Queensland Development Application Submission Submitter Details (Redaction Aid)

Submitter names and contact details in submissions about Queensland development applications, submission summaries in assessment reports, and decision notices that list principal submitters. Under the Planning Act 2016 sch 2, a properly made submission must state the name and residential or business address of all submission-makers and one postal or electronic address for service. Section 63(2)(h) requires the decision notice to state the name, residential or business address and electronic address of each principal submitter. Planning Regulation 2017 sch 22 s 5(1)(d) requires the assessment manager to keep any properly made submission available for inspection and purchase. These documents are public by law. Many councils redact submitters' contact details before publishing online, but that is council practice, not a verified statutory requirement. This is a discovery-only redaction aid. It surfaces documents that carry submitter details so they can be reviewed before publication. It is not a blocking classifier.

Type: regex
Engine: boost_regex
Confidence: medium
Confidence justification: Medium. Submission and submitter wording plus a populated name or contact field and planning context is a reliable signal for submitter details. However, the documents are public by law, so the classifier only flags them for redaction review at 65. The recommended confidence is 65 and there are no enforce tiers. 65 is a heuristic evidence tier, not measured accuracy. Test values are synthetic.
Jurisdictions: au, au-qld
Regulations: Planning Act 2016 (Qld), Planning Regulation 2017 (Qld), Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld)
Frameworks: QGISCF
Data categories: pii, contact-information, government
Scope: narrow
Risk rating: 3
Platform compatibility: Purview: Compatible, GCP DLP: Compatible, Macie: Compatible, Zscaler: Compatible, Palo Alto: Degraded, Netskope: Unsupported

Pattern

(?i)\b(?:properly\s+made\s+submissions?|(?:principal\s+)?submitters?|submission-makers?|submissions?\s+(?:about|on|regarding|in\s+relation\s+to|objecting\s+to|in\s+support\s+of|against|for)\s+(?:the\s+|this\s+)?(?:proposed\s+)?(?:development(?:\s+application)?|application|DA)|objections?\s+to\s+(?:the\s+|this\s+)?(?:proposed\s+)?(?:development(?:\s+application)?|application|DA)|development\s+application\s+submissions?)\b

Corroborative evidence keywords

development application, Planning Act 2016, assessment manager, public notification, material change of use, planning scheme, decision notice

Proximity: 300 characters

Should match

Submission about the development application MCU/2026/0412 Submitter name: Robin Teston Residential address: 31 Ridge Street, Nambour QLD 4560 Email: robin.teston@inbox-mail.net Grounds: the proposed six-storey building exceeds the planning scheme height limit. — Submission with submitter name, address and email (65 tier)
Summary of properly made submissions - development application DA/2026/118 (public notification period closed 14/08/2026) Submitter 1: Casey Teston, 5 Lagoon Road, Yeppoon Submitter 2: Jamie Staffson, 7 Lagoon Road, Yeppoon — Assessment report submission summary listing submitters (65 tier)
Decision notice - Planning Act 2016 s 63 Principal submitter: Morgan Teston Address: 12 Fig Tree Lane, Maleny QLD 4552 The development application for a material change of use is approved subject to conditions. — Decision notice naming the principal submitter (65 tier)
Objection to the development application at 40 Beach Parade. Name: Taylor Teston Phone: 0412 555 318 I object because of traffic and loss of privacy under the planning scheme. — Emailed objection with name and phone (65 tier)

Should not match

properly made submission, for a development application, means a submission that is signed by each person who made the submission; is received on or before the last day for making the submission; states the name and residential or business address of all submission-makers; and states its grounds. — Planning Act 2016 sch 2 definition (legislation)
Notice of development application (Planning Act 2016 s 53) Applicant: Coral Coast Developments Pty Ltd Applicant name: Coral Coast Developments Proposal: material change of use - multiple dwelling Any person may make a properly made submission about the application to the assessment manager by 30/10/2026. — Public notification notice naming only the applicant
Development application submission form - blank template Submitter name: ____________ Residential address: ____________ Email: ____________ — Blank submission form
How to make a submission: your submission must state your name and residential or business address, be signed by each submitter, and state the grounds. Submissions about a development application are public documents. — Council guidance page (guidance exclusion)
Council received 412 submissions about the development application for the marina, with most submitters objecting to the building height. — News and statistics (no submitter details)

Known false positives

Legislation, public notification notices, council guidance on making a submission, and news about submission counts. Mitigation: The 65 tier needs a populated submitter name or contact field. Applicant and owner fields do not count, and a guidance exclusion suppresses how-to pages.
Published submissions and decision notices are public documents under Planning Regulation 2017 sch 22 s 5 and Planning Act s 63. Mitigation: This is by design. The classifier is a discovery-only redaction aid and never enforces. Use it to review submitter contact details before publishing online, not to block sharing.
Non-planning uses of submitter (software change requests, journal submissions). Mitigation: Planning context (development application, Planning Act, assessment manager, planning scheme and similar) is required within 300 characters.