Merrimac planning overlays

A planning-constraint profile of Merrimac (Gold Coast City, QLD) — 8.99 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.

Schematic generated from Merrimac's actual boundary and overlay geometry — not an aerial photo. It shows where constraints fall; the interactive map shows them on your exact address.

94%
In a flood overlay
23%
Bushfire-prone
32%
Environmental overlay
1
Heritage-listed sites

How Merrimac is zoned

Limited development (constrained land) 69%
Low density residential 12%
Special purpose 7%
Emerging community 4%
Medium density residential 4%
Community facilities 2%

Across its 8.99 km², Merrimac is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 94% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 23% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Limited development (constrained land). These figures are suburb-wide — the overlays that actually apply to a given lot can differ block to block, which is what a property-level check tells you.

Check a specific Merrimac address

See exactly which overlays touch a single property — the interactive map is free. Need it on paper? A full planning PDF is just $9.

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