Property guide
Government land acquisition
Some public infrastructure planned for the Southern Thornlands PDA will require land that is currently privately owned. The current planning maps, however, do not identify every property that may ultimately be acquired or the final area that may be required from an affected property.
Information reviewed: 18 August 2026
Southern Thornlands PDA
Some land will need to be acquired
The Southern Thornlands PDA planning program includes new public infrastructure that crosses land currently held in private cadastral parcels. As projects move toward delivery, some land will therefore need to be acquired, transferred or otherwise secured for public infrastructure.
What is not yet settled is the complete property-by-property acquisition footprint. Detailed design, surveying, project delivery and negotiations can change the exact land required. Indicative future roads are particularly important to interpret cautiously: their current lines show intended future connectivity, not surveyed road corridors.
Not every future road is expected to be delivered through government resumption. Some future roads may instead be resolved and delivered through future development design and approvals.
Use Search Your Property to see the planning information currently mapped against a property. A mapped relationship is an early planning indicator only and is not an acquisition boundary.
Practical next steps
What should I do?
If you have received nothing formal
Do not treat a future-road line or other planning feature as a notice that your land is being acquired. Keep an eye on project updates and retain current property, title and planning records.
If an authority contacts you
Ask which project is involved, whether land or an easement is being sought, what exact area is proposed and what process and timeframe applies. Keep copies of all correspondence and plans.
If you receive a Notice of Intention to Resume
Read it promptly and note every deadline. The notice should identify the proposed land or easement, explain why it is required and set out your right to object.
Get independent advice before settling compensation
Consider engaging a registered valuer and solicitor. Queensland Government guidance states that reasonable costs associated with preparing and filing a compensation claim are reimbursed as part of the overall compensation settlement.
Professional help
Find independent property professionals
If formal acquisition or compensation becomes relevant to your property, you may want independent legal and valuation advice.
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Acquisition and compensation are separate questions. An objection concerns whether or how the proposed acquisition should proceed. The amount of compensation is dealt with through the compensation process.
Official Queensland information
Government land acquisition resources
- Queensland GovernmentGovernment land acquisition and resumption — general process, objections and compensation
- Office of the Coordinator-GeneralLand acquisition process — Notice of Intention to Resume, objections and resumption steps
- Office of the Coordinator-GeneralCompensation process — claims, valuations, professional support and negotiation
- Department of Transport and Main RoadsLand and property resumptions — road-related acquisition questions and process
- Queensland LegislationAcquisition of Land Act 1967 — current legislation
Important information
Developing Southern Thornlands is an independent information website and is not Economic Development Queensland, Redland City Council, Transport and Main Roads or another government agency. This page is general information only and is not legal, valuation, financial or property-specific advice.
The process that applies to a particular property depends on the responsible acquiring authority, the formal notice issued and the law in force at the time. Follow the authority's correspondence and obtain professional advice where appropriate. See the Terms of Use.