City ticks off on new health centre and restaurant at iconic Gold Coast venue

Council’s planning committee has ticked off on a long-planned upgrade at the Burleigh Pavilion which will see a host of new features added. See what’s coming at the iconic site.

The Burleigh Pavilion is to get a multi-million dollar revamp of its lower deck after council ticked off on for a new restaurant and “health and wellness retreat”.

The redevelopment of the popular iconic Gold Coast hospitality site will also see upgrades to servicing from suppliers and waste removal from the site.

Councillors at a planning committee meeting on Tuesday ticked off on:

• A new restaurant on the northeastern side, lower ground-level area which will have an outdoor terrace.

• The redevelopment of the existing swimming pool and gym to create a “health and wellness retreat” which will have a giant sauna, steam room and recovery pool along with a yoga and pilates studio.

• A new entrance on the Goodwin Terrace side of the building.

Plans for a revamp of the lower deck of the Burleigh Pavilion approved by the Gold Coast City Council.

City officers recommended the approvals with conditions. The gym and pools will be open daily from 5am to midnight, while the restaurant operates from 6am to midnight.

Under the plans, two of the three existing indoor swimming pools would be removed to make way for the yoga studio and restaurant.

While external facades of the building are to remain largely unchanged, designs show changes to the northeast corner of the premises being proposed with patrons having stunning oceanside views.

Burleigh Pavilion owner Ben May three years ago flagged he had big plans for the pool area, which he confirmed was not a community asset but owned by the State Government and leased commercially.

Designs for plans approved by the Gold Coast City Council for a revamp of the lower deck of the Burleigh Pavilion.

“But what we’re doing here now is going way beyond your average pool. We are really excited and people are going to love it. It’s going to be next level,” he said.

Council is to finish changes to Rudd Park and the Oceanway, which will see parking upgrades, before servicing can be changed at the site.

“This proposal aims to consolidate all approved uses into a single development permit, including a single waste management strategy,” officers said.

“The application seeks to introduce indoor sport and recreation land use. As the proposed development is consistent with the current and previous operations of the site, officers are satisfied that the proposal warrants support.”

Gold Coast City Council has backed plans for a wellness centre and pilates studio in a revamp at the lower section of the Burleigh Pavilion.

City planning chair Mark Hammel said the plans had been assessed across a long period because it was a complex site with different State leases and conditions including the council being the trustee.

The application has 67 objections but 831 people gave their support.

“It should have been one to take awhile and have gone through the strenuous public notification because it is such an iconic Gold Coast site,” Mr Hammel said.

He said the key conditions included no extension to operating hours.

“That was a key concern raised by permitters. So all the existing permits for operating hours and operating days remain as they are,” he said.