A picturesque greenfield site in Brunswick Heads is a step closer to becoming a bustling industrial and employment precinct with the submission of a key development application in relation to the project.
The sloping rural site at 66 The Saddle Road will have a combination of light industrial and live/work dwellings.
Earlier this month the developer behind the project – Gulgan Road Property Pty Ltd – submitted the first of many development applications (DAs). The DA is now open for public comment until Tuesday, August 5.
The application seeks consent for a five-lot subdivision covering a 52-hectare swathe of the site.
Four of the five lots will be set up for houses while the fifth will be for industrial uses.
Flood-prone lots
Each lot will have its own driveway accessing either The Saddle Road, Gulgan Road or both.
The Statement of Environmental Effects completed as part of the application indicates that three of the lots are either flood-prone or partly flood-prone. But this risk will apparently be ameliorated by strategic planning.
The consultants hired to undertake the assessment, Planners North, conclude that the development application was ‘permissible’ under current planning legislation.
‘In our opinion, the development can be seen to satisfy a legitimate need for subdivision and is capable of use in a manner that mitigates potential adverse impacts consistent with the zone objectives…’ the consultants stated.
‘The approval of the proposed development would be in the public interest.’
The plans are part of the broader project (as set out in an already-approved planning proposal) to create a business and industrial precinct at the site.
This would include a business park and a traditional industrial area, with some land designated for work/live dwellings.
This is, in turn, part of an even larger project known as the ‘Gulgan North (Area 5) project’ under Byron Shire Council’s Business and Industrial Lands Strategy.
This will see large parts of the entire The Saddle Road precinct developed for industrial and residential use.
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