Brisbane City Plan 2014: Pre-1911 Building Overlay Map

Brisbane City Council's City Plan 2014 includes a geospatial overlay for pre-1911 building sites. The dataset is part of the official planning framework for the future development of Brisbane and is regularly updated. It is available on the council's open data website with features for viewing and downloading in various formats.

Use Cases

• Identify historical building sites for heritage preservation based on the pre-1911 building site sub-category.
• Inform urban development planning decisions based on the overlay map referenced in the City Plan.
• Analyze spatial distribution of pre-1911 structures for historical research based on the geospatial feature class.

Strengths

• Dataset is part of the official Brisbane City Plan 2014, an authoritative planning document.
• The data is regularly updated, as noted in the description.
• Available under a CC-BY-4.0 license, permitting reuse with attribution.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Brisbane City Council

Collection Method

Likely compiled as part of the city's official planning and mapping processes.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-28 15:13:53.658206; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia