Priority Agricultural Areas in Queensland Regional Plans, May 2026

Priority Agricultural Areas (PAAs) identified within seven Queensland regional plans, including Central Queensland, Darling Downs, and South East Queensland. The data is provided by the Queensland State Development, Infrastructure and Planning department and was last updated in May 2026. The dataset likely contains geospatial boundaries for areas designated for agricultural priority.

Use Cases

• Assess land-use conflicts based on designated agricultural priority areas.
• Model agricultural land preservation strategies based on regional plan boundaries.
• Integrate priority agricultural zones with other environmental or infrastructure datasets.

Strengths

• Data is provided under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.
• Multiple geospatial file formats (SHP, FGDB, GPKG, KMZ) are available for compatibility.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

State Development, Infrastructure and Planning (Queensland Government)

Time Range

Snapshot as of May 2026

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 08:35:04.432048

Geography

Queensland, Australia (specifically Central Queensland, Darling Downs, Cape York, Far North Queensland, North Queensland, Wide Bay Burnett, South East Queensland)