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Priority Living Areas (PLA) as identified within the Central Queensland, Darling Downs, South East Queensland and Cape York Regional Plans. Priority Living Areas (PLA) as at August 2017.The identification of Priority Living Areas (PLAs) is intended to provide greater certainty for investment in the development of the region’s urban centres and localities, while still accommodating compatible resource activities to maximise economic development opportunities. PLAs are intended to ensure that the growth potential of these towns, as provided for through a local government planning scheme, are protected from the encroachment of incompatible resource activities. PLAs are proposed to replace existing restricted areas (urban), as gazetted under the Mineral Resources Act 1989 in 2011.The PLAs are prescribed within the Regional Planning Interests Regulation 2014 or within a Regional Plan. |