November 19, 2025
South Burnett Regional Council has agreed to allow South Burnett Care to use a section of the Pound Street parklands in Kingaroy as a car park.
The application by SB Care was considered initially at the October general meeting and then left to lay on the table for further investigation.
At the November general meeting, council staff recommended that SBRC enter into a “non-exclusive Deed of Licence to occupy” with SB Care for five years.
Council CEO Mark Pitt said SB Care had initially wanted to buy the land but this had been declined.
The “non-exclusive Deed of Licence to occupy” was the lowest form of tenure available and more appropriate than a lease for community parkland.
SB Care would agree to mow and maintain the area and pay an annual fee of $75.
Councillors, who eventually agreed to a two-year arrangement, were told on Wednesday that local businesses had complained to Council about the lack of parking space in the area.
The agreement with SB Care would be a temporary solution to “significant parking issues”.
The landscaped parklands were created by members of the Kingaroy Apex Club in the 1970s – with assistance from Kingaroy Shire Council – as part of the club’s Kingaroy Senior Citizens Centre project.
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South Burnett Regional Council will enter into negotiations with RES Group over the use of an area of land at Kingaroy Airport.
RES is the company which plans to build the Tarong West wind farm project near Ironpot.
If approved, the airport land would be used for short-term workers’ accommodation.
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The SBRC will submit an offer to the State Government to buy the former Kingaroy Community Health building in the Glendon Street car park in Kingaroy.
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Council CEO Mark Pitt has been delegated to negotiate a Memorandum of Understanding with the Queensland Blue Light Association for Council to take over the former Blue Light building in George Street, Nanango.
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Councillors voted at Wednesday’s meeting to approve a request from the Wondai & District Men’s Shed to acquire an unused council crib room currently located in Edward Street, Wondai.
The Men’s Shed intends to removed the building, fix it up and use it at their proposed new lease site in Wondai.
The SBRC will not be responsible for costs associated with removing the building nor the works necessary to improve it.
