This is classed by the Qld Government as Core Koala Habitat.
It's also the last Mountains To Mangroves link in this area linking Cabbage Tree Creek and the massive Dawn Road Reserve and beyond.
From BCC PDonline (public information):
The Development Application was twice refused by BCC on every single point.
415-427 Beckett Rd Bridgeman Downs development applicants are Mr Kandula Neelakanta Gupta & Mrs Tammana Vani Gupta and 427 Beckett Rd Pty Ltd.
Full details of the 415-427 Beckett Rd Bridgeman Downs Development Application can be found here.
Details of the MOST recent 415-427 Beckett Rd Bridgeman Downs development application refusal by BCC can be found here.
It's now in the Planning & Environment Court. Details here.
This document sets out the overwhelming environmental value of this bushland habitat and wildlife corridor. Yet the would-be developers push on in the face of that and also opposition from the vast majority of the local community.
415-427 Beckett Rd Bridgeman Downs Petition 1 Voted against by BCC in 2021.
415-427 Beckett Rd Bridgeman Downs Petition2
415-427 Beckett Rd Bridgeman Downs Petition 3
Residents were surveyed in 2021. It is abundantly clear that this development is not wanted, and that this pricless bushland, wildlife habitat and corridor should be preserved.
| Question | Yes | No | Unsure |
| Q01: Are you aware of the importance of corridors/connectivity between wildlife habitat areas for feed, water and genetic-diversity reasons? | 59 | 1 | 4 |
| Q02: Are you aware that there is a Development Application (DA) for 415-427 Beckett Rd? | 46 | 15 | 3 |
| Q03: Are you aware that the DA for 415-427 Beckett Rd proposes a petrol station, multiple fast-food outlets, a childcare center and many townhouses? | 47 | 17 | |
| Q04: Are you aware that the DA is currently in the State Environment & Planning Court with BCC fighting the DA? | 37 | 22 | 5 |
| Q05: Do you think that there is a need for a petrol station at that location? | 6 | 56 | 2 |
| Q06: Do you think that there is a need for multiple fast-food outlets at that location? | 4 | 56 | 4 |
| Q07: Do you think that there is a need for a new childcare centre at that location? | 57 | 7 | |
| Q08: Do you think that there is a need for many townhouses at that location? | 3 | 61 | |
| Q09: Are you generally concerned about the impacts of such a development? | 61 | 3 | |
| Q10: Do you think that development is more important than wildlife habitat/corridor at that location? | 4 | 58 | 2 |
| Q11: Are you aware of the full details of the current version of Bridgeman Downs Neighbourhood Plan that is going to State Govt for consideration? | 13 | 41 | 10 |
| Q12: Are you aware that Cabbage Tree Creek is part of the well-established Mountains To Mangroves wildlife corridor which is declared as being of State Importance? | 49 | 6 | 9 |
| Q13: Are you aware that the bushland that crosses Beckett Rd between Cabbage Tree Creek and Dawn Rd Reserve is the LAST and VERY IMPORTANT wide-scale wildlife corridor in the area, and is designated by the State Government as Core Koala Habitat? | 44 | 16 | 4 |
| Q14: Are you aware that this habitat/corridor is known by authorities to support koalas, wallabies, gliders, ringtail possums, important bird species, platypuses and more? | 51 | 8 | 5 |
| Q15: Do you think that the Federal Government is doing enough to preserve the local wildlife habitat/corridors? | 3 | 57 | 4 |
| Q16: Do you think that the State Government is doing enough to preserve the local wildlife habitat/corridors? | 3 | 61 | |
| Q17: Do you think that BCC is doing enough to preserve the local wildlife habitat/corridors? | 3 | 58 | 3 |
| Q18: BCC paid about $6m to acquire bushland at 818 Rode Rd, McDowall. With $50m+ in the BCC Bushland Acquisition Fund do you think that a further $6m would be money well-spent in acquiring/preserving wildlife habitat/corridor to span Beckett Rd for future generations? | 56 | 5 | 3 |
| Question | Yes | No | Unsure |
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