b'APRIL 2025CASE STUDY 4 WHAT IS DIFFERENT IN QUEENSLAND?There are a range of factors that enable property developers and investors to invest with greater certainty in Queensland. Builders can have confidence that they will be on-site within 12months of starting the planning process. In Queensland, it takes between 3-6 months to prepare a development application. Then, it takes a maximum of 6 months for an assessment and approval under Queenslands deemed approval planning system. Meritons twin tower project included two 90 storey buildings with over 1,000 apartments and it was approved in the Brisbane CBD in 6 months.Southeast Queensland uses a code assessable system that removes the layers of planning consideration (ie. risk) to ensure the council can approve within the 6-month deemed approval timeframe. In these locations where major development is expected, there are no rezonings required. Height is dictated by aeronautical controls the density controls are flexible. There are no Voluntary Planning Agreements (which in NSW often amount to tens of millions of dollarsand in some cases even more), no affordable housing contributions, no State Infrastructure Contributions, and all council contributions are payable at the end of construction (Occupation Certificate).In Queensland, there are no design panels, no design competitions, no duplication in DA assessment, no Apartment Design Guidelines, no public notification or third-party appeal rights (subject to meeting the code-accessible provisions). In Queensland there is no Residential Apartment Buildings Act, no 10-year defect liability, no Occupation Certificate audits, no Building Commission, and as a result, the product is delivered much faster and at a lower cost with the same quality.It is possible to build bigger and better, architecturally award-winning buildings under the same Building Codes with far less post approval delays caused by state agencies.21'