Neighbour loses fight to stop $47m super Bunnings
WORK on a $47m Bunnings superstore in Adelaide’s north east is set to start within weeks after the household hardware giant won an appeal against its development by an adjacent landowner.
CONSTRUCTION of a new $47 million Bunnings superstore proposed for Windsor Gardens will go ahead after an adjacent land owner failed in their appeal against the development last month.
The Environment, Resources and Development Court dismissed Terra Group’s action against Port Adelaide Enfield Council’s approval of the superstore in February.
Terra Group director Frank Salandra, who owns land west of the to-be developed site along North East Rd, said Bunnings’ application was incorrectly assessed by the council.
Mr Salandra argued the store was not a bulky goods outlet but rather a development which is “an incorporated timber yard”, a use he said was not allowed in the area under Port Adelaide Enfield Council’s development plan.
In his ruling, Judge Costello said the “timber area” could not be considered a timber yard because it would not sell the product exclusively.
He ruled in favour of the development, which is set to create 400 jobs.
“Rather, it is a place where general hardware products, including timber, are to be sold,” Judge Costello said.
Bunnings property general manager Andrew Marks said construction on the 14,750sq m site at the corner of North East Rd, Innes Rd and Freebairn St was originally planned to start in June but would start in the coming weeks.
Originally published as Neighbour loses fight to stop $47m super Bunnings