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Beerwah development update
New supermarket, hardware, petrol station and fast food for Beerwah
By Greg Brown
For many years there has been much speculation locally that a Coles or a Bunnings or a McDonald’s would be built in Beerwah.
That conjecture may just eventuate with a series of applications lodged with Sunshine Coast Council last week by Coles Group Property Developments Ltd for land at the corner of Steve Irwin Way and Roys Road in Beerwah.
The applications seek approval for a petrol station, fast food outlet, garden centre/hardware, gym, bulk goods homemaker centre, showroom, supermarket and a zone for service/light industry development.
Although the application documents do not specifically name businesses that might occupy the retail spaces, it isn’t hard to speculate considering who Coles Group Property Developments Ltd are.
Coles Group Property Developments Ltd is the property development arm of Wesfarmers Limited, which in turn owns Bunnings, Kmart, Officeworks, Target and other major retailers, as well as owning a 15% stake in Coles (which in 2018 became a separately listed public company, Coles Group Ltd). In March this year, Coles Group Property Developments registered the business name Beerwah Homemaker Centre, with its principal place of business being 8 Roys Road, Beerwah.
In total, three applications have been lodged by the Coles Group. The first is an application (RAL19/0118) to redraw the current boundaries of the four blocks that make up the 16.5 hectare site to allow for the proposed developments, which are outlined in the subsequent two material change of use applications.
As the land is not currently zoned for a commercial use – it is zoned for medium impact industry – one of the material change of use applications (MCU19/0267) is for a full-line supermarket and showroom. The application also makes an official request for council to make special changes to the Sunshine Coast Planning Scheme to allow for the development.
The second material change of use application (MCU19/0270) covers the service station and fast food outlet.
Currently no application has been made covering the other aspects of the proposed Beerwah Homemaker Centre – the garden centre/hardware, the gym, the bulk goods homemaker centre or the one for service/light industry development.
