A major new neighbourhood masterplan for Brisbane’s south has been approved, paving the way for 2500 homes, and lifestyle and employment precincts.
After a community consultation in 2024, the council has now decided to adopt the Nathan, Salisbury, Moorooka Neighbourhood Plan, which will become a part of the Brisbane City Plan 2014 on June 27, 2025.
Under the scheme, the strip best known for its car dealerships, the Moorooka Magic Mile, has been earmarked as a lifestyle precinct, complete with a “shady subtropical boulevard”.
As part of the growth corridor plans, the Magic Mile will become home to six sub-precincts to “reinvigorate the area to encourage businesses and improve liveability”.
Its Gow Street sub-precinct will allow industry and commercial buildings up to four storeys, while new residential development may be allowed up to seven storeys.
Other employment precincts allow industry and business up to five storeys, and its core sub-precinct will also allow mixed use, including residential up to seven storeys.
The plan study area contains Toohey Forest Park as well as Griffith University’s Nathan campus.
The Nathan, Salisbury, Moorooka Neighbourhood Plan identifies other precincts including the Moorvale shopping precinct, for which the plan covers new code changes that encourage retail, food and drink, education, health and commercial uses.
There is also a heritage renewal precinct, which aims to attract heritage adaptation and reuse to create a “vibrant precinct” with a mix of creative, community and office uses.
The residential renewal precinct plans encourage its transition from industrial to residential, attracting townhouses, terraces and villas up to three storeys and detached homes of up to two storeys.
The council said that a focus of the plan was to improve walkability and transport connections.
As such, it also allows for the future upgrade of Ipswich Road from four to six lanes, and a new bikeway planned for the western side.
The Lord Mayor of Brisbane Adrian Schrinner said that collectively the precincts could also create 12,500 jobs.
“This new neighbourhood plan will ensure our suburbs can continue to cater for our growing population, while delivering better amenities and more to see and do,” Schrinner said.
