Who · how · why
About this guide
Not official
southernthornlands.com.au is a privately operated community information website. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or speaking for Economic Development Queensland (EDQ), the Minister for Economic Development Queensland, Redland City Council, any developer, or any government agency. For live planning status, submissions and maps, use official EDQ and Council channels.
Who
This site is written and maintained by Ian Piggott, publisher and editor for Farming Domains — an independent Australian publisher of place-based information websites. Legal entity details (including ABN 66 786 225 704) also appear on Privacy, Terms and Disclaimer.
Farming Domains publishes calm, factual guides across Australian place and visitor topics. This property is a locality / Priority Development Area information site, not a real-estate listing and not a government service.
Portfolio home: farmingdomains.com.
How we create content
We synthesise publicly available material — mainly EDQ project pages, Have Your Say notices, published maps and plans, and Redland City Council public information — then rewrite it in plain language for residents and people learning about the area.
- We prefer official wording and figures (for example ~890 ha, declaration date, consultation windows).
- We date-check key pages with a visible Last verified stamp (currently 16 September 2026).
- We link out to primary sources so you can confirm anything that can change.
- We do not invent infrastructure opening dates, lot prices, investment returns, or development-application outcomes.
- We do not sell property or act for landholders or developers.
When public sources disagree on rounded figures (for example 890 vs 900 ha, or population capacity wording), we note the range and point you to EDQ.
Primary sources we point you to
These are the authoritative places for status, documents and submissions:
- EDQ · Southern Thornlands PDA project page Official project overview and document entry points
- EDQ · Southern Thornlands projects hub Including regulatory PDA map downloads when published
- EDQ Have Your Say · Southern Thornlands Public notification, downloads and formal submissions
- Southern Thornlands PDA boundary map (PDF) Local copy of Map No. PDA 23 · confirm latest on EDQ
- Redland City Council Rates, waste, local services and any Council PDA commentary
- Translink Journey Planner Live public transport (not a PDA planning source)
- Bureau of Meteorology Weather warnings and forecasts
Planning overview on this site: Development & planning.
Why this site exists
Southern Thornlands sits at a moment of high public interest: a declared Priority Development Area, staged growth plans, and a community that needs clear orientation without sales pressure. This guide aims to be a calm “operator’s manual” — what the locality is, what is planned in public documents, and where to go for official answers.
The site may display restrained advertising later to help fund hosting and verification work. Ads are not endorsements. See Advertising disclosure. We do not monetise via property sales funnels or developer marketing partnerships.
Images and maps
Some photographs on this site are illustrative AI-generated images, labelled as such. They convey landscape character only — they are not photos of specific private properties for sale and are not official EDQ materials. The regulatory PDA boundary is the EDQ Map No. PDA 23 PDF (embedded and downloadable). Google Maps embeds show roads and places only, not the legal PDA layer. Details: Maps on Location.
How we stay current
We aim to re-check EDQ’s project and Have Your Say pages on a light quarterly cadence, and sooner when major milestones occur (consultation open/close, scheme finalisation, major infrastructure announcements). When facts change, we update the relevant pages and the Last verified stamp.
Contact
Site feedback only (broken links, outdated text, suggestions): use the contact page (click to reveal the address image; type it into your mail app). That channel is not for formal planning submissions — use EDQ Have Your Say.
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