TriCare Communities propose 10th Retirement Village despite 500,000 chickens [Video]

The family run business is applying to establish a village with 235 independent living units, two swimming pools and a community centre in Beerwah, a rural town and the home of Australia Zoo, in the hinterland of the Sunshine Coast.

The site would also accommodate more than 60 caravan spots and an outdoor recreation area with four pickleball courts.

TriCare Communities bought the 31ha block from the Newell family in September last year for $21.5 million, according to property data. It then bought the adjoining residential property for $1.4 million three months later.

According to development application documents, 500m to the north and west of the proposed retirement village are five intensive chicken farms, which the documents claim each hold more than 100,000 birds.

In response to the council’s concerns of the odour impact the farms could have on the retirement village, TriCare Communities commissioned a report into the farms and the ventilation systems within the sheds.

The report state the likelihood of the retirement village …