Gympie Development News Today

Thirty four new blocks of land could soon be on the market on the Southside, with the developers behind the already approved subdivision asking for some changes to be approved. Developers Agent Holdings lodged an application to transform the subdivision on the eastern side of Southside by increasing the number of available blocks from 21 to 34. The subdivision near the decommissioned Southside dump, between Glastonbury Road, Litschner Road and Snake Creek, was initially approved in 2009. Un...

Urban sprawl is not on the menu as part of Mayor Glen Hartwigs vision for Gympies residential development as the debate over the "crowded" nature of the regions new subdivisions continues. The question, raised by a letter to The Gympie Times on Monday, divided readers over whether affordable density or larger residential blocks were the future of the regions housing estates. Of particular concern was the amount of parks and green space within these developments. As it turns out, the regions...

“Council is committed to ensuring our region is protected and sustained through responsible environmental management.” The Gympie Regional Council acknowledges the value of a green environment in its frequent claim that we have a ‘liveable’ city – and a place to ‘live, work and play’. It is clear that Gympie is attracting new residents and that the GRC promotes development of housing estates that are continuing to ring the older parts of the city. Is this the ...

Premium Content Subscriber only A Gympie macadamia business has resurrected years-old plans as part of a push to put the region back on the nut map. Gympie Farm Services has lodged an application for a new nut handling facility at East Deep Creek, a development it said would put the region back at the forefront of an industry it had helped make thrive. “Although Gympie region was an early champion of expanding the macadamia industry in Australia it has been left behind by other regions,” th...

Goomeri tourism is about to get a boost if Donald and Heather Greeff get their wish, with plans unveiled to turn an empty Moore St hairdressing shop into a bed and breakfast. The Greeffs, who bought the property in December last year, have lodged a development application with Gympie Regional Council asking for permission to turn the existing house on the block into a two bedroom “boutique accommodation”. The developers said the project would allow more visitors to the town to stay “on a ...

The developer of a controversial motorsport park at Bella Creek is pushing back at tight restrictions enforced by Gympie Regional Council on the project when it was approved late last year Scott Cantys decade-long fight to have the park approved ended last October when the park was given a green light provided 25 conditions were met. Now Mr Canty is asking for some of these to be altered or deleted entirely. Points of contention include conditions placed around the serving of food on the si...

Concerns have been raised about the project’s height and impact on traffic in the heart of the city

Premium Content Subscriber only The Gympie region is continuing to claw its way toward being a major food bowl, with plans unveiled to transform a 39ha Wolvi property into a red claw crayfish farm. Owen and Kaitlyn Warhurst have asked for permission to transform the property, southwest of the Toolara Forest and on Counter Rd, into a farm capable of producing 6.5-8 tonne of crayfish a year. To do this they will need to build 3ha of grow-out ponds on the property, each with a 2200sq m surface are...

A Gympie self-storage business has unveiled plans to expand and add more than a dozen new storage rooms to its facility. Ezicost has lodged an application with Gympie Regional Council to build a new storage shed on the 1.18ha Cogan St block it has called home since the days of Gympie City Council. It would be the eighth storage facility on the block. The new shed would add more than a dozen storage spaces. The proposed new storage block would be clad in sheet metal and aesthetically similar t...

Premium Content Subscriber only Development can be time consuming but for some Gympie region applicants the process has become a years-long exercise. These are the three oldest as-yet unresolved development applications still with Gympie Regional Council. Downsfield delay The oldest outstanding application on the council’s records is the request to split a block at Downsfield, between Kia Ora and the Curra State Forest, which was first lodged shortly after Mick Curran became the mayor in 2015...