Massive estate is proposed for valley

A NEW subdivision has been proposed that would add dozens of new families to a growing community east of Toowoomba.

Woodlands Rise has submitted plans with the Lockyer Valley Regional Council for a 32-lot housing estate on Woodlands Road, just south of Gatton.

The estate, which is broken into two sub-stages, features large lifestyle blocks of between 3000 sqm and 5400 sqm.

More than 2000 sqm has been allocated for a local park, while there are also more than four hectares of green space included.

The subdivision is the southern tip of the wider Woodlands Rise housing estate, a massive masterplanned community that would substantially grow the urban footprint of Gatton.

Preliminary approval was granted for the entire estate by the council in 2019.

According to the planning report by Land Partners, the new parcels would not be adjoined to existing lots.

“It is noted the subject premises does not adjoin other lots included within the above mentioned preliminary approval area (which are situated further to the north and northeast),” the report said.

“The sequencing reflects the general structure planning for the locality, which includes the established large lot residential development to the northeast, the established rural residential development (averaging 2ha lots) to the east and the predominantly undeveloped large parcels of land and rural residential area to the north of the premises.”

The report also explored how Gatton had averaged less than 30 vacant land sales per year since 2009, meaning larger lifestyle lots were considered more desirable.