The August YADCA Forum will be held on Monday August 10 at Connections Hall, 29 Low Street Yandina, starting at 7.00 pm.

Guest speaker

We have a guest from Council’s Strategic Planning Team, speaking about future plans for Yandina and the Maroochy River Valley.

We have asked:

• For an update on the Draft Planning Scheme and Shaping SEQ 2023.
• How the pressure of gentle densification and urban expansion can be mitigated.
• If / how new infrastructure to accompany growth can be ensured.
• For the time frame and Structure Plan ideas for the SEQ Development Area between Brandons Road and Lees Road.
• If consideration has been given to the location of industrial scale, greenhouse farming in our area and the desirability of covering good quality agricultural land with concrete and glass and the potential impact on Council’s internationally recognised dark sky reserve. (See footnote)

This should be an informative and interesting forum which I hope you can attend. So we have an indication of numbers, could you please RSVP to Secretary@yadca.org by Sunday 9 August?

Development Monitor

For your information here is the latest development monitor prepared by Ian.

If there is a topic you would like to raise during a future Forum please let me know.

I look forward to seeing you there.

Kind regards
Marie

YADCA President
President@yadca.org
0487 467 270

Footnote

The recent Landline video entitled “Greenhouse Growth: Technology changing the way food is grown” by Tim Lee (Posted 14 Jun 2026 at 3:28pm) provides an insight into this revolutionary form of farming.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/programs/landline/2026-06-14/greenhouse-growth-technology-changing-the-way-food-is-grown/106791442

Some of the glasshouse complexes in NSW and Victoria cover 25 – 30 hectares of land. They are automated and lit at night. The pink glow from one of them is visible from a satellite in space. (Reference Landline video.) It is not unrealistic to believe that the Sunshine Coast will see an uptake of this technology.