Brisbane Acid Sulfate Soil Overlay Categories for City Planning

Brisbane City Council provides a spatial dataset for the City Plan 2014, detailing land categories related to potential and actual acid sulfate soils. The data includes three sub-categories: potential and actual acid sulfate soils, land at or below 5m AHD, and land above 5m AHD and below 20m AHD. It supports planning and development assessments under the OM-016.1 overlay map.

Use Cases

• Identify land parcels with the 'Potential and actual acid sulfate soils sub-category' for environmental risk assessment in development applications.
• Analyze the spatial distribution of the 'Land at or below 5m AHD sub-category' to inform flood and drainage planning.
• Map areas within the 'Land above 5m AHD and below 20m AHD sub-category' for constraints on excavation and earthworks.

Strengths

• Data is officially maintained by Brisbane City Council as part of the statutory City Plan 2014.
• Categorizes land into three distinct, policy-relevant sub-categories for clear application.
• Dataset was last updated in March 2026, indicating active maintenance.

Limitations

• No row count, column definitions, or sample data are provided, limiting technical assessment.
• Data scope is geographically restricted to the Brisbane City Council jurisdiction.
• Understanding requires cross-referencing the full Brisbane City Plan 2014 document.

Provenance

Source

Brisbane City Council

Collection Method

Created as a feature class for the statutory City Plan 2014 overlay map (OM-016.1).

Time Range

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Freshness

2026-03-25

Geography

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia