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We do not need any more junk food chain stores! How about the council help to support local small business instead?
Dear Council,
Pllease consider the environmental impact of this development.
I would encourage anyone from your team to join any of the active nature lovers on the peninsula who daily clean the parks, creeks and beaches of your beautiful area. Come along for 2 hours. Just to observe.
90% of plastic packaging we collect comes from a fast food place.
You want to develop the peninsula, make it a destination for tourists and future residents? Then please enhance its appeal by promoting sustainable businesses. We do not need another fast food joint here.
Thanks for you time and kind consideration.
We do not need more junk food joints in The Redcliffe Peninsula. There are plenty already. Please support local family businesses like the existing tenant (Beardy’s), not another American chain that will create more litter in the area.
Please no more takeaway outlets unless they are responsible for their rubbish and use reusable serving items. The traffic in Elizabeth is already congested. We don’t want more traffic in that area. A sit down restaurant would be better to avoid the congestion and impact on environment.
On behalf of all the numerous Waste Warriors on Redcliffe Peninsula, I strongly object to this fast food outlet proposal, this is a dangerous road for children with the school opposite the proposed site, and we do not need more fast food rubbish in sensitive waterways and ecosystems in this area.
The Town Planning Report documentation states (Page 4):
"~ The proposal has been strategically designed to minimise any potential adverse impacts generated from the development on nearby sensitive uses;
~ The proposal provides fit for purpose food and drink outlets with drive-through facilities
adding to the range of uses within the locality."
This proposal is on a busy 4 lane road opposite a school, which will be an absolute safety and litter disaster for environmental ecosystems in 'nearby sensitive uses' areas.
Why?
1. Litter: In 2021, the Pristine Peninsula Community Group's Love our Clontarf Litter Campaign highlighted serious litter issues just down the road on Snook Street, Clontarf, much of which came from the Clontarf McDonalds, a fast food outlet....15,706 litter items were collected from 12 sites over 12 weeks in a 2 klm radius of McDonalds (equivalent of 62,000+ litter items per annum), much of which was fast food packaging from that single fast food outlet. Fifty percent (50% or 7,931 items) of the litter collected were plastics, fast food packaging, paper and carboard, just over 12 weeks (equivalent to 31,000+ litter items per annum).
The Litter Campaign Report was provided to Councillor Karl Winchester in August 2021, for tabling in Council. I can provide you with a copy of the Report.
Much of the litter ends up on streets, in parks, street gutters and in sensitive waterways around the McDonalds, every day from fast food litter drop from vehicles on Snook St and King Street (typically thrown out of vehicles within the 1.6 klm stretch of Snook Street from McDonalds north to MacDonnnell Road), and from students and locals. Ray Frawley Fields, the adjacent eocpath, and Bill Rogers Park are littered messes every day, requiring cleanup by locals who care for their neighbourhood.
So now, adding another fast food littering area from this proposed development will result in around a total of 4 klm of major roads and side streets in the Clontarf and Kippa Ring areas that will receive more litter, potentially doubling the plastics, fast food packaging, paper and carboard litter to around 60,000+ items per annum. Now that is horrendous!
2. Fast food outlets near schools: The Clontarf McDonalds is frequented by students from local schools, every day and over weekends. We Waste Warriors, during the litter campaign, witnessed many students crossing the dangerous 4 lane Snook Street, Clontarf to and from McDonalds, mostly not at the designated pedestrian crossing at the lights. This food precinct opposite the Kippa Ring State School will cause similar safety issues.
Litter from the Clontarf and Kippa Ring streets flows into the Hays Inlet Conservation Park and Hays Inlet, sensitive ecosystems for marine life, already affected by the devastating recent floods and human created problems.
Waste Warriors are out every day cleaning up fast food crap all over the Peninsula. We don’t need more. More fast food outlets is a disaster. This site will create more litter in the Kippa Ring area streets. The Kippa Ring shopping centre and Railway station areas are already litter disaster precincts....this proposed site will only increase unsightly issue issues and create more issues for marine life.
Furthermore, with our specific historical data and visual litter collection observations in the 2021 Litter Campaign, and with drive-thru takeaway at this proposed new site, street litter will be noticeably greater on Anzac Av (North and East), and Boardman Rd, typically within a 1.6 klm radius of the site. More specifically, we have proven statistics of litter from the McDonalds Clontarf area showing litter on a 1.6 klm stretch of Snook Street from McDonalds, where typically takeaway fast food litter is thrown from vehicles within 1.6 klm, up to MacDonnell Rd northbound. A total of 10,952 litter items were collected at this site on Snook Street (King Street to MacDonnell Rd), of which 3,844 items (35%) were plastics, fast food packaging, paper and carboard, over just 12 weeks (approximately 15,000+ items per annum). So extrapolating the Snook Street, Clontarf example to the Kippa Ring site area, you can expect around 15,000+ plastics, fast food packaging, paper and carboard litter items per annum from the new development site! That's around 30,000 plastics, fast food packaging, paper and carboard litter items per annum from a 3.2 klms stretch (2 x 1.6klm typical roadside littering) of Snook Street (from King Street, Clontarf to Cnr Anzac Ave & Klinger Rd, Kippa Ring. Now that is scary!
The recent floods in southeast Queensland have highlighted the serious litter issues we have, much of which is fast food litter, which has been scattered on beaches and in waterways up as far as K’gari Fraser Island. Brisbane River and other rovers and waterways are a mess, with Ocean Crusaders Founder, Ian Thomson, reporting that it will take a year to clean up the flood mess. Much of the litter/marine debris from urban areas in SE Queensland comes north to our areas of Moreton Bay, Hays Inlet and other sensitive areas in our Region. After the floods, numerous Waste Warriors were on our beaches cleaning up this litter.
A local 2019 Moreton Bay study reports that 80% of marine debris (including litter) originates from land areas, 33% of local deceased turtles studies between 2006 and 2011 had ingested up to 329 pieces of debris, and microplastics are a threat to human health (Townsend K, 2019, p. 235-236)
A more recent 2021 study by Dr Kathy Townsend on the impacts of Covid-19 litter confirms earlier research that marine debris and litter has a severe impact on marine wildlife in our Region https://www.usc.edu.au/about/usc-news/news-archive/2021/march/research-shows-impact-of-covid-related-waste
Food & beverage packaging and related litter was 44% of litter collected in Queensland in the 2019 Clean Up Australia Cleanup (CUA, 2019). Furthermore, the Queensland Government highlights that litter is a critical visible indicator of pollution and is one of the many waste source streams in Queensland (State of the Environment website).
The Snook Street, Clontarf Audit Site litter statistics were collected and accurately counted by volunteers on a weekly basis over 12 audit weeks. The statistical results from this well defined urban major road site (TMR Road of Regional Significance) are very different to other Australian and Queensland litter statistics taken over numerous sites across different demographic areas.
The stark difference in results show that consistent weekly audits at a controlled site (Snook Street site) give more consistently accurate results.
Furthermore, the average number of litter items on Queensland ‘Highways’ is 61 items per 1,000 metres. However, the single Snook Street, Clontarf site (an urban major road site) equates to 29,662 litter items across 9 collection categories per 1,000 metres (1 klm) over one year (6.845 items per meter), far in excess of the Queensland average urban site. The Snook Street figures are based on the actual 10,952 litter items collected over the 1.6 klm over the 12 weekly audits, converted to 6,845 items over 1,000 metres.
There are enough fast food outlets on the Peninsula, and enough examples to justify no more fast food outlets because litter from these outlets is horrendous and just does not disappear!
In summary, there is enough local litter data statistics from a 1.6klm stretch of the same road (Snook Street) some 2 klm away to show that this proposed site will be another disastrous litter precinct. Please stop this disastrous development from going ahead because they will create more litter issues for Redcliffe Peninsula and there are real safety concerns with this site opposite a school, where we have evidence from a nearby site.
Thank You
Les Barkla
Founder & Coordinator
Pristine Peninsula Community Group
P: 0410207879
F: Pristine Peninsula
I think that Council should implement an automatic disapproval for any fast food chain from being able to open and operate within 1km of any school within our Council areas. I think it should be a national initiative. And one that MBRC could lead.
Education Queensland has worked tirelessly for over a decade to teach healthy eating habits within primary and secondary schools. They have introduced food guidelines for service at all school tuckshops so that children can NOT access awful unhealthy food. This shows the MBRC openly ignoring the health and well being of our children and community by accepting an application to build the absolute opposite of that across the road from a school!
This application should not be a consideration for this location or any other location near a school in Moreton Bay. Parents - please stand up!
So much for the MBRC supporting Local Small Business. A thriving local Food Business selling healthy food being driven out & being replaced by Multinational Fast Food Chains just down the road from a local school. We have already seen what a fast food outlet near a school does & the litter from there is appalling & ending up in Hayes Inlet & then our Moreton Bay. & besides the health risk that fast foods have on our Children, they will be crossing one of the busiest roadways on the Peninsular to get to it. Please MBRC i implore you to rethink this plan.
If this is going to be redeveloped into a fast food area, why not accomodate Beardy's by offering a store to them once the development has been completed. As an already established business, they would already draw people to the area. These guys are local and we should support them to stay open.
Another Gym????. Really???
NO !! How about something for everyone ?? Or at least the kids ?
This is not needed and not necessary. Very disappointing.
It is an absolute disgrace that our small businesses are being shoved out for the continued commercialization. Beardys is a local institution and does more for the community morale than what a big box franchise could ever do.
