Have Your Say Cairns
Cairns is a popular place to live and work, and our population will grow even more in the coming decades.
Council’s Towards 2050 Shaping Cairns project is planning for this growth now, to make sure everyone can live here and enjoy what we love about Cairns today.
Watch short videos on urban planning topics, ideas that are driving our approach to growth for Cairns. Share with us your thoughts on these topics.
Discover the key ideas driving our approach to growth in Cairns and why it matters to you.
Watch short videos on various urban change ideas and topics of interests. You also have the opportunity to provide us with feedback and reflection on each topic.
The study will identify and assess the scenic qualities of Cairns, guide their protection and management that will inform the Towards 2050 Growth Strategy. As part of this study, we are undertaking Scenic Preference Survey.
The Scenic Preference Survey is now closed.
Thank you to all that have submitted their feedback.
We have formed the Towards 2050 Community Panel with 350 independently-selected community members representing people from all walks of life, demographics, backgrounds, and interests. Panel members will provide feedback on key topics, issues, and priorities relating to the project.
The Towards 2050: Shaping Cairns Growth Strategy will establish a clear and coordinated long term plan for the growth and development of the Cairns local government area. The project will run from September 2022 to July 2025.
This Growth Strategy Framework document explains how we are developing the Growth Strategy, and introduces a suite of technical studies and guiding principles that will underpin the next phase of the project.
We're talking to the community at each step in the project to explore the challenges and opportunities of growth, and to capture your views and priorities. To date, we've held in-person and online engagement activities including pop-up stalls at local events, online surveys, meetings with industry stakeholders, a Youth Summit and a Community Summit.
Timeline item 1 - complete
Phase 1: Commit and get ready (Oct - Dec 2022)
This phase will seek to understand what makes Cairns special; explore the community's hopes for the future and formulate Vision and Growth Strategy Framework.
Timeline item 2 - complete
Phase 2: Identify and assess (Oct 2022 - Aug 2023)
refine the vision for the future of Cairns.
Capture input to inform the technical direction which will shape our growth options.
Timeline item 3 - active
Phase 3: Shape the strategy (Sept 2023 - Dec 2024)
Develop scenarios for growth and evaluate against community's feedback and guiding principles.
Develop Draft Growth Strategy
Timeline item 4 - incomplete
Phase 4: Finalise Towards 2050 Growth Strategy (Jan 2025 - Jul 2025).
Finalise Towards 2050: Shaping Cairns Growth Strategy
This document explains how we are developing the Growth Strategy, and introduces a suite of technical studies and guiding principles that will underpin the next phase of the project.
This summary report explains the objectives, structures, activities and key findings of the Towards 2050 Youth Summit and Community Summit held in May 2023.
This document summarises the engagement we have done so far (Phase 1) and what we have learnt from it.
This report documents Phase 1 of the community and stakeholder engagement process.
Towards 2050 Roadmap
You can receive project updates and notification of community engagement activities.
Have questions or want to learn more about a project, contact us below:
| Name | The Towards 2050 Team |
|---|---|
| Phone | 1300 69 22 47 |
| towards2050@cairns.qld.gov.au | |
| Website | haveyoursay.cairns.qld.gov.au/towards2050 |
Have questions or want to learn more about a project, contact us below:
| Phone | 1300 69 22 47 |
|---|---|
| council@cairns.qld.gov.au | |
| In writing | PO Box 359 Cairns QLD 4870, Australia |
