The QPP has been developed to significantly improve the way planning schemes are prepared and implemented throughout the state, delivering the following benefits.
The Queensland Planning Provisions are meant to be a key element of Qplan - Queensland's planning,development and building system. They are supposed to reflect the partnership between state and local governments working together to deliver more sustainable planning outcomes and create better communities. The government document states that the Queensland Planning Provisions will make it easier for the community to get involved in plan making, to understand their local planning scheme and to see how it guides development.
If you want to be able to contribute to and influence the shape of 'better communities' in he future, it is essential that you read and determine whether you understand what is being said now, and is what you would like to see happen.
However, in some circumstances amendments can be defined as an administrative amendment and no consultation or assessment would be required by the local
government. Read more about this here in the public consultation fact sheet.
The draft QPP is downloable here. or http://www.dip.qld.gov.au/resources/planning/planning/draft-queensland-planning-provisions.pdf