11/06/2026
DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL 🎉
After many years of work from our development team, we’re incredibly proud to share that on Friday the Development Approval for the expansion of the Redbank Bus Depot for Westside Bus Co. has finally been secured!
The growth of called for a review of the long term optimal depot location. After a detailed review of suitable alternative sites, operations and future demand by John Petrie back in 2020, it was recommended for the depot to remain and expand on its current site which seemed straightforward but was far from simple to deliver.
In 2022, Westside Bus Co pressed go on Petrie™ as Development Manager to start the process to design a master plan & long process to remove the constraints and overlays affecting the site. Multiple Council easements needed to be addressed with flood engineering and removed, an existing easement with the adjoining landowner needed to be negotiated & altered and a long‑standing railway easement had to be extinguished. Environmental matters also needed to be overcome, as well as waterway mapping and extensive traffic issues with DTMR & Council. Each step required patience, collaboration and a lot of persistence.
Our in-house Petrie Architects team worked closely with the operator to create a safer, more modern & efficient layout which separates car and bus movements and incorporates best practice in depot design. Our design also introduces a new refuelling station and entry point, improved driver parking, a forward‑in/forward‑out depot arrangement, design for future EV bus charging as well as pedestrian circulation. The masterplan that emerged was considered, practical and built for the long term growth of the depot.
To now have that masterplan formally approved is something we’re genuinely proud of. This expansion will support one of the largest bus depots in South East Queensland and help deliver services to the fastest‑growing city in the state.
A huge milestone for Westside Bus Co. and a very rewarding moment for our Petrie team and the whole project team that have been part of this journey:
∘ Operator: Westside Bus Co.
∘ Development Manager: Petrie
∘ Architect: Petrie Architects
∘ Town Planner: Mewing Planning
∘ Traffic Engineer: PTT
∘ Civil Engineer: Inertia Engineering
∘ Geotechnical & Mining: Douglas Partners
∘ Surveyor: Bennett & Bennett
∘ Landscape Architect: Seed Landscape Design
∘ Acoustic: Acoustic Works
∘ Fire: WSCE
∘ Hydraulic: Collective Engineering
∘ Environmental: 28 South
∘ Hazardous: InTotum
∘ Legal: 3D Law Solutions
