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FLASHBACK: Developer Rob Burgess with then-councillor Terry Fleischfresser, who held the planning portfolio at the time, at the public meeting in Kingaroy Town Hall in 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

March 18, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

South Burnett Regional Council will submit a grant application on behalf of a developer who has had plans to build a 51-unit gated community in Kingaroy for almost a decade.<\/p>\n

Councillors voted on Wednesday to “deem the associated operational work road works (internal), stormwater and earthworks” for the Kingsgrove Living Development Project as “essential infrastructure”.<\/p>\n

The original Development Application for the project, in Buckingham and Logan streets, was approved by Council in a split vote in October 2017.<\/p>\n

In December last year, Council approved “operational work” for the construction of internal roads in the complex as well as stormwater and drainage works.<\/p>\n

By now deeming these trunk works as “essential”, the project may become eligible for funding under Round 2 of the State Government’s Residential Activation Fund.<\/p>\n

Council staff will prepare and submit the grant application on behalf of Greenidge Pty Ltd as trustee for the RM and SM Burgess Family Trust.<\/p>\n

The development was first unveiled by developer Rob Burgess at a public meeting in Kingaroy in July 2017.<\/strong><\/p>\n

At that meeting, Mr Burgess said Kingsgrove would bring an entirely new style of building to the South Burnett.<\/p>\n

The units would be assembled on site from prefabricated components and connected to services, at which point they would be indistinguishable from normal homes.<\/p>\n

The complex would be covered by covenants to ensure that people who bought into it were aged 55 or higher.<\/p>\n

Residents would own their units but not the land they sat on.<\/p>\n

In a post on social media last year, Mr Burgess said the gated community could become a model for similar developments.<\/strong><\/p>\n

He described Kingsgrove as “an affordable housing solution to the crisis”.<\/p>\n

“Detached units with good private, open space and planned community living including (a) community centre, men’s shed and garden,” he wrote.<\/p>\n

“Sustainable living with (a) micro-grid and (a) small footprint that can become a model for other similar estates across Queensland.”<\/p>\n

The State Government’s Residential Activation Fund aims to unlock land (both greenfield and in-fill) to accelerate housing development by funding critical infrastructure.<\/p>\n

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