Rural Residential abolished in SE Qld Mgmt Plan?

Me again folks

The Mortgage Broker who tipped me off has just sent me this link ( I owe him one):

http://www.oum.qld.gov.au/

Check it out, and post your thoughts and any other links here. Deal?

Cheers, Greg

Hi Brahms

I think the Qld state government is:
1. Genuinely trying to address legitimate ‘green’ concerns caused by poor development models
2. “Tiring of supporting infrastructure development into further urban sprawl.”

I think they’re taking as their model of “what NOT to do” the mess that developed around Sydney’s “3 Cities” (W’gong – Sydney – Gosford/Newcastle) not too many decades ago.

The Qld government is currently presiding over the development of one full-blown massive “city” from the Gold Coast (south), through Brisbane to the Sunshine Coast (north to, and including, Noosa Shire), plus out west through Ipswich and up the Range to Toowoomba.

The state government plus the collective shire councils really do need to do something to protect green belts etc and rationalise their infrastructure development supply/costs.

I’m in the happy position of living and investing in the shire immediately adjoining Noosa. We’re often characterised as “Noosa Hinterland”. Rural Res is well and truly safe for the foreseeable future here, as it is in all (?) other Rural shires in Qld. Frankly, I think rural/semi-rural shires like ours can’t do without a Rural Residential option.

Thus, when I said developers must act on Rural Residential projects they’re holding in their Land Banks within 2 years of the new SE Qld Plan being adopted, or they lose their Rural Residential zoning, this only applies from the Gold Coast, Brisbane and west up to /including Toowoomba, and the Sunshine Coast to Noosa.

It doesn’t apply to us, and I think I stand to profit handsomely from that key fact. [biggrin][cigar][biggrin]

Cheers
Greg

Hi Jo

Thanks for the brilliant links. As usual in this investment game, each “downside” has its “upside”, and proactive investors such as ourselves take particular note of Steve McKnight’s motto: “Success comes from doing things differently.”

Greenies have legitimate concerns, and developers who take note of these concerns and build them into their developments will prosper: people might not vote Green, but they sure-as-Hell aspire to live in genuinely Green environments, right? I suggest proactive investors “Do a Google” with the keywords:
* Draft SEQ Regional Plan
* As a 2nd separate Google, type in:
1. Draft SEQ Regional Plan
2. The Council of your choice/investment interest (to see the more localised perspectives).

Try this link, which details legitimate concerns about ruthless developers. Make sure you click on the Maps link contained in this article:
http://brec.ozecol.org/news/current/seqrecn_developers_dream.html

Here’s part of the article:
A Developers’ Dream – New Draft SEQ Plan fails to protect Urban Bushland, Open Space or Quality of life

The SEQ Regional Plan, released today, gives developers what they want and throws open our few protected areas to more use, while failing to really grapple with the real sustainability issues in the region, according to conservationists.

“The State government should take immediate steps to rectify the Plan’s gaping flaws and really protect the values of South East Queensland,” said Michael Petter, Coordinator of the SEQ Regional Environment Coordination Network.

The New SEQ Urban Plan:
~ Fails to control urban development to protect regionally significant bushlands in the urban growth area. – This will leave over 22,000 hectares of remnant vegetation at risk of clearing.
~ Fails to protect an adequate urban break between Brisbane and the Gold Coast
~ Fails to commit to reduce air pollution
~ Fails to ensure adequate environmental allocation of water
~ Fails to commit to significant reduction in water pollution
~ Pushes more people into the western corridor, an area which has air pollution problems and landscape stability issues.
~ Leaves Stradbroke Island still unprotected and threatened by mining
~ Fails to protect the Wallum Corridor on the Sunshine Coast
~ Fails to fully protect the Flinders peak to Karawatha corridor
~ Fails to live up to previous principles and policies to protect the biodiversity and cultural resources of the Region’s Aboriginal Traditional Owners
~ Allows the expansion of urban development in the Redlands
~ Allows for massive urban expansion in northern Beaudesert and western Caboolture
~ Pushes housing into salinity affected areas in the Bremer River
~ Forces councils to allow extractive industries in floodplains, the Bay and areas like the Koala Coast using the new State Planning Policy for Extractive Industry
~ Increases the number of major roads including the duplication the Gateway Bridge and Gateway Arterial – pushes through the Western Brisbane Bypass
~ Massively expands existing road corridors mostly through bushland areas to the west and south of Brisbane
~ Allows Powerlink to continue carving up bushlands and local communities with transmission lines
~ Does make a commitment to modest demand management measures in the future.
~ Does slow development in good agricultural land but doesn’t prohibit urban development

Cheers
Greg

Hi Jo

Thanks for the compliments, and “right back at you” [biggrin]

To my mind, the key with due diligence, apart from doing it exhaustively, is to look for that “point of difference” that will make what you do unique from the bulk of other investors.

There are some major opportunities to be found whilst:
1. Reading all these links but more importantly
2. Reflecting on /meditating on the fine detail of what’s included in SOME of them.

You know this already, Jo. This tip is for the newbies. I still need lots of mentoring myself in many, many areas, [cigar][buz2][cigar] and I hope I can keep calling on you all. Deal?

Cheers
Greg

Hi Richard

It’s got me pretty excited too! But you, better than most of us on this forum, know that the name of the game is to put your reading / expertise / experiences / contacts to use, and just “do it!” [cigar]

It’s all about subtle details, right? [smart] I’d love it if you could elaborate a little bit, giving us your thoughts. I’m not asking you to give us ALL your thoughts, chief. [chief][brave] But I know I speak for a lot of people when I ask you to teach us from the mountain top.

Cheers
Greg