Go up or go out: Sunshine Coast to decide its future growth with new planning scheme

Wednesday January 20, 2021

One of Queensland’s fastest growing regions has embarked on a major review of its future development in a move aimed at rejecting continued urban sprawl and accommodating most of the 87,000 new homes it needs over the next 20 years in existing residential areas.

The council has embarked on a business case that may see a light rail link between Kawana and Maroochydore.

Sunshine Coast Council has taken the first steps toward drawing up a new planning scheme which will dictate where to house new residents and how they will move around the region.

The review…

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