What is infrastructure and development staging?

Development staging refers to the order (or sequence) in which development occurs throughout a precinct. Staging is a way of achieving an orderly and economic progression of development within a precinct structure plan (PSP).

Staging seeks to ensure demand for zoned land can be met while aligning the provision of future infrastructure capacity.

The aim of development staging is to align the subdivision and development within a PSP area with the required infrastructure delivery. This ensures new communities are appropriately serviced and supported by transport, community, and drainage infrastructure. This includes the consideration and capacity of existing and future infrastructure.

A preferred outcome is that each stage of a precinct will enable a sufficient number of development fronts and individual estates to be developed concurrently so that there can be a competitive land market with choice for consumers.

Staging is not a means of creating a commercial advantage for some landowners over others. It is not intended to create a “queue” where those at the “head of the queue” can control the pace of land development.