The negative health and environment factors that would come with over processed fast food businesses should be enough to have this proposal quashed, let alone one straight across the road from a primary school. If this site is turned over to yet another franchise, I feel this area will once again become derelict as it was in previous years.
The current real estate has been well used and revitalised by the current tenants and they should remain there.
Don't need another gym there is way too many in the area as it is. Nor do we need any more fast food places.
Leave Beardy's alone
Why don't you renovate the ten pin bowling alley so families and the teenagers have something to do especially for the families who don't drive.
How about local council supports local businesses!
Local businesses closing for fast food junk. Beardys is a family restaurant with great food and part of the community. First Sutton's beach pavilion now beardys. Disgrace
The area is at saturation point with fast food chains - it's a litter problem, a public health issue and would undoubtedly compound traffic issues along that stretch. While I welcome the space being put to use, this does not sound as though it's in the best interests of the community.
When local businesses continue to founder across the area - even on the water front - it's ludicrous to create yet more competition from big brands.
We do not need any more fast food chains on the peninsula. Beardy's is a fantastic local family business and we should be supporting local.
The traffic in that area is already horrific, as others have mentioned litter around the fast food chain places on the peninsula is a problem.
I have heard also that this application also includes a gym - how many gyms do we need on the peninsula? are the current ones frequented so much that we need more? I wouldn't expect so given the amount of advertising you see for them.
Hi, I think the peninsula should have a Guzman y gomez
We do not need anymore fast food outlets in Redcliffe. Beardy’s is a local business which should be supported. We also need more green spaces and activities for our children and teenagers. Can’t we be more creative with this space? What about a community garden that the local schools could also access? What about an arts space where locals could come to make things? What about a nature trail? Anything except fast food!
No more fast food outlets.
Their customers are the worst at littering, proven now, by the amount of rubbish, I pick up from the beaches, belonging to nearby fast food outlets.
Please support local businesses, and please support our children. Fast food outlets right near a school create problems with litter and offer the foods kids need to become obese. Putting a gym next to a fast-food joint is like putting lipstick on a pig, it doesn’t remove the unhealthy food that’s offered next door. As to local businesses: do you really want the Peninsula to become an anonymous beachside community without its own unique character? Developments like this threaten to remove the very reason people come here to spend their money. Beardy’s is one of the local institutions that draws people here, like Suttons Pavilion. Please listen to your residents and not the developers on this one. Thank you.
I strongly object to the proposal for another petrol station and any more fast food outlet/s. We have at least 10 petrol stations and 8 fast food outlets already on our small Peninsula. That’s not counting the numerous options just up the road in Rothwell and North Lakes.
If Council goes ahead with this it shows a blatant disregard for the wishes of the residents here, as well as little care for supporting local business, the environment and people’s health (we have enough fast food!).
I hope Council will listen to the wishes of the local community and not proceed with these plans.
Support local, do what’s right.
We don't need anymore fast food chains or a service station. Support local business like beardys who are a family owned they do great food. Plus there is to much traffic along there as it is this will make it worse. Morten bay council please listen to the he people of redcliffe.
Hi,
I hope that the council approves this project. I know there are people that don't like to see progress but it would be such a benefit to the community. Been needed for a long time.
I have my fingers crossed that things proceed as planned. In a couple of years time all the people against this will see the advantages.
I am against this new proposal for another very valid reason. That area needs another traffic lane and could cope with anymore as it is. If you travel along there any weekday afternoon from 4pm till 6.30 pm the traffic is bumper to bumper from MacDonald road and Cnr of Elizabeth Avenue all the way to Rothwell. This is not a good idea in this area. No more takeaway venue, our environment is suffering already.
As an adversely affected adjoining resident to this proposed project we have not received any communications from the developer of this project.
We have concerns that proposed plans do not properly allow for the negative affects of the additional storm water flows downstream and probable ongoing erosion at our boundary.
The development plans state that the storm water flows were calculated in 2021 and therefore have not allowed for the projected ongoing extreme weather events like in March 2022 during which some residents were close to inundation. These planned increases in storm water flows, along with further extreme weather events, could be enough to cause inundation in the future and without calculations of true potential flows we may not know until it is too late.
These development plans are requesting approval from Council to connect to existing storm water easements, which are through private property, when the Council is currently stating that they are not responsible for the infrastructure (pipes) within these easements. This situation begs the question, “how can the Council approve connection to this infrastructure, by these developers, when they state that they have no responsibility for the pipes”.
The plans also appear to not have fully considered the need for additional retaining walls and noise barriers with some of the currently proposed noise barriers being planned to be over 3mts in height within 5mts from resident’s backdoors, without any consultation with these residents.
Therefore this development should not go ahead until these adverse effects on adjoining properties have been reconsidered, water flows recalculated and responsibility for the easement infrastructure resolved.
