Mining mogul Clive Palmer’s huge Robina residential development powers ahead

A SMALL city with up to 14 towers is one step closer to be being in one of the Gold Coast’s busiest suburbs. It will have the potential to become home to 3200 people.

An aerial view of what the Robina Transit development would look like.

MINING mogul and former politician Clive Palmer is powering ahead with his plans to build a whole new suburb in Robina.

The Robina Transit development, which if completed would be home to 3200 people, is now in public notification stage of the application process.

First proposed in 2015, public comment on the development opens tomorrow and will run until June 29.

Robina Transit would consist of seven different sized buildings; a landmark 30 storey building, 20 storey building, five 12-15 storey towers and seven eight storey towers.

Clive Palmer is moving ahead with his plan to build a new town in Robina.

The development would see half of the Palmer Colonial Golf Course at Robina transformed into a new town.

The buildings would vary in height to detract from the size of the structures, the planning report reads.

“(There will be) ground floor residences with direct access and overlooking street level spaces,” the document reads.

2015 plans for the proposed project

Sitting in a floodplain, the 1500 page planning report have extensive flood mappings, proposed elevated roads and walk bridges over the site.

Traffic issues are also investigated and explained in the report by Burchills Engineering Solutions.

The main road into Robina Transit Centre would be through the existing Park Springs Avenue where it connects to Robina Parkway.

Robina Transit would be constructed and occupied in stages over a 25-year-period.

Clive Palmer (AAP Image/Glenn Hunt)

The Bulletin understands little progress has been made between the developer and the council since the project was filed nearly three years ago.

Council sources have told the Bulletin traffic impacts and the likelihood of flooding were at the heart of concerns over the project.

A light rail extension to Robina is believed to be essential to allowing the project to gain approval, a link which has been proposed but is likely to be at least 10 years off becoming a reality.

Robina’s population grew from 20,522 in 2011 to more than 23,100 at the 2016 census.