{"id":366923,"date":"2025-11-20T14:00:23","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T04:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=366923"},"modified":"2025-11-20T18:40:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T08:40:26","slug":"trc-adopts-legacy-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2025\/11\/20\/trc-adopts-legacy-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"TRC Adopts &#8216;Legacy&#8217; Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>November 20, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Toowoomba Regional Council has adopted a\u00a0 &#8220;Community Benefit Agreement Policy&#8221; in a bid to ensure long-term community benefits from renewable energy developments.<\/p>\n<p>A Council spokesperson said the new framework was part of the TRC&#8217;s response to the State Government\u2019s Planning (Social Impact and Community Benefit) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2025, which now requires large renewable energy projects to include a Social Impact Assessment and Community Benefit Agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Geoff McDonald said the TRC was one of the first councils in Queensland to adopt a policy under the new legislation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe policy gives local communities confidence that renewable projects will contribute meaningfully to the places that host them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt makes sure project impacts are properly managed and that the people from host communities share in the long-term benefits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur goal is to secure enduring, intergenerational outcomes, projects that strengthen our regional communities and help them thrive for decades to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Under the new policy, Council is requiring proponents to undertake action across two streams:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Stream 1<\/strong> is focused on ensuring mandatory mitigation measures are delivered, ie. addressing direct impacts such as workforce, housing and infrastructure pressures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Stream 2<\/strong> establishes a long-term legacy stream such as developing long-term housing as an economic enabler for small-town revitalisation and sustainable regional growth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Council officers will use the new policy to guide discussions with renewable energy proponents over coming months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toowoomba Regional Council has adopted a\u00a0 &#8220;Community Benefit Agreement Policy&#8221; in a bid to ensure long-term community benefits from renewable energy developments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":210022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22,3],"tags":[1131],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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