Bold plans for prime site

Plans have been lodged which may lead to roof-top dining at one of Redcliffe’s most prominent waterside venues.

The development application (DA), by Enhance Property Investments, is for a “food and drink outlet” at 165-169 Redcliffe Pde – a site which includes the former Pilpel Restaurant.

The restaurant closed after the site – which had been a Coles supermarket - was damaged by floods which hit Redcliffe’s CBD in February 2022. It has remained vacant since.

The application to Moreton Bay City Council is now seeking a “permit for material change of use for the purposes of a food and drink outlet”.

The application covers a 1757sqm area on four lots, facing Sutton St, the waterfront and bus interchange car park between the site and Redcliffe RSL.

There are few details at this early stage, but illustrations on Council’s DA Tracker website reference a “roof terrace (external dining)”.

Graphics suggest a “lane way”, possibly using the area between the former Pilpel Restaurant and the back of Chemist Warehouse.

There are also images showing a mezzanine level inside the building.

The proposal says access to the site will “remain as existing” and is available for “all necessary services and infrastructure”.

Situated in the Redcliffe Seaside Village Precinct, the building height will not change, according to the application.

The DA is now going through the Moreton Bay City Council assessment process.