June 14, 2017
The South Burnett Regional Council is currently considering more than $20 million of new developments, excluding a recent proposal by Bunnings to open a retail outlet in Kingaroy.
Cr Terry Fleischfresser, who chairs the Planning and Property portfolio, told Wednesday’s Council meeting planning officers are currently processing applications for:
- An 80 lot rural residential subdivision in south-west Nanango
- An extractive industry in a rural area of the region
- A relocatable home park for 51 retirement dwellings in Buckingham Street, Kingaroy
- A peanut seed processing plant north of Kingaroy, and
- A significant piggery expansion at Windera
Cr Fleischfresser said that together with the current rebuilding occurring at the Swickers Bacon Factory, he estimated the value of the projects was at least $20 million, and possibly more.
Many of the projects also offered the prospect of more jobs for the region, he said.
Later in the same meeting, Councillors approved an application by the Drayton Street Family Practice to expand their existing building at 83 Drayton Street, Nanango into a medical centre.
The new centre will roughly double the practice’s current size and be capable of hosting as many as eight doctors.
The application was approved subject to standard conditions.
- Related article: Bunnings Lodges Development Application
