A hospital will be included in a 12-storey Taringa tower, which is set to receive Brisbane City Council approval next week.
The proposed $32 million development, at 32 Morrow Road, would also include a 63-room “boutique” hotel, a childcare centre, medical consulting suites and seven “sky home” units over two levels on the top levels.
The proposed mixed use development at Taringa will include a day hospital. Photo: Supplied
The hospital, which would not feature an emergency room, would be set up for day surgery.
The application passed through the council’s city planning committee on Tuesday morning, ahead of its expected final approval at next week’s full council meeting.
The hospital will be on busy one-way Morrow Street at Taringa. Photo: Supplied
City planning chairman Julian Simmonds, also the local Walter Taylor ward councillor, was a supporter of the hospital development, which would be run by the Montserrat Group.
One of two objections the council received came from the neighbouring Taringa Baptist Church, which expressed concerns the singing congregation could disturb patients.
“It is noted that the background noise monitoring undertaken for the report was conducted on weekdays (Wednesday and Thursday), while the primary noise impact from the church property will be on Sunday mornings when our weekly church service takes place,” church secretary Donald Neale said in the submission.
“… The church would appreciate confirmation that the acoustic treatments proposed for the development will ensure that current noise levels associated with the church’s activities on a Sunday will not result in complaints, especially from occupants of the hotel and apartment areas of the development.”
Cr Simmonds said he did not expect that to be a disqualifying issue.
“It’d be a worry if you bought into those sky homes not expecting to hear some singing on a Sunday morning,” he said.
Liberal National Party committee member Vicki Howard (Central) said it was a “fabulous” proposal with great access to the Taringa train station.
Labor opposition councillor Shayne Sutton (Morningside) also expressed enthusiasm for the concept.
“I think it’s a really, really interesting DA, with all the uses over the levels,” Cr Sutton said.
But Greens councillor Jonathan Sri said noise restrictions at the cafe could be too constrictive, particularly if the cafe operators wanted to put on some live music.
The application passed through the committee with the support of the LNP and Labor councillors, with Cr Sri abstaining.