Parklakes Central

Bli Bli Northern Village is a proposed master planned residential community located north of Thomas Road and east of Yandina Bli Bli Road. The site is located east of Parklakes 1 and south of Parklakes 2 Estates and will be called Parklakes Central.

As one of the fastest growing areas on the Sunshine Coast, our plans for Parklakes Central include new retail and dining options that will provide more shopping convenience and more job opportunities for local residents.

The Local Centre is not designed to be full line (meaning it will not include a full size supermarket) but is intended to provide convenience shopping for everyday needs and services for the local residents in northern Bli Bli.

The proposed development will also add additional opportunities for retail and dining tenants.

The applicant has submitted to the Council an expert Economic Need and Impact Assessment. The size of local centre is based upon that recommended in the assessment as being sustainable to cater to the existing and future demand as a result of the proposed development without impacting on existing local retailers.

Yes. As part of the development there are proposed changes to the local road network.

The road network and safety upgrades to pedestrian crossing proposed with the development have been approved by Department of Transport and Main Roads. As a community, Bli Bli can be assured that the proposed traffic works have been conditioned and will occur should the development be approved by Council. We understand that improved traffic and pedestrian safety is important to the community and we have worked with the Department to ensure much needed safety upgrades will be done as part of the development works.

We know how important it is to keep Bli Bli moving and increase road safety for all road users.  Our independent traffic studies have shown that there needs to be upgrades to Bli Bli’s road network to make getting around easier, quicker and safer.

Three assessments have been undertaken in relation to traffic;

• an active transport safety assessment;
• a traffic impact assessment to assess the delay on the network; and
• speed limit review.

Sidelines Traffic, who has worked extensively with the Bli Bli community on identifying ways to improve active transport safety in the area, has undertaken a comprehensive transport and traffic review of the existing network and proposed traffic upgrades that will ensure local residents can safely access bus stops, local schools and services.

The Active Transport assessment has identified locations on the road network where safer pedestrian movements are required, and these are proposed as part of this development application.

An extensive traffic impact assessment has also been undertaken to identify where any upgrades on the road network are required.

Feedback from local residents has also informed the proposal to install safer road crossings. Extensions to footpaths are also proposed to link crossings and bus stops.

The development will also provide a new bikepath along the frontage of the site and also internally to provide an offroad cycle route from Parklakes Drive to Bli Bli Village which will provide a safer, alternative route for cyclists, complementing the existing bikepath along Thomas Road and Bli Bli Road. The development provides a link between Parklakes 2 in the north and Bli Bli Village in the south that enables active transport users to safely travel off road.

Read the Traffic Impact Assessment.

Parklakes Central will provide more new homes for the Sunshine Coast and help ease the housing pressures our community is facing, including the local Bli Bli community by providing  a mix of housing types and options even for retirement living.  

Our proposal will enhance retail choice and convenience and improve the active transport network with safety improvements & including cycleways within Bli Bli. 

The additional local centre will better provide for the growing community, with more choice and convenience for everyday shopping needs for local families.

Developments like this continue to support long terms construction and trade employment and ongoing operation of the centre will also provide employment opportunities, particularly for youth employment close to home.

The development site has an extentive history of cleared, agricultural use prior to being included in the Urban Growth Boundary by the State Government. As such, it retains little by way of flora and fauna values and independent assessment of the site’s remaining vegetated area confirms that our plans will have no significant impact on local flora or fauna.

As part of our detailed planning for Parklakes Central however, the vegetated areas will remain and will be protected. We will also create new lakes where flora & fauna will thrive, and public open spaces to expand on the more intangible visual amenity values of the site to local landscape elements.

We hope to start work on the first stages of Parklakes Central by the end of 2024.

YES – As proud Sunshine Coasters we are committed to working with locals to make our community an even better place to live, work and relax. Over the coming months we will be out and about having conversations on what would make Parklakes Central even better and will ensure community views are reflected in our design process.