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Rural Towns and Hinterland Areas FACT SHEET 3 RURAL TOWNS AND HINTERLAND AREAS Council and the community’s vision is for the Bundaberg Region to be “vibrant, progressive, connected and sustainable”. To achieve this vision, Council has prepared the Bundaberg Regional Council Planning Scheme to help manage future land use and development in the Bundaberg Region. The planning scheme aims to strengthen the economy, support local communities, protect and sustainably manage the natural environment and provide targeted investments in infrastructure. The planning scheme provides a framework for sustainable growth management with a time horizon of 2031. This fact sheet has been prepared to provide a summary of the requirements in the planning scheme most relevant to the rural towns and hinterland areas in the Bundaberg Region. Rural Towns and Hinterland Areas Queensland’s Lifestyle Capital The Bundaberg Region covers an area of approximately CHILDERS & GIN GIN – HOUSING CHOICE 6,451 km². Almost 90% of the region forms part of the AND RESIDENTIAL GROWTH rural landscape, incorporating natural environmental The planning scheme provides for a range of housing areas, public open space, forestry and rural production types and densities to accommodate projected growth areas. in the region over the next 20+ years. While most demand for urban growth and residential The rural towns of Childers and Gin Gin provide a development is intended to be concentrated in the range of business, retail, employment and community regional city of Bundaberg and nearby coastal towns, services to their surrounding rural communities, and the planning scheme also provides opportunities also serve as gateways to the region on the Bruce for the growth of rural towns and villages across the Highway. To support the role of these rural towns, the region. planning scheme allocates land for residential growth The planning scheme also identifies rural residential in Gin Gin and Childers, including: areas for rural living, and seeks to facilitate development » existing ‘greenfield’ areas included in the Low that will support agricultural and rural production. Density Residential Zone; » additional land for residential growth in the eastern part of Gin Gin; and » land in the north-western part of Childers (near the Childers Woolworths Shopping Centre), which has been included in the Emerging Community Zone. The planning scheme also identifies land within close proximity and easy access to the ‘main street’ town centres of Childers and Gin Gin, where medium density residential development is supported. In Gin Gin, these areas are largely similar to those areas included in the Multi-residential Precinct in the Kolan Shire Planning Scheme 2006, whereas in Childers, parts of Macrossan Street and West Street have been included in the Medium Density Residential Zone. The planning scheme promotes net residential densities of 30 to 50 equivalent dwellings per hectare in the Medium Density Residential Zone (e.g. approximately 5 units on a 1,000m² lot), with a maximum building height of 3 storeys. MD-7-825 Rev.1 03/07/17 1 FACT RURAL TOWNS AND SHEET HINTERLAND AREAS 3 RURAL VILLAGES The planning scheme defines a hierarchy of commercial The smaller rural villages and localities across the activity centres across the Bundaberg Region. While region, including Apple Tree Creek, Avondale, Bullyard, the Bundaberg CBD is the principal activity centre for Cordalba, Sharon, South Kolan, Tirroan, Wallaville and the region, the town centres of Childers and Gin Gin will Yandaran, will continue to provide local services to remain key district activity centres, providing higher- their respective communities and rural catchments. order services and facilities to their surrounding rural The planning scheme supports modest growth within catchments. these villages, and through opportunities for rural living in nearby areas allocated for rural residential Lower order centres, including smaller existing development. convenience centres and local stores, have been identified as neighbourhood activity centres. While the planning scheme does not necessarily zone additional land for growth, the Strategic Framework Through the Strategic Framework, the planning scheme provides a mechanism for Council to support the also provides support for non-residential uses in rural residential expansion of identified villages where there villages, where these uses support and service the needs is a demonstrated need, where development avoids of local residents, residents from surrounding rural and natural hazards and important agricultural areas, rural residential areas, tourists or the travelling public. and where the development has adequate access to infrastructure and services. INDUSTRY AND EMPLOYMENT In some