General News
20 April, 2023
Another Westbrook subdivision proposed
Toowoomba Regional Council has received an application for the creation of another new residential subdivision at Westbrook.
The application has been submitted on behalf of a local company, Vanderbilt Land 22 Pty Ltd.
It proposes the creation of a 52-lot subdivision off the end of Katrina Court, which is off Crocker Road and is close to the developing business centre of Westbrook.
The land already contains a large home and it is proposed that this be retained on its own 5,316 square metre block at the centre of the new development.
The remaining 51 blocks will vary in size from 501 to 1,083 square metres.
The proposal includes provision for eight of the lots to be available for the development of dual occupancy dwellings.
Road access to the new subdivision would be via Katrina Court with a ring road in the centre and provision for a future road to be created to the north of the new development.
Inside the circuit road would be the original home plus 16 other lots.
While the application does not propose any parkland, it is within 470 metres of Westbrook Park, where there is a playground for young children, a steel skate half pipe, a basketball half-court, toilets and picnic facilities.
The recently released Toowoomba Region Growth Plan, commissioned by Toowoomba Regional Council, expects the number of dwellings in Westbrook, recorded as 1,480 in 2021, to increase by 2,000 by 2051.
Over the same time period, the town’s population is expected to grow from 4,800 to 9,200.
