Three new southeast Queensland communities have been given special approval to deliver up to 120,000 new homes.Premier Anna Bligh announced on Monday communities at Ripley Valley, Greater Flagstone and Yarrabilba had been declared urban development areas.
The areas, in Brisbane's southwestern and western growth corridors would represent 15 per cent of housing demands over the next 20 years, she said.The declaration means the Urban Land Development Authority (ULDA) now has 12 months to prepare development schemes for the areas.
Ms Bligh said early-release precincts in each community had been identified that could see construction of almost 3000 homes in a year.
The communities could potentially see 120,000 new houses at prices cheaper than comparative homes, she said.
"Instead of ad hoc building with one or two or three developers doing a little bit here or there, these big master-planned communities give us the chance to get infrastructure right, green space right and affordable housing mixes so that everybody has a chance of buying in," she said
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