Premium Content Subscriber only With a surge in residential and commercial developments keeping the local construction industry alive, growth in the Bundaberg region is more than building castles in the sky. As various developments across the region start to be realised, the NewsMail reached out to a local town planner for his views on how the region is set to grow. InsiteSJC principal town planner Shane Booth said recent incentives were driving significant growth in the housing sector. Mr Booth said there was a "boom in building" with an uptake of sales and subsequent residential development of several large subdivisions and land holdings.