25 January, 2023
Medical, dental practice coming to Wyreema
The corner of Newman Road and Balfour Street will soon be home to both a medical and a dental practice.
Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) last week approved a Material Change of Use development application submitted by Dr Jaideep Singh to construct the combined premises on the 820m2 site.
The future site of the dental and medical surgeries was part of a large piece of land that had been subdivided recently, houses currently in the process of being built in the other lots.
The planning report, submitted in July last year, stated that between the dental and medical surgeries there will be six full time equivalent employees and the proposed days and hours of operation are Monday to Friday 7am to 6pm.
Access to the premises will be via Balfour Street (Toowoomba Karara Road).
Although home to nearly 2,000 people as of the 2021 census, Wyreema has very few shopfront businesses.
Once built, the new medical and dental surgeries will join the long-running Wyreema Store and Wyreema Early Education, both located on Umbiram Road, as Wyreema shopfront businesses.
The plans show the medical practice having three consultation rooms and a treatment room and the dental surgery having four surgery rooms.
One revision made between the original plans and plans approved by TRC is the removal of a proposed footpath connection to Balfour Street, separate to the car park entry.
