Livingstone Hills – Go to www.livingstonehills.com.au for further information.
This project stands out as one of the best along the Australian east coast. “Livingstone Hills” is a significant land holding comprising 469ha strategically located midway along the developed core of the Capricorn Coast in Central Queensland. This site is a good as they come and has ocean views from the majority of the site.
Livingstone Hills is just to the immediate west of Rosslyn Bay Harbour. The northern end of the site is in the residential suburb of Lammermoor Beach, approx 6km south of the Yeppoon Central Business District. The southern end of the site has frontage to the Causeway Lake. Surrounding Development comprises a mixture of urban residential development complete with a private school and small neighbourhood shopping, plus areas of small rural home sites adjacent to and nearby the subject site.
Since the recent local government amalgamation, Yeppoon has effectively become the beachside suburb of Rockhampton, being only 38km north east from Rockhampton. Yeppoon is ideally poised to captalise on the northern population drift and the increased population growth in the region which has been driven by the mining resources/energy boom in the nearby district plus it’s proximity to Gladstone. With substantial capital being invested in Central Queensland there is greater demand for quality residential and tourism experiences in Central Queensland.
Livingstone Hills is only a few kilometres from Keppel Bay Marina (Rosslyn Bay Harbour), the largest Marina in northern Australia catering for boats up to 35m and facilities for coastguard, water police and marine park services. The marina provides direct access to the 18 islands in the Keppel Group and has regular ferry cruises to Great Keppel Island, 10 nautical miles away. The marina sits between Yeppoon and Emu Park, as does Livingstone Hills.
Supporting studies and documents at a cost in excess of AUD$1.5m were prepared in anticipation of lodging in early 2009 for the preliminary approval over the entire project.
1. Planning Development assessment strategy (GHD)
2. Traffic and Transport Impact Assessment (GHD)
3. Civil Engineering Assessment (GHD)
4. Hydrological and Integrated Water Management Assessment (GHD)
5. Soils and Geotechnical Assessment (GHD)
6. Coastal Engineering Assessment (GHD)
7. Environmental Sustainability Response (GHD)
8. Airfield Scoping Study (GHD)
9. Airfield Noise Assessment (GHD)
10. Urban Design Assessment (GHD + Architectus)
11. Town Planning Assessment (Planning Place + GHD)
12. Emergency Impact Assessment (including fire) (GHD)
13. Agricultural Land Assessment (LRAM www.lram.com.au)
14. Fauna and Flora Assessment (GHD Cairns)
15. Economic Impact Assessment (Core Economics)
16. Social Impact Assessment (Three Plus)
17. Design Guideline Recommendations (Coastarc)
18. Marketing Report (O’Reilly’s Real Estate + Core Economics)
19. PMAV and Car X Vegetation Analysis (LRAM + Stewart Canon)
20. Legal Implications Report (Hopgood Ganim)
21. Controlled digital aerial photo and topography (AAM Hatch Brisbane)
22. Steep Land Analysis (Architectus)
23. Cultural Heritage Statement (Luke Godwin)
24. Notional Design Responses (Coastarc)
25. Master Planning Report (Architectus)
Master Planning Report by Architectures included:

Site Constraints
Site Opportunities
Illustrative Master Plan
Site Context Plan
Land Use Plan
Yield Plan
Road Hierarchy Plan
Vegetation and Ground Water Plan
Bicycle and Walking Routes
Valley Head Precinct Plan
Southern Precinct Plan
Resort Precinct Plan
Town Centre Precinct Plan
Proposed Sporting Facility Concept Plan

Architectural design for the project was completed by Chris Gee, of Coast Arc Pty Ltd, with an expansive series of drawings for rural mansions; Ruko/SOHO development; affordable housing; small lot housing; retirement housing; hotel and tourist related accommodation; medium density and cluster housing; residential apartments; and custom design residences. A key design intent was to incorporate passive solar design and ESD principles into the residential design. The main objective was to provide for diverse residential housing and recreational opportunities that support the reasons why people move to the Capricorn Coast region. Chris Gee is now the City Architect for the Gold Coast City Council.

For plans, information and site inspections, please contact selling agent Sherylene Stevens of Design Real Estate on 0408 398 848 or ss@designrealestate.com.au

Property Code: 423