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Future
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Gold Coast - Future Focus
The Gold Coast Council’s Local Growth Management Strategy (LGMS) is the long-term blueprint guiding how our city grows over the next 20+ years.
It addresses our significant population growth, with the Gold Coast projected to reach one million residents by 2046, focusing on protecting liveability while planning for what’s next: where people will live, how they’ll work, move, and connect and the infrastructure needed to support it all.
This includes planning for approximately 185,000 new homes, 173,800 new jobs, and more sustainable, resilient communities.
Why it Matters
Manages the Gold Coast’s status as Australia’s fastest-growing city, balancing development with maintaining the city’s unique lifestyle.
Ensures infrastructure, employment, and housing keep pace with population demands
Local Voice
Community feedback has played a key role through the recent “Directions for Growth” engagement, helping shape priorities for a new planning scheme. The LGMS also considers future challenges and opportunities, including technology, environmental sustainability, and natural hazard management, ensuring the Gold Coast grows smart, strong, and ready for what’s ahead.
Nearly 1000 Gold Coasters recently shared their views on key directions to guide how we grow – where we live, how we connect, and the kind of city we will become. You can see all the latest feedback and reports via the Plan Your Gold Coast webpage:
Key Focus
Long-Term Vision to provide strategic direction for the Gold Coast’s future growth, aligned with state plans, including:
- Growth Targets: Addresses massive projected population increases (over 388,000 new residents by 2046) and the associated demands for homes, jobs, and services.
- Evidence-Based Planning: Uses data to plan for housing, employment, and movement, ensuring sustainable development.
- Integration with SEQ Regional Plan: Ensures local planning aligns with the broader South East Queensland framework.
- Community Engagement: Involves residents in shaping the future through consultations, such as the “Directions for Growth” surveys
Development Partnership
FRD Homes brings extensive experience partnering with land developers to deliver seamless, market-ready outcomes.
Our expert team works collaboratively from the outset to create well-designed house and land packages that simplify financing, streamline approvals, and reduce complexity throughout the development process.
By aligning design, construction, and commercial realities, we help developers move projects forward faster, with less risk and less hassle, while delivering homes that buyers genuinely want.