Plans for a residential subdivision with 66 lots in the Sunshine Coast hinterland have been submitted to Sunshine Coast Council for assessment.
The proposal seeks to create allotments ranging from about 600sqm to 1430sqm, along with three drainage reserves and a bushland reserve, at 165 and 171 Burnside Road, Burnside.
The application was submitted by Subdivisions (Qld) Pty Ltd on behalf of Danseur Pty Ltd, which also owns the land. Both companies are directed by Noel Covey.
“There is demonstrated need for the development (and) the proposal is consistent with the intent of the planning area precinct,” it states.
The 7.66-hectare site has historically been used for agricultural and exotic plant nursery purposes.
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There are currently three houses and several outbuildings on the land, which is intersected by two “minor” watercourses.
The proposed subdivision would be delivered across two stages: the first would include external works on Burnside Road and create 34 residential lots, while the second stage would add the remaining 32 lots.
The average area of all 66 proposed residential lots is about 712sqm.
The site sits within the Emerging Community Zone of the Nambour Local Plan area, with neighbouring properties also at various stages of residential development. To the north-east Stage 2 of the Windsor Park estate has recently been completed, while a 36-lot subdivision at Henebery Road to the north-west has approval for operational works. To the west the council is assessing a separate 58-lot proposal on land zoned for Community Facilities.
An ecological assessment report by Biodiverse Environmental says some native vegetation will be removed for the estate but offset through replanting.
“The proposed development will involve removal of native vegetation, including removal of 0.245 hectares of native vegetation located at the south-eastern extent of the site, as well as removal of 12 native trees located throughout the remainder of the site,” it says.
“A total of 1.295 hectares is proposed as drainage reserve and bushland reserve, within which offset requirements are able to be met through the rehabilitation of the proposed reserves under a council-approved rehabilitation plan. A minimum of 18 koala trees would also be recommended in the rehabilitation area.
“The resulting community, if successfully rehabilitated, is expected to provide greater ecological, riparian and aquatic value, and safer passage for fauna, than existing vegetation areas on site.”
Most of the new lots would be accessed via new internal streets for the estate, except for 13 lots with direct frontage access to Burnside Road.
The development would also require upgrades along the site’s 320m frontage to Burnside Road.
The application is subject to impact assessment.
Mr Covey is also behind a development application that was lodged last year for a “bushland-oriented” tourist park with more than 250 sites at Yandina Creek. Those plans are still pending an information request to the applicant by the council.
