Use this form to apply to subdivide leasehold land.
You can apply to subdivide a lease at any time during the tenure.
As a number of special requirements apply depending on your lease type, you should read our lease subdivision policy (PDF, 593KB).
Lodging this application costs fee 33921 per title reference. Application fees are non-refundable.
We strongly encourage you to arrange a pre-lodgement meeting with us before you apply. This can help to ensure you have the information you need to apply correctly. Contact your nearest business centre to organise a meeting.
If you hold an existing term or perpetual lease for rural leasehold land, submit this application if you want to subdivide your land to set up a family succession plan.
If you have a freeholding lease, we strongly encourage you to contact us before you apply.
You can’t apply for subdivision if your lease is:
You can apply either:
To submit your online application, you’ll need:
The application must be signed (electronically) by the applicant or a legal practitioner on behalf of the applicant and will be lodged automatically through the online process.
Within the online application, there is a help guide to assist you to complete your application.
To submit your PDF application, you’ll need:
Once completed, submit your PDF application forms by:
You must pay all outstanding rent before you submit your application, and continue to pay your rent while we process your application.
If we send you an offer to subdivide, you must also continue to pay your rent until you fulfil the conditions of the offer.
Lodging this application costs fee 33921 per title reference. Application fees are non-refundable.
You can pay your application fee:
We'll send you a receipt after the online payment or for pdf once we've established that your application meets all requirements.
We will assess your application against legislative requirements. We will seek the views of other stakeholders (e.g. state, regional and local agencies) and inspect the land if required.
Our review will also include an assessment of whether native title issues need to be addressed, and how this should be done. Depending on the outcome, you may be required to address native titles issues as a condition of the offer.
You must continue to pay all land rent as it becomes due. If we send you an offer to subdivide, you must continue to pay your rent until the subdivision is finalised.
Once we have received the advice of other stakeholders and all issues have been investigated, we will send you a written notice of the decision. Your application may be:
If approved, a written offer will set out the various conditions and requirements. You must complete the acceptance form and return it to us by the date specified or the offer will lapse.
The offer will include conditions and requirements such as:
We’ll look at your application’s individual merits and assess whether leasehold is the most appropriate tenure for the land. Depending on the circumstances, we may decide to convert the lease to freehold instead of the subdivision.
The Minister grants the new tenures. Once you have accepted and satisfied all conditions of the offer, we will seek approval to issue the new tenures in your name.
The new leases issued will be for the same type and purpose as the original lease, unless otherwise agreed by the landholder and the Chief Executive.
If the subdivision is approved, you’ll need to surrender your existing lease before we can issue the new one. Any encumbrances on your existing lease will carry over to the new leases.
If the existing lease is a rolling term lease, each new lease offered will be a rolling term lease, even if the lease is less than 100 hectares.
Information on this form, and any attachments, is being collected to process and assess your application under section 176 of the Land Act 1994. The consideration of your application may involve consultation, and if so details of your application may be disclosed to third parties. They will not be otherwise disclosed outside the department unless required or authorised by law.
We may wish to contact you to seek your views on our service, to advise you of any legislative changes that might affect you, or to seek your participation in surveys or programs relevant to your application type. Any participation will be voluntary, and you may email stateland@resources.qld.gov.au if you do not wish for the department to contact you.
We may also compile or analyse statistics and conduct research. Any publication of findings will not involve the publication of identifying personal information.
In terms of the Right to Information Act 2009 interested parties may seek access to the department’s records and view relevant documents.
If your application is refused because you have not complied with the lease conditions, you can appeal against the decision.
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We strongly encourage you to arrange a pre-lodgement meeting with us before you apply. This can help to ensure you have the information you need to apply correctly. Contact your nearest business centre to organise a meeting.
