A DEVELOPER has redrawn plans for a Bundamba housing proposal, pushing for 13 percent more homes while increasing housing density and reducing lot sizes.
The plan for 115 lots at 42a Bognuda Street has been amended by its new owner, developers Tierra Construction, which wants to increase the number of lots by an extra 18 dwellings – a 13.6 percent increase, while increasing the number of dwellings a hectare by 15 percent, from 9.32 dw/ha to 10.79 dw/ha – a 15 percent increase in density.
Minimum lot sizes would decrease by 401 square metres to 323 square metres.
Tierra also proposes an overall reduction in the number of larger lots.
“This shift to smaller allotments is being documented throughout Southeast Queensland, which results in more dwellings for more Queenslanders as well as reduced purchase price which assists those starting out in the housing market …,” the DA stated.
Council planners refused an earlier three-year extension for the DA, instead allowing for two years, which expires on September 8 next year.
The DA anticipated there would be less “land waste” in the improved road network with “revised road corridors eliminating extensive earthworks and improving the delivery of more regular-shaped lots which reduce asymmetrical or irregular lot configuration”.
“This leads to improved efficiencies for house designs and useable outdoor spaces,” the DA continued.
“The paired bus stops will be at a more southerly point within the estate than currently approved, closer to the existing residential areas to the south, east and west.
“This will bring bus transit options within closer range of existing residents as well as serving the needs of new residents of the estate.”
The site was first proposed as part of the larger Citiswich Estate, which was granted a permit to reconfigure the existing two lots into 115 lots in 2013.
But the site was sold the following year to former owner Qartaba Homes for $4.4 million.
The 8.08ha area was listed for sale and sold for just below $10 million three months after Qartaba Homes received an approval to extend the development period last July.
