Regional guide · Logan
What changes when you sell in Logan
Logan City Council is the water and wastewater service provider for the city, and its trade waste approval is issued under the Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008 (Qld).
Every figure on this page is sourced and dated. Where a figure is not published for this region, the page says so. Last updated 15 September 2026.
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What changes when you sell in Logan
A Logan trade waste approval does not transfer
Logan City Council is the water and wastewater service provider for the city, and its trade waste approval is issued under the Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008 (Qld). The published position is direct: if you change property ownership or lease a business establishment, you have to reapply for a new approval.
Council says an approval may be needed if your business discharges anything other than normal domestic wastewater to sewer, and lists food premises, mechanical workshops and wash bays, industrial and manufacturing sites, commercial laundries, shopping centres and service stations. That list covers a large slice of the Logan business base. Fees recorded for 2026-27 are $116.00 to apply, $116.00 an hour or part thereof to inspect and $116.00 for a property search.
One detail matters in a leasehold sale. Trade waste charges are billed to the property owner on the rates notice, with the owner recovering from a tenant under a separate arrangement. So the account sits with your landlord, while the obligation to reapply sits with your buyer. Get the application in before settlement, not after.
Logan publishes a change of ownership application, with a price
Logan City Council’s food business licence application form carries an application type worded as a change of ownership of an existing licensed food business. Your buyer applies and pays. Council states it will decide and contact the applicant within 30 days, and that planning approval, building approval and plumbing and drainage approval should be confirmed first.
Logan City Council food business licence, change of ownership fees, 2026-27
| Business type | Change of ownership fee |
|---|---|
| Supermarket | $562.00 plus $957.00 licence fee |
| Bakery, cafe or restaurant | $562.00 plus $1,041.00 licence fee |
| Food shop or takeaway | $562.00 plus $999.00 licence fee |
| Food vehicle or vending machine | $562.00 plus $566.00 licence fee |
Fees from Council’s food business licence application form for 2026-27. Pro rata reductions apply to the licence fee only, not the application fee. Express processing within 10 business days costs a further $261.00. A Logan cafe change of ownership is therefore about $1,603 in council fees before any pro rata adjustment.
Footpath dining needs a new permit, not a transfer
Council’s own guidance tells an incoming operator to complete the application for a new outdoor dining licence, pay the fee, and wait until the new permit is issued in their name before putting tables and chairs on the footpath.
The practical effect is that a Logan cafe with outdoor seating cannot legally trade its footpath area on the day of settlement unless the new permit has already issued. In Beenleigh’s Main Street and City Road, reconfigured by council in 2021, that seating can be a real part of the takings. Make it a settlement condition.
Environmentally relevant activities do transfer, at $345
Logan City Council shares responsibility for registering environmentally relevant activities with the Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation, under the Environmental Protection Act 1994 (Qld) and the Environmental Protection Regulation 2019 (Qld). Unlike trade waste, a devolved ERA can be transferred to a suitable operator for prescribed activities.
Fees recorded for 2026-27 are $957 for a new site specific application plus 30 per cent of the annual renewal fee, $345 to transfer, $524 for a standard variation and $608 for an amalgamation application. Resource activity authorities cannot be transferred.
Given the manufacturing and transport concentration here, this reaches spray painting, metal forming, chemical storage, waste transport, vehicle workshops and concrete batching. Check whether the authority on your site is devolved to council or held by the state department, because the path differs.
The scheme is mid rewrite, and the timetable runs to the end of the decade
Development assessment runs under the Logan Planning Scheme 2015, with the Logan PD Hub and a Development Enquiry Tool for checking approvals and constraints on a site. Infrastructure charges are levied under the Logan Charges Resolution (No. 12) 2025, which took effect 1 September 2025, and council publishes an online estimator. The adopted per square metre rates for industrial, warehouse, retail and commercial uses were not readable from the published notice of changes, so no rate is quoted here; run the estimator for your site.
Council is replacing the 2015 scheme with the new Logan Plan. Consultation on the draft ran from 1 September 2025 to 31 October 2025 and drew 4,002 submissions. Council’s published roadmap runs investigation of submissions through 2026 and 2027, a possible second consultation round in 2028, and drafting, legal review, endorsement, state approval and adoption across 2029 and 2030. If your value depends on a zoning or an expansion right, that is a live due diligence question rather than a marketing point.
