Lifestyle resort for over-50s to finally get planning approval
MELBOURNE: An innovative lifestyle resort for the over 50s is to finally get its planning application rubber stamped.
A $70 million retirement resort planned for Two Rocks is set to receive formal approval from State planners, with the City of Wanneroo recommending that the project be given the green light.
The city’s recommendation for approval follows mandatory public consultation held last October, which attracted 96 submissions, with an overwhelming majority of 87 in support.
The proposal, led by the Two Rocks Development Company, includes plans for 360 park homes for residents aged over 50, along with a country club, lodge and several communal facilities.
The retirement village will be known as Oceanside Lifestyle Resort and will be run by Providence Lifestyle, which operates similar communities in Piara Waters, Henley Brook, and Mandurah, and has planned projects in Haynes and Wattle Grove.
The resort will sit at the very northern edge of the Perth metropolitan area, on a 150,000sqm site off Damepattie Drive.
Planned recreational amenities will include a gym, cinema, bars, indoor and outdoor pools, pickleball courts, a bowling green, communal gardens, and a wellness retreat.
Each home is proposed to be fitted with solar panels, battery storage, an inverter, and smart metering.
Despite the project not yet technically being granted formal approval, homes are already being sold off the plan, with one, two and three-bedroom properties starting at $470,000.
In a development application prepared by the urban planning firm Burgess Design Group, the developers said they believed the resort would foster connection through shared amenities and walkable streets.
“The proposed Oceanside Lifestyle Resort will provide a sense of place for an active and ageing community, and provide a sense of connection and belonging amongst its residents and the neighbouring locality,” they said.
“This unique resort offers an alternative to traditional retirement living, one centred on independence, health, and meaningful social connection.”
The Metropolitan Outer Development Assessment Panel will meet on Thursday February 12 to decide whether to approve the project.
If approved, stage one and two civil works are expected to begin mid-2026.
The developers anticipate the resort project will be delivered across 10 stages, with the first stage comprising at least 30 homes, along with the Ocean Lodge and associated community facilities.
Subject to market conditions, about 50 additional park home dwellings would then be delivered each year through the remaining stages.
Construction of the country club building is planned to start in 2028.