Town Centre Master Planning

PAGE UPDATED: 27 October 2025

Town centre master planning creates a long-term vision and strategic framework to guide the development, revitalisation, and stewardship of a town’s heart. It focuses on shaping thriving, inclusive places where people live, work, shop, and connect—balancing growth with local character, and infrastructure with evolving community needs.

In the Scenic Rim, town centre master planning plays a critical role in delivering the outcomes of the Growth Management Strategy 2041.  Town centre master plans are essential tools for shaping thriving and sustainable communities. Town centre master plans fulfil several key functions, including the following:

• Recommend improvements to the town centre which may include streetscapes, soft and hard landscaping (e.g. trees, paths. lawns), signage, lighting, roads and other infrastructure.  Including tailored local strategies that:
  • Respect the existing layout and character of town centres.
  • Recognise heritage significance.
  • Safeguard important natural features.
•  Identify critical infrastructure required to support and service both current and projected population needs.
• Examine current and future growth patterns, contributing significantly to the delivery of the Scenic Rim Growth Management Strategy 2041.

Scenic Rim Regional Council endorsed the establishment of three Town Centre Master Plan Committees for 2025 for the following townships:

• Kalbar
• Canungra
• Kooralbyn

The purpose of the 2025 Town Centre Master Plan Committees is to provide strategic input into the development of each town centre master plan.

The Kooralbyn Town Master Plan is developed with the support of the Queensland Government's Local Government Grants and Subsidies Program in association with Scenic Rim Regional Council.