Case Studies - Strategic Services
Coolangatta Special School
Overview
As the Coolangatta Special School outgrew its facilities, Education Queensland identified a suitable site in Currumbin Waters but needed its designation changed to community infrastructure.
Education Queensland engaged the Wolter Consulting Group, via TBH project managers, to undertake the statutory planning for cesignation of the new site as community infrastructure under Part 6 of the Integrated Planning Act.
Wolter Consulting Group scoped the relevant issues and assembled a multi-disciplinary team addressing environmental, planning and traffic concerns for public comment.
Outcome
The response to the project was overwhelmingly positive and the Minister for Local Government and Planning designated the site as a future school in August 2005.
This was a successful outcome for one of the first projects to follow the amended Community Infrastructure Designation Process that came into effect in mid-2004.
