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McDonald's Australia Lodges Appeal in Planning and Environment Court

On January 28th 2011, McDonald's Australia lodged an appeal to the Planning and Environment Court against the Brisbane City Council decision to refuse the McDonald's development application for Bellbowrie. The original application was for a Material Change of Use to allow a restaurant to be built on what is currently zoned residential land ( as I understand it - please correct if this is wrong) in Bellbowrie.

See Planning refusal notice at http://www.moggill.nnub.net/notice/show/9005

McDonalds Bellbowrie Development Application - Lodge Submission by 10th May

Development Application Number A002480006 -McDonalds Restaurant, Restaurant 3210 MOGGILL RD BELLBOWRIE QLD

PLEASE REFER TO THE PREVIOUS NOTICE WHERE THIS TOPIC OF THE PROPOSED MCDONALDS IS RAISED.

http://moggill.nnub.net/notice/show/6931

If you wish to express your views to Council about the proposed McDonalds, you can submit a submission online at

http://tinyurl.com/McBellbowrie

which is found within the pages of

http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/planningandbuilding/

Or send your submission to:

The Assessment Manager, Brisbane City Council, GPO Box 1434, Brisbane QLD 4001

Two submissions that have been submitted, available on BCC website, are shown below.  I did not find a submission in favour at the time of posting so could not include one as an example.

Brisbane City Council's Guide on how to write a submission "Framework of a submission" is in PDF form and can be downloaded below.

08 Mar 2010 [details removed by request]

Re: BCC Development Application #A002480006

In reference to application number A002480006, I object to the proposed establishment of a McDonalds Restaurant in this area, for the following reasons:-

Oversupply for the area. There are already several established and quality cafe and other style eating establishments in the vicinity. McDonalds has the 'instant gratification' pulling power to reduce their livelihood.

- Inappropriate type of catering for the area. There are many young families and teenage people in the area. While McDonalds serves a purpose in a large shopping centre like Indooroopilly, it is inappropriate for a small local shopping centre, where I believe it will encourage poor eating habits in young children and teenagers

.- Detrimental to traffic conditions. I believe that even if the proposed traffic changes were to be implemented, the addition of a McDonalds here will compound the problems by introducing more volume. It will also encourage an influx of people who have no connection with or regard for thearea, thereby devaluing the area.

- Not in keeping with the rural residential nature of the area. McDonalds is generally associated with either high density living, large shopping centres with food courts, or industrial/retail/highway/locations. Bellbowrie is noneof these things, and I believe the establishment of a McDonalds in the area will degrade the tone of the suburb.

I wish to add that I have no objection to McDonalds per-se. I simply don't believe, for the above reasons, there is a place for a McDonalds in Bellbowrie.

21 Apr 2010[details removed by request] Re: BCC Development Application #A002480006 Reference no #A002480006

I don't believe a MacDonalds restaurant is suitable for Bellbowrie for the following reasons. Inappropriate service for the area - Macdonalds provides fast food on demand, which serves a purpose in a traffic corridor or an inner city suburb with a high density, "on the move" population. It's not suitable for a low density semi rural town and cannot serve a useful purpose to the local community of Bellbowrie. Furthermore, as MacDonalds itself recognises, the food it supplies is not suitable for a staple diet, however with many young people and children living in Bellbowrie it can only encourage poor eating habits.

Damaging environmental impact - The amount of rubbish produced by this outlet will leave a mess as the area doesn't have the facilities to handle the waste management in the same way as say a larger urban area like Indooroopilly. This will be exacerbated through people attracted to the facility who live outside the area and have no real material interest in damage caused to the surroundings through rubbish and litter.

Dangerous road conditions - We currently have unsatisfactory road safety conditions in Bellbowrie and MacDonalds, which even has drive-in facilities to encourage more traffic, can only make this situation worse. With such a high proportion of young families living around the immediate vicinity the probability of injury or worse can only increase.

Not in keeping with the area - Bellbowrie is not an inner city suburb nor is it a main travel corridor.It's a semi rural town and whilst MacDonald may serve a purpose in busy and high density populated areas, it presence will be out of place and detrimental to the semi rural nature of the area.

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