Council agenda and an apology
Sue Brooks November 11th, 2008
Tomorrow we have 3 major developments to decide upon, all of which are in Hervey Bay. Firstly a 33 Unit development at 459 Esplanade and 54 Cypress St. This development is 5 storeys high and is being assessed under the ‘old’ planning scheme.
The second development is huge. It is for 254 units on the old Anchorage Caravan park site on the corner of Boat Harbour Drive and The Esplanade at Urangan. It is for 5 separate buildings 4 of which are six storeys high and the fifth building being two storeys high. The site is 2.4 hectares approx and is currently vacant. I notice For Sale signs on the block so I’m not sure what future plans are in store for this development.
Lastly we have the ‘Gilligans’ backpacker development. This is for 136 units with 500 beds in an upmarket backpacker styled development situated opposite Seafront Oval at 26-42 Hillyard St. It will be six storeys high. I have asked for more detail about the car parking as it appears that the car park is primarily at ground level not in a basement. I’m not sure that a large on the ground carpark is a ‘good look’ in this area.
So the changing face of our foreshore continues unabated it seems. While I worry personally that Hervey Bay is pouring a bit too much concrete and loosing too many trees all these applications appear on first reading to conform primarily with our Planning Scheme. It seems that for many years developers had the power to build to 6 storeys but did not avail themselves of the opportunity. How times change!
Lastly I apologise for sending out an email today to many of you without remembering to use the BCC function to keep addresses private. So please forgive me for my slip up and remember to respect each others privacy. I promise to do my very best to never ever do so again… Feel free to email me if you do want to be included on my email list even though I admit I’m not foolproof in managing to send out group emails! Till next time, Sue
- Development issues
- Comments(4)
I am surprised that we are still allowing more development in the way of units, when we are clearly have more beds in Hervey Bay than we do guests.
Another 500 bed Backpackers, when we have already 11 backpackers struggling to get good occupancy.
2 more unit developments, when we have an already struggling tourism,this year we had more whales than guests, first time I can remember the guests leaving before the whales did.
Isn’t it about time we say enough is enough, or are we just going to allow the esplanade to be a 15 klm strip of concrete.
G’day Mark,
Firstly I agree with you completley, when I first came to the Bay there were still one or two
nice old Queenslanders, alas gone with the wind.
But have you or any of our councillors thought about traffic on the esplanade, should we ever
have full occupancy?
I still believe continual growth is self destructive, it is worth remembering, we reap what we sow.
Sadman
If in doubt about what the esplanade is going to look like when they have finished demolishing all the old houses and building units take a trip to Sydney and check out the Northern Beaches! Breaks ones heart!
Just what is happening to the anchorage caravan park. I thought watpac were going ahead with the development, now I see the land has been put up for tender.