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Stoush over carpark MORE than 6000 people have signed a petition urging the State Government to reconsider plans to turf out the Beerwah Co-Op and replace it with a four-storey car park as part of the revamped train station. It comes as a public meeting is set to be held this Wednesday evening. Story p7
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Trying to squeeze us all in By Sonia Isaacs
SUNSHINE Coast Council has flagged that development of the contentious Aura South growth area may be required to meet the region’s rapidly escalating population targets, despite insisting the Beerwah East SEQ Development
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Area remains its priority for medium to long-term growth. The comments come as Stockland’s proposed Aura South masterplanned community moves into public consultation, with the release of its Draft Public Environment Report (PER) marking a major milestone for one of the Sunshine
Coast’s largest remaining greenfield sites. A council spokesperson said Beerwah East remained the focus of the proposed Sunshine Coast Planning Scheme, but confirmed the Halls Creek Potential Future Growth Area, commonly referred to as Aura South, could still be needed to meet targets set under the
South East Queensland Regional Plan. Under Shaping SEQ 2023, Sunshine Coast Council is required to plan for an additional 84,000 dwellings and 219,100 people between 2021 and 2046, a statutory obligation that continues to drive pressure on remaining developable land across the region.
The Aura South proposal, a 1,231-hectare development at Coochin Creek adjacent to the existing Aura–Caloundra South community, would deliver up to 12,000 new homes and more than 22,000 jobs, dramatically reshaping the southern Sunshine Coast if approved.
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