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Council planning hub · Regional Queensland · Updated 2026-06-08

Cook Cook Shire — zoning, development & DA activity

Cook covers 17 suburbs and 8,080 property lots in Regional Queensland. ZoneDSS resolves the Cook Planning Scheme and applicable overlays for every address — and aggregates the picture by suburb here.

Suburbs
17
Lots
8,080

Planning instruments

What governs development in Cook

Three layers of planning controls apply to every property in Cook. Read them together to know what can be built.

Planning scheme

Cook Planning Scheme

Sets the zone, building height, permitted and prohibited uses, and levels of assessment for every lot in Cook. The primary instrument every development application is assessed against.

Zoning framework

Queensland planning-scheme zones

The statewide framework under the Planning Act 2016 that the council scheme implements.

Plus overlays

State Planning Policy + overlays

Hazard overlays (flood, bushfire), Matters of State Environmental Significance, koala habitat and strategic cropping land modify what can be built — on top of the zone.

Dominant zone in Cook: — the most common single zone across the council's 8,080 lots.

FAQs

Cook planning questions

What's the dominant zoning in Cook?

The most common zoning across Cook is —. The full picture varies by suburb — each suburb has its own mix of zones set by the council planning scheme. Browse the suburbs below to see exact breakdowns.

How many suburbs are in Cook?

Cook covers 17 suburbs across 8,080 property lots. It sits in the Regional Queensland region of Queensland.

Which planning scheme applies in Cook?

Cook operates under the Cook Planning Scheme, built on the Queensland planning-scheme zones. ZoneDSS resolves the zone, overlays and controls for any address in the council area.

How do I find the zoning of a specific Cook property?

Search the suburb above, then click "Run a report on your address" in the suburb page. ZoneDSS returns the exact zone, height limit, permitted uses, and every overlay that applies to the lot — cited to source.

Get a planning report for any Cook address

Council and suburb stats are useful for context. For a buy-or-walk decision on a specific lot, you need every control, every constraint, and every clause cited to source.

Run a report — from A$29

14-section report · planning scheme controls cross-referenced · cited to source

Methodology & sources

Cook stats aggregated from lot-level cadastre and the Cook Planning Scheme. Sources: Queensland council planning schemes, Development.i / council DA registers, Queensland Globe, Queensland EMR/CLR contaminated land register, ABS Census 2021, and ABS Census 2021. Aggregated by ZoneDSS · last updated 2026-06-08.

Council-level statistics — your specific suburb and lot will vary. Always run a planning report on the actual address before making a decision. How ZoneDSS works →