{"id":361713,"date":"2025-06-18T17:40:47","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T07:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=361713"},"modified":"2025-06-18T18:17:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T08:17:32","slug":"councillors-approve-motor-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2025\/06\/18\/councillors-approve-motor-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Councillors Approve Motor Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_361715\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-361715\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2024carswell.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-361715 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2024carswell.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2024carswell.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2024carswell-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2024carswell-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2024carswell-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2024carswell-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2024carswell-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-361715\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Russell Carswell, from Triple R Motorsports, at the Ballogie property in 2024 &#8230; a proposed motor sport park has been discussed in the region since at least 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>June 18, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>South Burnett councillors have unanimously approved a proposal by\u00a0Triple R Motorsports to build a motor sport facility on a property in Lewis Duff Road at Ballogie.<\/p>\n<p>The vote was taken at Wednesday&#8217;s Council meeting after a decision on the Development Application was delayed at the May meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Council officers had recommended in May that the application be rejected but Councillors put up an alternative motion that it be approved, subject to conditions.<\/p>\n<p>They discussed these conditions &#8211; which included operating hours and noise &#8211; at Wednesday&#8217;s meeting before voting to approve the Development Application.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The reasons to ignore the staff recommendation included:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There was a demonstrated regional need to accommodate a new motor sport facility servicing the region and, possibly, south-east Queensland<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The project complements a range of motor sport activities and events<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The use does not fragment agricultural land as the area is used for cattle grazing and that use can continue<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The application is consistent with the promotion of sporting tourism and will complement similar large-scale sporting events held within the region<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>It will provide an entertainment facility for a hard-to-locate sport within a reasonable travelling distance to regional towns<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The attraction of a new industry to the region provides economic opportunity and employment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The site is not considered remote in regards to a medical response, and other significant events occur within the region a further distance from Kingaroy Hospital<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Development Application includes the motorsport facility (two oval speedway tracks and a dirt drags track), ancillary facilities including a spectator parking area, caretaker\u2019s accommodation and a tourist park.<\/p>\n<p>Councillors noted that although there was some opposition to the proposal, it had also received a lot of support, including from the Ballogie community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2025\/05\/21\/council-delays-vote-on-motor-park\/\">Council Delays Vote On Motor Park<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2018\/04\/11\/motor-racing-proposal-still-active\/\">Motor Racing Proposal Still Active<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2018\/03\/05\/motorsport-dreams-hit-hitch\/\">Motorsport\u00a0Dreams Hits Hitch<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_360903\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-360903\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250521ballogieplan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-360903\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250521ballogieplan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250521ballogieplan.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250521ballogieplan-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-360903\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The layout of the proposed motorsports park, which would take up just a portion of the large rural block purchased by Triple R Motorsports at Ballogie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Burnett councillors have unanimously approved a proposal by\u00a0Triple R Motorsports to build a motor sport facility on a property in Lewis Duff Road at 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