Land-locked city school allowed to expand into street

Monday January 11, 2021

Vacant land in New Farm is rare and expensive, so the local state school had to be creative in its building plans.

An artist’s impression of the New Farm State School expansion on land formerly known as Hawthorne Street.

The Palaszczuk Government has formally resumed the end of Hawthorne Street to allow New Farm State School to keep growing. It had previously purchased neighbouring residential properties, and has consulted on expansion plans since 2019.

The street had extended to a cul-de-sac in the middle of the school but was blocked off ahead of summer…

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