Freehold title information for trustees and local government

Consultation and approval of freehold instrument

Before you can offer freehold, you must consult the community and have government approval for the freehold instrument. Use this process:

1. Consult with the community and the native title holders about making freehold available.
2. Consult the community about the information to be included in the freehold instrument.
3. Ask the local government to run a notification and consultation process on the proposed freehold instrument. This step is not required if you adopt a model instrument.
4. Seek Queensland Government approval of the freehold instrument. We will be providing templates later this year to help you do this.
5. When approved, ask the local government to attach the instrument to the planning scheme.
6. Begin the allocation process for interest holders or the open allocation process, as set out in the freehold policy.

Local government guidelines

The local government notification guideline has information about how the local government should consult on a freehold instrument (step 3 above).

In this guide:

1. Freehold instrument
2. Consultation and approval of freehold instrument
3. Freehold allocation process – interest holders
4. Freehold allocation – open process
5. Templates, forms and other resources

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