Childcare Centre, Medical Centre, Retirement Village & Residential Care Facility – Underwood Road, Eight Mile Plains

A development application has been lodged for a Childcare Centre, Medical Centre & Residential Care Facility, located at 161 Underwood Road, Eight Mile Plains.

Designed by N.G. Sanders Architects, the proposal seeks a Childcare Centre, Café, Medical Centre & Residential Care Facility over 4 buildings with a 5 storey maximum building height (27.8m in height). The site is split by Bulimba Creek and will gain access from underwood road, via an internal driveway that connects the rear of the site.

Development Details
– Childcare Centre (400sqm) – Block A
– Retirement (10,217sqm) – Block A, B , C and D
– Residential Care Facility (1,612sqm) – Block B
– Medical Centre (250sqm) – Block A
– Café (150sqm) – Block C

Retirement Village
Block A
– Twenty five (25) x 2 bedroom apartments
– Three (3) x 3 bedroom apartments.

Block B
– Twenty seven (27) x 2 bedroom apartments.

Block C
– Twenty one (21) x 2 bedroom apartments
– Six (6) x 3 bedroom apartments.

Block D
– Six (6) x 2 bedroom apartments
– Three (3) x 3 bedroom apartments.

Basement

Ground Floor

First Floor

Second Floor

Third Floor

Residential Care Facility
Block B
– Thirty (30) x1 Bedroom apartments.

Childcare Centre
– 75 children
– GFA 400sqm
– Outdoor play 560sqm
– Garden bed
– Landscaping
– Ground floor of Block A
– Shared open car park

Hours of Operation
6am and 7pm – Monday to Friday

The proposed child care centre includes an ground floor and basement car parking levels, providing 138 car park spaces (27 Medical, 15 Childcare, 91 Retirement Units and 5 Aged Care). The proposed seeks all vehicle and pedestrian access to Underwood Road.

Boundary Cross Section

The planners at Mortons Urban Solutions state, “The proposed development provides an interesting built form with a variety of angles, changes in rooflines, variations in elevations and materials; and spacing between each block. The development generally complies with the maximum building height for the site of four (4) storeys, with the exception of Block C; which is located at the lowest point of the site and achieves a building height of five (5) storeys”.

“Although the proposed height for Block C exceeds the maximum building height, given the site’s unique positions and surrounding environment it is considered appropriate as the buildings true height will not be visible from local areas external to the site”.

The proposal includes 2,672.89sqm (25.6%) site cover across the 10,441sqm site.

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The Application Information and References
– Lodged: 21 November 2019
– Council Reference: A005333870
– Address: 161 Underwood Road, Eight Mile Plains
– Zone: Emerging Community
– Neighbourhood Plan: Kuraby
– Application Report: Mortons Urban Solutions
– Design Drawings: N.G. Sanders Architects
– Landscape Drawings: Andrew Gold Landscape Architect
– Interactive Image: Google Aerial and Streetview

Source: Information, Drawings and Images
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