A redevelopment application has been lodged to transform the long-established Comfort Inn in Carseldine into a larger accommodation complex featuring 201 guest rooms.
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The proposal would replace almost all of the existing motel buildings with seven new accommodation buildings while retaining the site’s existing function room, creating a significantly expanded short-term accommodation development.
The redevelopment has been proposed for the Comfort Inn at 77 Denver Road, Carseldine, a 12,980-square-metre site that has operated as motel accommodation for many years. The development application seeks approval to demolish all existing motel buildings, except the function room, before constructing seven architecturally designed accommodation buildings.
Larger proposal replaces earlier approved expansion
The latest application follows a development approval granted in 2024 for an expansion that would have increased the motel’s capacity to 137 guest rooms. The new proposal replaces that earlier concept with a comprehensive redevelopment that would increase the site’s accommodation capacity to 201 guest rooms.
According to planning documents, the current motel contains 55 guest rooms, all of which would be demolished as part of the redevelopment. Once complete, the site would accommodate 201 guest rooms, representing an increase of 146 rooms.
Designed by Sheltaco, the redevelopment would include three buildings rising to three storeys, with a maximum height of 9.5 metres, alongside four two-storey accommodation buildings positioned around the site’s northern, eastern and western boundaries.
The largest building would be located near the centre of the site and contain 72 guest rooms. Two additional three-storey buildings would provide 27 and 30 guest rooms respectively, while the four two-storey buildings would each contain 18 guest rooms, contributing another 72 rooms.
The proposal also includes a communal open space, a swimming pool and landscaped recreation areas. Supporting infrastructure would be upgraded as part of the redevelopment, including an increase in on-site parking to 113 car parking spaces, two service vehicle bays, on-site refuse collection facilities and upgraded vehicular access from Denver Road.
Planning documents also outline changes to site access, with an expanded seven-metre-wide Type B2 crossover proposed from Denver Road. A traffic engineering assessment submitted with the application concluded the redevelopment’s traffic generation would have a negligible adverse impact on the surrounding road network.
According to the planning report prepared by Town Planning Strategies, the proposal would introduce additional accommodation within seven contemporary buildings while improving the site’s presentation to the surrounding streetscape.
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The report states the site is well suited to the redevelopment because of its long-established use as motel accommodation. It also concludes that the proposed buildings, which would not exceed 9.5 metres in height, are not expected to adversely affect the intended low-density residential character of the surrounding area.
The development application will now be assessed by Brisbane City as part of the development approval process.
Featured image: Render for Comfort Inn in Carseldine (Photo credit: Brisbane PD Online – A007016321)
Published 1-July-2026
