The owners have applied for a material change of use application to Sunshine Coast Council to replace 45 caravan sites with 36 relocatable homes and four short-term accommodation cabins in Mapleton, a town in the hinterland, 107km north of Brisbane.
“The rejuvenation of the park has been designed to accommodate over 50s. Based on available data, the median age group in Mapleton is 59 years, with the current median house price in Mapleton being $1.05m,” states the planning report.
“The Lilyponds Home Park will result in housing options in the order of 50% of the current median house price in Mapleton.
“This lower price point will assist in both providing lower income households to buy in Mapleton who might ordinarily have been priced out of the locality; and allows higher income households to retain some of their equity/savings to spend on their retirement, thereby benefitting the Mapleton economy and the wider economy also.”
The report states nine of 12 relocatable homes already erected in an earlier stage have been sold.
“The purchasers of all relocatable homes are over 55 years and are owner-occupiers; 78% of all the sales have been downsizers from other properties, freeing up housing in the wider market and thereby assisting with the general housing deficit,” it says.
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