March 6, 2024
South Burnett Regional Council has given approval for a new subdivision in Blackbutt, roughly 1.2km from the town’s CBD.
At the current Council’s final meeting on Wednesday, Councillors discussed a plan by GLW Constructions Pty Ltd to convert two Lots at 189 and 193 Crumpton Drive – with a total area of 7.9ha – into 15 rural residential lots.
The proposal will require the developer to build a new sealed road to provide access to the lots – which will range in size from 4005 to 9555sq m – and install street lighting.
They will also be required to preserve a strip of bushland along Taromeo Creek, which borders one side of the development.
Because the subdivision is in a bushfire zone, all houses in it will be required to have two water tanks – a 45,000 litre tank for household consumption and a 22,500 litre tank which can be used for fire fighting.
In addition – because part of the estate is also in a flood hazard area – all houses will need to be built on a 25m x 40m rectangle in each lot that should be immune to flooding.
The development will occur on Class B agricultural land and two existing dwellings will remain on the site, with the remaining 13 blocks available to buyers.
At Wednesday’s meeting, Councillors heard that two valid objections had been received about the development.
One expressed concerns about the need to protect native wildlife, and the other worried the subdivision would increase traffic along Crumpton Drive.
However, officers believed the conditions Council had set on the development approval would satisfy these concerns.
Councillors agreed, and approved the project unanimously.