cases, development in these rural towns The planning scheme identifies significant areas for and villages is constrained by adjacent areas of future industry within or close to Childers and Gin Gin. environmental significance, natural resources (e.g. While low-medium impact industries are generally agricultural land) and natural hazards. The lack of provided for within the town areas, larger scale or more reticulated sewerage infrastructure (and water supply, intensive industry uses are provided for in industry in most cases) in the smaller rural villages also limits areas designated in the following areas: the scale and intensity of development in these areas. » near the Isis Central Sugar Mill at Isis Central; RURAL LIVING – RURAL RESIDENTIAL » opposite the Childers aerodrome on the Bruce Further housing choice is provided through the Highway, South Isis; identification of areas for rural residential development. These areas have been allocated close to services and » adjacent to the Bruce Highway and Mount Perry Road facilities in existing towns and villages, or adjacent to on the northern side of Gin Gin; and existing rural residential development. Areas identified » at Drinan Road, off the Bruce Highway to the south of include Redridge, Sharon, South Kolan and Tirroan. Gin Gin. The allocation of land for such development will accommodate the demand for rural living These industry areas have good access to the Bruce and will reduce the loss of small rural Highway and provide the opportunity to attract a range lots and important agricultural of industrial activities such as transport/logistics, rural land for this purpose. Taking into industries and industry servicing the mining sector. account site constraints and the location of land, there are a number In addition to the above industry areas, the Bingera Sugar of precincts in the Rural Residential Mill at South Kolan continues to provide employment zone which provide for different opportunities and services the surrounding agricultural lot sizes and cater for different district. lifestyle options. RURAL ENTERPRISE AND INDUSTRY Economic Agriculture and farming underpins the region’s economy, Development character and identity. The planning scheme provides for activities that compliment or value-add to rural ACTIVITY CENTRES production, including roadside stalls, packing sheds, rural The rural towns of Childers and Gin industries, wineries and accommodation uses such as Gin provide a range of business, farm stays and rural workers’ accommodation. retail, employment and community services to their surrounding rural The planning scheme also provides for other rural communities, and also serve as activities, including intensive horticulture, intensive gateways to the region on the animal industries and aquaculture, across the rural parts Bruce Highway. of the region. MD-7-825 Rev.1 03/07/17 2 FACT RURAL TOWNS AND SHEET HINTERLAND AREAS 3 Natural Hazards neighbourhood character areas. In addition to existing State heritage places, including the Boolboonda FLOOD Tunnel, the (former) Gin Gin Railway Station, the Apple Flooding of the Burnett River, Kolan River, Gin Gin Tree Creek War Memorial and numerous commercial Creek and other local streams in January 2013 saw buildings in the Childers ‘main street’, the planning significant inundation, with parts of Gin Gin, Wallaville scheme identifies a number of local heritage places, and other rural and rural residential communities including the Gin Gin War Memorial and Bucca Hotel. affected. The planning scheme seeks to minimise or avoid the risk of harm to people and property from the The planning scheme also identifies neighbourhood effects of river flooding, localised creek flooding and character areas, which are areas that have relatively potential storm tide inundation. The Flood Hazard in-tact and consistent character, including the Overlay in the planning scheme carries forward similar Childers ‘main street’ town centre, and pockets of provisions to those included in Council’s Temporary ‘Queenslander’ character housing in Childers. Local Planning Instrument (TLPI), but also identifies The planning scheme includes measures through the potential storm tide hazards along the coast. Heritage and neighbourhood character overlay code to ensure development on or adjoining a heritage BUSHFIRE AND OTHER NATURAL HAZARDS place, or within a neighbourhood character area, The planning scheme identifies areas of bushfire is compatible with the place’s or area’s heritage risk based on mapping undertaken by the State significance or character. Government. The planning scheme seeks to ensure that development in areas subject to bushfire hazard is appropriately designed to respond to the hazard, Green Space – Parks, Open Space including provision of safe
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