Brisbane City Plan 2014: Active Frontages in Residential Zones Overlay

Brisbane City Council's geospatial overlay defining active frontage areas within residential zones as part of the City Plan 2014. The dataset is available on the council's open data portal and is regularly updated with new or amended planning information. It is shown on the Active frontages in residential zones overlay map (OM-001.1).

Use Cases

• Identify areas requiring active street frontages for residential zone planning based on the overlay map.
• Analyze urban design requirements for new developments based on the Active Frontages sub-category.
• Integrate zoning regulations into GIS systems for compliance checking based on the City Plan 2014 framework.

Strengths

• Dataset is regularly updated with new or amended planning information.
• Specific map reference (OM-001.1) is provided for the overlay feature class.
• Published under a CC-BY-4.0 license, allowing for flexible reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Brisbane City Council

Collection Method

Likely created as part of statutory city planning processes.

Time Range

Based on the City Plan 2014, with ongoing updates.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-28 15:27:00.110534; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia