 Great to see Sunshine Coast Council heavily promoting appropriate and successful design standards in its beautiful region. We just received this luxurious coffee table book from Council and we are chuffed to see our Town of Seaside in Marcoola, featuring prominently in a double page spread. This neighbourhood design instigated by us in the late 90’s has matured as we had hoped. We are gratified to see the attributes we fought hard to implement back then are now starting to become mainstream in the development community and align with design principles and key values that Sunshine Coast Council want to see included in future development.
 Unfortunately, the full scheme proposed in our urban plan was not fully realised and three quarters of the land flagged for development was sold to a major developer who turned their back on the design principles and instead separated the scheme with a 2 meter high fence. You can read more about this in a previous post. Our inclusion was selected as part of a “collaboration between residents, design professionals, planners, professional associations and community groups of the Sunshine Coast who shared what they loved and valued about the region”. The release of the Design Guide by the Sunshine Coast Council coincides with their design series program which is running until December this year. You can view or purchase the book at Folio Books or via the Sunshine Coast Council website https://www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/Development/Development-Tools-and-Guidelines/Sunshine-Coast-Design/News-and-Events/SCD-Book-Media-Launch
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