Port Douglas Waterfront Master Planning
Master Planning update ...
On 14 August 2008, Council appointed Urbis as its Principal Master Plan Consultant for the Port Douglas Waterfront Master Plan. This marks the start of the design phase (Phase 4) of this project.
An Enquiry by Design will take place over 3 days bringing the community and other interested parties together with the project team in an interactive design process. This will be held from Friday 10 to Sunday 12 October 2008 at the Port Douglas Community Hall and will be independently facilitated by Elton Consulting.
For more information on the project, please refer to the latest Project Fact Sheet or contact Paul Cohen on 4044 3508.
Background Reports ...
Four background studies have been prepared to inform the design process covering economics, transport and traffic, environmental constraints and non-indigenous heritage - to download see links at the top of this page.
A brief history ...
The former Douglas Shire Council, at its meeting in December 2005, approved a proposal to pursue an integrated planning process that would deliver a master plan for the Port Douglas Waterfront. During 2006, the Council investigated the lease environment on the Waterfront and invited the State Government to contribute to the evolving Master Plan. For a variety of reasons, the State's Due Diligence Report was not made available to Council until the end of January 2007- a hard copy of this report can be obtained by contacting Council.
With the State's views to hand, Council embarked on an intensive community engagement exercise to better understand the community's views and aspirations for the Waterfront. This resulted in a comprehensive report to Council's 7 August 2007 meeting - the report can be downloaded by following the links at the top of this page.
The diagram below indicates the general boundary of the proposed Plan area. The final Plan area will be resolved in detail as part of the Master Plan process. The Plan area includes non-waterfront land in order to ensure that an integrated use and development strategy is identified for Port Douglas as a whole.
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