An over 50s estate comprised of 402 demountable dwellings in Mt Gordon was approved by Whitsunday Regional Council last week at an Ordinary Council Meeting.
Developers Grumpy Capital Pty. Ltd. were successful in their application to build the home park on Lodge Road, Mount Gordon - a site south of Bowen and along the Bruce Highway.
The master-planned development will home 402 “relocatable dwellings” sites – a mix of three- and two-bedroom single-story demountable homes with outdoor alfresco living areas and open spaces, kitchens, laundry toilets, shower amenities, and double garages.
Whitsunday Regional Council Director Planning and Development Neil McGaffin said this development was part estate part caravan park: “It’s a mixture between the two and is something very exciting.”
“This is a ‘relocatable home park,’” Mr McGaffin said.
“The construction methods are concrete slabs on the ground but are built so that, if it is needed, they can be relocated. This is normally what you would see in a caravan park, but the dwellings are there a lot longer than a park. It will resemble a residential estate in respect to fences and private areas.”
Aside from homes, the Mt Gordon estate will have a sales office, residents workshop, RV washdown facility, community gardens including a mango orchard, a dog park and 2.3-kilometres of walking trails.
Whitsunday Mayor Julie Hall said she wished that residents of the Whitsundays were privy to private Council documents which illustrate the homes as “They don’t look like normal relocatable homes, they’re actually quite beautiful.”
Grumpy Capital documents state the project will be completed over seven stages with stage one comprising the supply of reticulated water, sewerage and road infrastructure.
The company – trading under Tactica Planning and Development - estimate a potential for more than 1000 residents to live at the site.
Discussions are ongoing with Transport and Main Roads regarding the implementation of public transport for the estate, which will be over seven kilometres from the nearest shopping centre.
A master-planned 402 relocatable home estate for over 50s will be built south of Bowen after receiving Whitsunday Regional Council approval
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