Legislative framework

The industrial land facilitation functions and responsibilities come from the State Development and Public Work's Organisation Act 1971 and the Industrial Development Act 1963, through the industry location scheme.

The industry location scheme ensures industries can obtain appropriately zoned and serviced land at competitive prices to meet the state government's economic and population growth projections.

There are four main implementation paths for industrial land facilitation:

• industrial land is designated in local government planning schemes and recognised in the state's regional plans under the Sustainable Planning Act 2009
• industrial land requirements are to meet specific economic objectives of the state as included in strategic infrastructure and economic planning documents
• strategic industrial areas are designated as a state development area under the State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971
• market intervention - land is purchased by the state through the Minister for Industrial Development of Queensland for future industrial development, where required under the Industrial Development Act 1963.

Intervention by the state is considered when:

• planning failure occurs - there is a failure on strategic planning processes to preserve land for future economic development
• market failure occurs - the private sector fails to meet the immediate market needs for economic development.

The industry location scheme delivers two services:

• land planning - undertaken by the department's Industrial Land Analysis and Planning Branch
• property services - undertaken by Property Services Group.