Ipswich Planning Scheme Overlay OV11: High Pressure Pipeline Buffer Zones

Ipswich City Council provides geospatial data for the OV11 High Pressure Pipelines overlay within its planning scheme. The dataset includes maps for gas and oil pipelines along with their designated buffer areas, which are used to constrain development for safety. Data is updated on changes to the planning scheme and was last updated on 2026-04-23.

Use Cases

• Identify land development constraints based on proximity to high-pressure pipelines.
• Conduct spatial risk assessments for new construction projects based on pipeline buffer zones.
• Update municipal planning maps and zoning regulations based on the official overlay data.
• Model potential impact zones for infrastructure safety planning based on pipeline locations.

Strengths

• Data is updated on changes to the planning scheme, suggesting ongoing maintenance.
• Includes two distinct map layers: one for gas pipelines and one for oil pipelines.
• Available in multiple standard geospatial formats (KML, SHP, GEOJSON, WMS, WFS).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and total geographic scale are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Ipswich City Council

Collection Method

Likely derived from official infrastructure and land registry records for planning purposes.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-23 16:12:16.507816.

Geography

Ipswich, Queensland, Australia