Risk based flood mapping across two rivers and about 90 creeks
Logan City Council uses risk based flood mapping rather than a single defined flood event line. It maps high risk land, described by council as roughly an 80 per cent chance in 30 years, where new commercial development is generally not supported; moderate risk, where development is allowed with resilience measures such as raised floor levels; and low risk, described as a 1 per cent chance or less over a 30 year period. The mapping runs scenarios from a 50 per cent annual chance through to a 0.05 per cent annual chance and the Probable Maximum Flood, across the Logan River, the Albert River and approximately 90 creeks.
Council issues a flood level report through the Logan PD Hub, and the Bureau of Meteorology runs a dedicated Logan and Albert River Flood Warning System. Beenleigh, Eagleby, Bethania, Waterford, Loganlea, Holmview and Logan Village carry mapped risk that flows into insurance premiums, lease terms, fitout replacement cost and business interruption cover. Beenleigh Rum Distillery lost six months of production after the March 2017 flooding from ex-Tropical Cyclone Debbie damaged electrical plant. Council’s 2025-26 budget carried $160,000 for flood monitoring improvements and $2.1 million for ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred recovery. Pull the report for your site before you go to market.
Yatala and Stapylton are not in Logan
The Yatala Enterprise Area is a local area plan of the City of Gold Coast planning scheme, covering Yatala and Stapylton on the southern side of the Albert River. Neither locality sits in Logan City, so nothing on this page counts them as Logan businesses.
It matters at Beenleigh and Eagleby, where the trade area runs south across the river. A different council means a different planning scheme, different development approvals and a different rates base. A Beenleigh business that leases in Yatala deals with the City of Gold Coast, and a Beenleigh business thinking about relocating across the river is changing regulator entirely.
Named and funded projects in and around Logan
| Project | Value | Date and status |
|---|---|---|
| Logan and Gold Coast Faster Rail, Kuraby to Beenleigh | $5.7 billion, revised up from $2.6 billion | 20 kilometre corridor, track doubling from two to four, removal of five level crossings; $300 million from each of the Queensland and Australian Governments for 2025-26 preconstruction works; ministerial statement 17 June 2025 |
| Logan Hospital expansion, Meadowbrook | Over $1 billion in total | Stage 1 $460 million completed, adding 206 beds and treatment spaces; Stage 2 $874.7 million started late 2024 and completing late 2027, adding 112 beds plus theatres and endoscopy rooms |
| Loganlea station relocation | $173.76 million | $89.38 million Australian Government and $84.38 million Queensland Government; station moves about 500 metres south opposite Logan Hospital; contract awarded September 2024, expected completion 2027 |
| Logan Indoor Sports Centre, Logan Central | $142.1 million | Nine multipurpose indoor courts across two halls, 600 person community capacity and up to 7,000 spectators for Games events; construction early 2026 to mid 2028, averaging 192 full time equivalent jobs a year |
| Pacific Motorway (M1), Daisy Hill to Logan Motorway | $1 billion, split evenly between the two governments | About 10 kilometres widened from 6 to 8 lanes up to 8 to 10 lanes, plus busway and cycleway extensions; business case completed June 2023, and TMR states there are no fixed timeframes at this stage |
| Logan West Upgrade, Logan Motorway | Public private partnership with Transurban Queensland; value not published | About 10 kilometres between the Mount Lindesay Highway and the Ipswich Motorway, new lanes each way, Formation Street interchange upgrade; announced 23 July 2024, construction expected to complete before the 2032 Games |
| Logan Enhancement Project | $512 million | Completed 23 August 2019; widened the Logan Motorway and Gateway Extension Motorway and upgraded the Mount Lindesay Highway, Gateway Motorway and Wembley Road interchanges |
| Greater Flagstone Priority Development Area | Part of a $1.2 billion state infrastructure agreement with Yarrabilba | 7,188 hectares, approximately 51,500 dwellings and up to 138,000 people, expected to take 30 to 40 years; declared 8 October 2010 |
| Yarrabilba Priority Development Area | Part of the same $1.2 billion agreement | 2,222 hectares about 20 kilometres south of Logan Central, up to 20,000 homes and 50,000 people, expected to take 20 to 30 years; declared 8 October 2010 |
| Crestmead Logistics Estate | $1.5 billion, private | Nine stages, 650,000 square metres and up to 6,000 jobs; stage one a 36 hectare parcel bought by Mapletree Investments for $90 million and built as a $440 million, 200,000 square metre logistics park |
Values and dates as published by the Queensland Government, the Australian Government, the Department of Transport and Main Roads, Economic Development Queensland and the developers, at the dates shown. Realised jobs and occupancy inside the Crestmead Logistics Estate as at 2026 were not published, so only the announced figures are given.
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