Greater Springfield, Queensland
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Greater Springfield Queensland |
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| Population | 30,000 (2013) |
| Postcode(s) | 4300 |
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| LGA(s) | City of Ipswich |
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Greater Springfield, also known as the Greater Springfield Development, is a general term for a group of suburbs in the City of Ipswich local government area, located in the south-west of the Brisbane metropolitan area in Queensland, Australia. It is the first privately built city in Australia and the country’s largest master planned community (tenth largest globally), encompassing 2,860 hectares (963 acres) designed to support population growth from Brisbane radiating out along the coastal strips from the Sunshine Coast down to the Gold Coast and west to Ipswich.
In 2013, the population of Greater Springfield was estimated around 30,000, with a projection to grow to 105,000 residents by 2030. Community development is managed and coordinated by Springfield Land Corporation. The plan is to have a group of suburbs with the population of Darwin by 2030.
Greater Springfield was founded over 22 years ago. The land was originally purchased for A$7.9 million in 1992 by Maha Sinnathamby and Bob Sharpless. Sinnathamby and Sharpless assembled a team and developed Greater Springfield masterplan based on interconnected pillars of health, education and information technology.
The Local Government (Springfield Zoning) Act 1997 was gazette in view of the long term nature of development being undertaken across Greater Springfield. This Act gave rise to a unique Planning Regime which provides certainty to the developer. The Structure Plan established a unique assessment process that ensures the intentions, provisions and understanding in and behind the Springfield Structure Plan are not to be overreached or changed through Local Planning Policies so to adversely affect the development entitlements conferred by the Structure Plan. All levels of Government recognise that the achievement of this goal is essential to ensure the certainty of the development rights. From Springfield Land Corporation’s (SLC’s) viewpoint such certainty is essential to the future proofing of the project.
The suburbs of the region generally known as Greater Springfield are Springfield Central, Springfield Lakes, Brookwater, Augustine Heights, Spring Mountain and Springfield itself. 30 per cent of Greater Springfield is dedicated to absolute green space.
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