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IDAS forms and checklists (SPA)

Updated IDAS forms now available

In line with the Sustainable Planning and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2012, IDAS forms now reflect these changes and provide better clarity for lodging applications. Both PDF and Word forms are available in the table below.

Interactive versions of the IDAS forms are currently unavailable. New forms will be made available as part of the single assessment and referral agency (SARA).

For all development applications, you must:

  • complete application details - IDAS form 1
  • complete any other forms relevant to your application
  • provide any mandatory supporting information identified on the forms as being required to accompany your application
  • lodge the development application, including the relevant forms, with the relevant assessment manager (generally the relevant local government).

The IDAS forms are the approved forms under the Act and must be used when making an application. There are a number of template forms that relate to the IDAS process (e.g. changing an approval) which have been developed by the department. These template forms are not mandatory.

Note: Interactive versions of the IDAS forms have not been provided at this stage. It is anticipated that the interactive forms will be made available following the outcomes of the single state assessment and referral agency (SARA) project at the end of June 2013.

All IDAS checklists and form guides are currently under review.

IDAS forms

IDAS form nameIDAS form numberEffective dateType and size
Application details 1 31 Mar 2013 PDF icon pdf 108 KB
DOC icon word doc 645 KB
Building work requiring assessment against the Building Act 1975 2 1 Apr 2013 PDF icon pdf 83 KB
DOC icon word doc 550 KB
Queensland heritage place 3 17 Dec 2012 PDF icon pdf 38 KB
DOC icon word doc 86 KB
Local heritage place 4 1 Apr 2013 PDF icon pdf 62 KB
DOC icon word doc 514 KB
Material change of use assessable against a planning scheme 5 1 Apr 2013 PDF icon pdf 73 KB
DOC icon word doc 509 KB
Building or operational work assessable against a planning scheme 6 1 Apr 2013 PDF icon pdf 87 KB
DOC icon word doc 547 KB
Reconfiguring a lot 7 1 Apr 2013 PDF icon pdf 79 KB
DOC icon word doc 532 KB
Environmentally relevant activity

Please note: amendments to the Environmental Protection Regulation removes 20 environmentally relevant activity thresholds. More information can be found at the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection's website.
8 31 Mar 2013 PDF icon pdf 64 KB
DOC icon word doc 495 KB
Brothel 9 1 Apr 2013 PDF icon pdf 59 KB
DOC icon word doc 470 KB
Inconsistent development on strategic port land or Brisbane core port land 10 1 Apr 2013 PDF icon pdf 61 KB
DOC icon word doc 480 KB
Clearing native vegetation 11 1 Apr 2013 PDF icon pdf 67 KB
DOC icon word doc 469 KB
Taking or interfering with artesian or sub-artesian water 12 1 Apr 2013 PDF icon pdf 69 KB
DOC icon word doc 512 KB
Watercourse pump 13 1 Apr 2013 PDF icon pdf 66 KB
DOC icon word doc 510 KB
Water storage 14 1 Apr 2013 PDF icon pdf 81 KB
DOC icon word doc 540 KB
Gravity diversion from a watercourse 15 1 Apr 2013 PDF icon pdf 77 KB
DOC icon word doc 567 KB
Particular dam 16 1 Apr 2013 PDF icon pdf 66 KB
DOC icon word doc 494 KB
Watercourse diversion 17 1 Apr 2013 PDF icon pdf 95 KB
DOC icon word doc 599 KB
Removal of quarry material from a watercourse 18 1 Apr 2013 PDF icon pdf 65 KB
DOC icon word doc 482 KB
Taking overland flow water 19 1 Apr 2013 PDF icon pdf 71 KB
DOC icon word doc 503 KB
Interfering with overland flow water 20 1 Apr 2013 PDF icon pdf 67 KB
DOC icon word doc 533 KB
Other work in a watercourse 21 1 Apr 2013 PDF icon pdf 61 KB
DOC icon word doc 517 KB
Major hazard facility 22 17 Dec 2012 PDF icon pdf 53 KB
DOC icon word doc 129 KB
Tidal works and development within coastal management districts 23 17 Dec 2012 PDF icon pdf 48 KB
DOC icon word doc 130 KB
Contaminated land 24 17 Dec 2012 PDF icon pdf 34 KB
DOC icon word doc 112 KB
Aquaculture 25 1 Apr 2013 PDF icon pdf 67 KB
DOC icon word doc 494 KB
Marine plants and declared fish habitat areas 26 1 Apr 2013 PDF icon pdf 70 KB
DOC icon word doc 508 KB
Waterway barrier works 27 1 Apr 2013 PDF icon pdf 184 KB
DOC icon word doc 871 KB
Prescribed tidal work
(Note: Form 28 has now been combined with Form 23)
28 - -
Agricultural activities in a wild river area 29 1 Apr 2013 PDF icon pdf 69 KB
DOC icon word doc 674 KB
Animal husbandry activities in a wild river area 30 17 Dec 2012 PDF icon pdf 37 KB
DOC icon word doc 93 KB
Application for preliminary approval varying the effect of a local planning instrument 31 1 Apr 2013 PDF icon pdf 62 KB
DOC icon word doc 484 KB
Compliance assessment 32 1 Apr 2013 PDF icon pdf 88 KB
DOC icon word doc 585 KB
Great Barrier Reef Wetland protection area 33 17 Dec 2012 PDF icon pdf 46 KB
DOC icon word doc 138 KB
South East Queensland Koala Conservation State Planning Regulatory Provisions 34 1 Apr 2013 PDF icon pdf 67 KB
DOC icon word doc 508 KB
Strategic cropping land 35 1 Apr 2013 PDF icon pdf 85 KB
DOC icon word doc 520 KB

IDAS guides


IDAS guidesIDAS guide numberEffective dateType and size
Contact details for IDAS referral agencies 1 August 2012 PDF icon 296 KB
Guide to referrals in relation to public transport, rail and airports (only applicable for applications lodged prior to 25 March 2013) 2 June 2012 PDF icon 529 KB
Guide to referrals in relation to state controlled roads (only applicable for applications lodged prior to 25 March 2013) 3 June 2012 PDF icon 172 KB
Please note: changes to the Transport and Main Roads (TMR) assessment triggers were gazetted on 15 March 2013 and will take effect on 25 March 2013. These changes will result in Guideline 2 and 3 no longer being relevant for new applications. If a development application is made with the assessment manager before 25 March 2013, TMR will continue to be a concurrence agency for the application in accordance with the referral triggers that were in effect when the application was made.

If a development application is made with the assessment manager on or after 25 March 2013, the new triggers apply and applications must be referred to TMR for assessment accordingly. TMR's IDAS trigger mapping has also been updated to reflect the changes. More information can be found at www.tmr.qld.gov.au/IDAStriggersmapping
Last updated on Monday, 08 April 2013