Millionaire developer couple accused of illegally clearing native bushland to sell $25million lot embroiled in a bitter legal battle with Noosa Council - and could cop a $750,000 fine
A millionaire Noosa couple now face a $750,000 fine after they allegedly destroyed bushland where koalas and endangered birds lived to build a mega McMansion on a lot with a $25million price tag.
Multi-millionaire developers accused of illegally clearing native bushland on a $25million lot have been sued by the local council in the picturesque coastal town.
Heidi Meyer and husband Kim Carroll now potentially face a $751,000 fine after allegedly clearing native trees and bushland to make way for a lavish seaside mega-mansion on Noosa Hill on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.
Noosa Shire Council launched legal action against the high-flying couple just two days before Christmas.
The council has demanded they replace the allegedly illegally-cleared bushland and return the land to its previous condition in an application lodged in the Maroochydore Planning and Environment Court, the Courier Mail reports.
Ms Meyer, a former travel writer and owner of a wellness retreats company, and her husband bought the 1,144sqm lot on Picture Point Crescent for $16.45million in October 2021.
The couple secured council approval to subdivide before putting one of two 723sqm blocks on the market for $25million.
The lot, marketed with a Chris Clout design concept, has been pitched as 'precious canvas reserved for a world-class residence'.
'[The lot] uniquely affords a 12-metre height limit from which one can enjoy uninterrupted, breathtaking views of the ocean, river, and hinterland. Fall into the sky, dive into the ocean – this unbelievable land offering has been aptly named Skyfall,' the sales listing reads.
Developers Kim Carroll (left) and Heidi Meyer could now potentially face a fine of up to $751,000 after they allegedly cleared cleared trees and bushland
A design render of the planned mega-mansion on Noosa Hill on the Sunshine Coast
Pictured are aerial photos of the lot submitted by Noosa Shire Council
In documents tendered to the court, the council also submitted 'any orders made by the court should be binding not just to Ms Meyer and Mr Carroll but to any future owners of the site'.
'We trust that in your dealings with prospective purchasers of [lot], are properly apprised of the issues that have arisen in respect of all of the matters in this letter,' the council's lawyers wrote to the couple on November 7.
Ecologist Justin Watson, in an affidavit seen by the Daily Mail, stated that large canopy trees such as bloodwood, pine, corkwood, brushbox and quandong on the lot were essential habitat for threatened species such as koalas and glossy black-cockatoos.
The council alleged the couple broke Queensland's planning laws by clearing vegetation on the lot between October 2024 and October 2025, according to court documents.