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When does outdoor dining trigger, or when should it trigger, requirements for additional car parking?

Anecdotal evidence from rural property holders shows how COVID-19 has actually helped them during the pandemic. A recent article on Commercial Real Estate outlines how several property holders have been able to diversify and grow their income during the pandemic. Supplementing traditional farm income with agritourism is helping several landowners through this crisis. A 2800-hectare sheep and […]

A lot of questions have been raised about short-term accommodation or short-term rentals in Noosa by the recently implemented changes to the Noosa Plan 2020. The changes came into effect on 31 July 2020, and there is some confusion about what the changes mean. What is the impact on the short-term accommodation market and to […]

Build4U commercial builders are progressing nicely with the new Bounce Noosa accommodation project in Noosaville. All of Stage 1 works have been completed with Stage 2 well underway. The block has been raised approx 1m to the new finished floor level. Ground floor services and slabs have been poured. The first round of groundfloor walls […]

While RG Strategic’s town planners are based on the Sunshine Coast we offer our services throughout South East Queensland and further afield. Our town planning team has been working with Zest Design on a development application for the extension of the Plains Junction Shopping Centre in Browns Plains 24 kilometres south of the Brisbane CBD. The […]

Great progress being made at the new Bounce Noosa Hostel in Noosaville. The basement stage has now been completed (the first underground basement in Noosa), and progress will be made soon to the civil works on the ground level. RG Strategic have been part of the process from the beginning preparing the town planning applications […]

After close to four years and an investment in excess of $3m, Noosa Council is about to adopt their new Planning Scheme (Noosa Plan 2020). On 16 July 2020, the Council will vote on adopting the new plan. If they adopt the plan it will come into effect on 31 July 2020. What will the […]

Our current Town Planning challenge is considering industrial uses and in particular warehousing in wholesaling of bulk food, cleaning and packaging products. To keep it simple – 1,400m² warehouse, 8m high, with floor to ceiling racks full of toilet paper, bags of rice, flour, sauces etc… you get the picture. Straight forward maths Looking at the […]

The government has today announced the $688 million Homebuilder Grant scheme, a scheme designed to support the ailing trades and building industry in the wake of COVID-19. In a nutshell, the federal government is offering grants of up to $25,000 to new home buyers or homeowners planning “substantial” renovations to their property. We take a […]

When Bounce Noosa Hostel was looking for a Town Planner to help them develop a prospect site in Noosaville, they turned to RG Strategic to help solve what had proved too big a challenge for others. RG Strategic’s Managing Director Russell Green sat down with Mark Baldwin, Group General Manager of FUDA Enterprise Group, to […]