Clarence City Council to consider Dan Murphy’s application and call to release details of Kangaroo Bay deal

Plans for a Dan Murphy’s on the Eastern Shore are up for debate at Clarence City Council’s meeting as well as a call to release information on the Kangaroo Bay development deal. DETAILS >>

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CALLS for a full time youth mental health support service, the release of information on the Kangaroo Bay development site deal plus a new Dan Murphy’s outlet application will all be considered at a council meeting on Monday night.

The proposal to open a Dan Murphy’s outlet at Bellerive has been recommended for approval by council officers.

The former Action Indoor Sports site in Percy St would be converted into the discount liquor chain’s third Tasmanian store.

Residents up in arms against proposal for Dan Murphy’s

9/11 bottle shop planned next door to proposed Dan Murphy’s

The former indoor sports centre site at 10 Percy St, Bellerive, could soon be home to a Dan Murphy’s store.

The council received 55 public representations against the application, which raised issues such as the number of bottle shops already in the area, traffic impacts, lack of on-site parking, noise and trading hours and inappropriateness of delivery arrangements.

“Council’s engineers are satisfied there is capacity in the road network to absorb and cater for the additional traffic likely as a result of the proposal without compromise to the efficiency of the road network,” the council report said.

If approved, the bottle shop would trade from 8am to 10pm, seven days a week.

An artist’s impression of the proposed development at Kangaroo Bay.

Ald Tony Mulder has also submitted a notice of motion to the same meeting calling on the council to support the public release of the Kangaroo Bay sale and development agreement it made with developers Chambroad Australia.

The agreement did not contain a confidentiality provision, but due to its commercial nature, any public release of the agreement would require consent from both parties.

“Should Chambroad refuse the request then any semblance of a social licence will be destroyed and the community can only be left wondering what other secret clauses and legal twists it contains,” Ald Mulder said.

Meanwhile, Clarence City Council Alderman Brendan Blomeley has submitted a notice of motion calling for a full-time mental health support to be available on the Eastern Shore for the region’s youth.

“With more than 75 per cent of mental health issues developing before a person turns 25, the Australian government-funded Headspace plays an important role in providing tailored and holistic mental health support to 12- to 25-year-olds,” he said.

“Each year, Headspace helps thousands of young people access vital support at a crucial time in their lives – to help them get back on track and strengthen their ability to manage their mental health into the future.”

Clarence City Council Alderman Brendan Blomeley is calling for a full-time youth mental health support service on the eastern shore. Picture: ZAK SIMMONDS

There are four existing Headspace centres in Tasmania, located in Burnie, Devonport, Launceston and Hobart.

“Whilst headspace does operate an outreach service in Clarence, operating from Rosny Park three days a week, in October last year, on account of capacity limits, the service had to ‘close their books’ to new clients,” Ald Blomeley said.

“Whilst it is pleasing to see that this service is now gradually taking new referrals, the challenges associated with the coronavirus pandemic have exacerbated the demand for mental health support, particularly amongst our young.”