The plan to bring a supermarket giant into a small country town on Queensland's Sunshine Coast could spiral into a major legal battle.
ABC Sunshine Coast: Owen JacquesA developer is vowing to bring a major Coles supermarket to a hinterland town on the Sunshine Coast, after council staff recommended it be rejected.
Developer NeuBau wants to build its supermarket complex at the edge of town on a long-vacant block along the main road.Word from the bookshop "I think that's a tough thing because you can lose the very essence of why people want to live here … the village atmosphere."ABC Sunshine Coast: Owen JacquesPaul Stevenson rides around town on his bicycle, and pops in and out of the stores and co-operatives that he believes makes the town so special.ABC Sunshine Coast: Owen JacquesHe said a large-scale supermarket risked harming the small-town energy and community that attracted people in the first place.
They said it was also in "clear conflict" with the town's planning scheme and proposed for an unsuitable residential area.
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