Landholders use property plans to document property resources and management practices, and to design property changes.

They function as:

• a strategy to meet financial, production and personal goals
• a management tool for developing a property sustainably and profitably
• a record demonstrating that environmental obligations in natural resource management are being met.

To date, there are property plans for:

• land management
• water conservation
• vegetation management
• biodiversity planning
• cane production
• pest control.

Property plans may be voluntary, a regulatory requirement, or needed to support an application for financial assistance.

OnePlan

The department is developing a new framework for property planning under the OnePlan initiative, which is part of the Queensland Government's Blueprint for the Bush, a 10-year plan to build a sustainable, liveable and prosperous rural Queensland.

Further information

• QRAA (formerly the Queensland Rural Adjustment Authority) for information on financial assistance
• Property resource management planning Guidelines for landholders (March 2003) (PDF, 143 kB)*
• Land fact sheets

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