5452 or drop into a Customer Service Centre or Library.

WOSP Media Releases

WOSP Fact Sheets
Our 21 fact sheets provide a summary of the Draft Planning Vision document (see above). Fact sheets 4 to 14 outline the 11 guiding principles which will underpin future development in Beaudesert Shire.

2005 Consultation

In late 2005/early 2006, as part of the WOSP process, we asked Shire residents about their key aspirations for the Shire through:

• Five community workshopsheld in November 2005**
• A surveyposted on the Council's web site from November 2005 to February 2006, and (shorter version) in the February 2006 edition of Council's "Shire Life" magazine
• A telephone surveyconducted in Nov 2005

**Note: Different workshops were held in the north of the Shire, specifically in the area known as t he Mt Lindesay/North Beaudesert Study Area under the Queensland Government’s South East Queensland Regional Plan. These were organised by the State Government's Office of Urban Management (OUM), as part of the SEQ Regional Plan, and were held to ascertain residents' views about the future of the area.

The information gathered at the Office of Urban Management workshopsand meetings was made available to the Beaudesert Shire Council and was used to inform the WOSP process and the Draft Planning Vision. Council considered this approach more convenient for residents, rather than holding another series of meetings in the north at which they would be asked similar ‘visioning’ questions to those already posed as part of the SEQ Regional Plan consultation.