Transforming Queensland's Energy Landscape

The amendments mean that for development applications for material change of use for a wind farm or a large-scale solar farm (defined as having a maximum instantaneous electricity output of 1MW or more, or being located in a priority development area):

• it is a pre-condition to lodging a development application that a social impact assessment (SIA) has been completed and a community benefits agreement (CBA) has been entered into between the developer and the relevant local government(s) (and potentially others), unless the chief executive gives notice that this is not required. The cost of this is borne wholly by proponents;