What is EC zoning in Queensland (Brisbane)?
EC in Queensland (Brisbane) is the Emerging communities zone. It is a residential zone under the state planning scheme. In plain terms: townhouses, dual occupancy and gentle-density growth corridors.
What can you build on EC?
EC is a residential zone, so it broadly supports residential land uses. The exact permitted, permissible and prohibited uses — and the development standards (height, floor space, lot size) — are set by the local environmental plan or planning scheme that applies to the parcel, and they vary council by council. Always confirm the controls against the current instrument before relying on them.
EC equivalents in other states
Every Australian jurisdiction writes its own zoning vocabulary, so the same planning intent wears a different code over each border. Queensland (Brisbane) EC sits in the residential - medium and growth family; these are the closest codes elsewhere.
- New South Wales
- R3
- Victoria
- GRZRGZUGZHCTZ
- South Australia
- UNURNHDNMPNWN
- Western Australia
- Medium and high density residentialUrban developmentResidential development
- Tasmania
- 13
- Australian Capital Territory
- RZ3RZ4
See the full cross-state mapping, family by family, on the zone equivalence page.