The Queensland government has given the green light for 2,750 homes to be built on a Gold Coast flood plain. The council says the suburb's roads and other infrastructure won't cope with the increased density.
A Queensland council and Australia's insurance council are concerned about a new Gold Coast housing development , citing the project is too large and on a risky flood plain .
The SFD is a new fast-track approvals process that requires applications to be assessed within 75 business days and for the projects to start within two years.Master Builders Queensland said while the Lakesview project "ticks lots of boxes", the state government needed to fund expensive public infrastructure like roads, water and sewerage to get it off the ground.
"Remove the barriers, speed up approvals and you'll fuel housing construction — that's what industry told us, so that's what we did," Ms Scanlon said.Queensland's Planning Minister says she will intervene in a controversial development as part of plans to build a million homes in the next 20 years. "Our school is at 94 per cent capacity, the hospital in Robina is at absolute capacity, our road network is gridlocked.
A spokesperson said the insurance council had long called for planning authorities to stop approving homes on flood plains.
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