Page 8 - NLN September 19

NORTH LAKES RESORT GOLF CLUB

SOLD TO DEVELOPER

‘North Lakes. Live more. Now’. One of Queensland’s ‘Satellite
cities’, earmarked for a population boom. The suburb offers
everything for a peaceful lifestyle: education, shopping, medical
services, entertainment, employment, sporting facilities, parks,
playgrounds and more. One of the big drawcards was the Golf
Club. ‘The 18-hole North Lakes championship golf course rounds
out the extensive list of outdoor leisure activities available at the
community.’ – Stockland sale brochure stated.

The Resort Golf Club boasted Lomandra’s Restaurant, Function
Rooms for hire, a stunning location for weddings and a bit of a
pricey round of golf, some might say.

The local community was informed of the pending sale to
developers via brochures dropped in mailboxes. The brochures
advised that a development group, Village Retirement Group,
had serious plans to develop the land, despite the fact the land

is not zoned for development and is in fact protected against
future development by a council Development Control Plan.
There was outrage within the Community, based on a large
range of issues this would present and a group of like-minded
people banded together and formed what is now known as
Save North Lakes Golf Course or SNLGC.

Reasons being touted by advocates for the sale are along the
lines of ‘Golf is a dying sport’ and ‘The Club is not a profitable
business,’ however many other locals are concerned that not
enough has been done to attract customers and players in
the first place and that their quiet neighbourhood and wildlife
haven, could be transformed into a public park with crime and
litter issues.

“What we do know is that The Village Retirement Group are