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18 June 2026
Minister for Economic Development Queensland
Economic Development Queensland
GPO Box 2202
Brisbane QLD 4001
Email: contact@edq.qld.gov.au
RE: Submission on the Draft Provisional Land Use Plan – Montague Road Precinct, Land Activation Program (SEQ Tranche 1) Provisional Priority Development Area (PPDA)
Dear Minister,
Don’t Sell South Bank 2.0 is a community group representing over 5,000 residents living in 4101 and across Queensland. We make this submission on the Montague Road Precinct component of the draft Provisional Land Use Plan (PLUP), which includes the 7.1 hectare Visy site at 99-187 Montague Road. The Visy site is the last significant parcel of publicly owned riverfront land in Brisbane’s inner city. Our online petition has close to 3,000 signatures https://www.change.org/p/don-t-sell-south-bank-2-0-protect-the-visy-site
We recognise Brisbane’s need for housing and support well-planned growth. We strongly oppose, however, any planning framework that facilitates the sale, privatisation or predominantly private redevelopment of the Visy site before a comprehensive public benefit assessment has been undertaken and publicly tested.
Don’t Sell Southbank 2.0 has significant concerns with:
Process. A decision of this magnitude, concerning the only public riverfront land of its kind in inner Brisbane, deserves more than a 15-business day public notification period. We ask EDQ to commit to a genuine further consultation stage once a revised PLUP is prepared.
Public land for public benefit. The draft PLUP does not make clear how a public benefit test will be applied and independently verified for the Visy site. Public land should stay in public hands, and we ask for an explicit, binding commitment that any development delivers measurable, lasting public benefit. We also ask EDQ to provide clarity on land ownership across this Montague Road Precinct PPDA.
Open space and community infrastructure. Since 2014, planning instruments - the South Brisbane Riverside Neighbourhood Plan and the 2023/2025 Kurilpa TLPIs - have earmarked land for public open space, community facilities and recreational infrastructure to meet population growth. Yet roughly 7.9 hectares of that community infrastructure has been stripped away. With Brisbane among Australia's fastest-growing cities and South Bank drawing over 14 million visitors a year, the city needs South Bank 2.0: public land where genuine public open space and community facilities dominate. Schools, sports facilities, transport and flood mitigation must be assessed and delivered before any density uplift, and built form must respect the site's flood-prone riverfront setting (see https://www.resilientkurilpa.com/ and heritage surrounds.
Don’t Sell South Bank 2.0 has delivered over 30 community engagement sessions including a community town hall (25/11/2025 - slide deck attached) and two visioning sessions (17/01/2026 and 15/3/2026). Through face to face and online engagement we have heard from thousands of residents.
We would welcome an opportunity to meet with EDQ and the Minister’s office to contribute to a Brisbane legacy precinct that genuinely reflects community priorities.
Yours sincerely,
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on behalf of Don’t Sell South Bank 2.0
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