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Strengthening the Northern Inter-Urban Break

As a long-term investor and landholder on the Sunshine Coast, Stockland recognises the importance of maintaining and protecting the current ShapingSEQ Regional Plan Northern Inter-Urban Break (NIUB) to ensure the unique characterS and identities of the Sunshine Coast and Moreton Bay regions are retained.

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IDENTITY
The NIUB seeks to retain and protect the individual identities of the Moreton Bay and Sunshine Coast regions, and is predominantly visible along the Bruce Highway.
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LOCATION
Aura South is located outside the NIUB and is not visible to any Bruce Highway traffic.
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PROTECTION
Aura South protects and extends the 18km green buffer that separates Caboolture and the Sunshine Coast.
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ENVIRONMENTAL REHABILITATION
Aura South provides an opportunity to strengthen the current NIUB boundary, with  more than a third of the site to be rewilded and rehabilitated as conservation precincts and buffers, strengthening regional biodiversity values.

NIUB to be protected and strengthened

The current South East Queensland Regional Plan, ShapingSEQ, identifies the extents of the 18km NIUB – the green belt separating the Sunshine Coast and the northern Moreton Bay regions.

The NIUB includes a diverse range of landscapes, with over half of the 63,000ha area designated as National Park, State Forests and Forestry Reserves for timber production. It is characterised by a range of land uses including forestry, rural farms and communities, tourism, community uses and extractive resources. As such, the NIUB has significant recreational, environmental, cultural and economic values which are important to the Sunshine Coast region and need to be protected.

Outside the ShapingSEQ Regional Plan NIUB boundary

Aura South is located outside the NUIB boundary identified in ShapingSEQ. It is between 1.6kms to 6kms east of the Bruce Highway and is not visible to any highway traffic.

Aura South provides a unique opportunity to strengthen the current NIUB boundary, with the site planned to be protected and rehabilitated. The connection of this rehabilitated area allows for a ‘defined’ NIUB boundary to be achieved, while also enhancing and protecting the area’s ecological values.

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