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A popular caravan park that has been using extra land for “overflow” campsites is now seeking formal approval to do so.

The company that owns the Ingenia Holidays Rivershore resort at Diddillibah has sought approval from the Sunshine Coast Council for the sites for “compliance” reasons.

Ina Operations, through Murray and Associates town planners, has applied to the council for a minor change to existing approval conditions to allow the “overflow”.

The council has previously given approval for Rivershore to expand on the land, which is to the east of the existing camping area, but it hasn’t yet proceeded with the expansion, allowing campers on it in the interim.

The minor change application says a portion of 63 David Low Way has been used as “overflow unpowered grass camp sites when in peak demand or existing sites are under maintenance”.

“For compliance reasons, Ina Operations Pty Ltd are seeking to formalise this arrangement via the minor change process,” one of the application documents says.

The requested approval would be for a non-serviced grass camping site zone with 17 unpowered sites.

“It is important to note that guests using the unpowered grass camping sites have access to the existing amenities within the established Rivershore tourist park,” the document says.

Murray and Associates submit that the requested change does not involve new land, will not affect traffic flow, will not affect the current operation and does not require referral to any other agencies, and should be approved.

Rivershore was contacted but declined to comment.

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