A "controversial" move that could have allowed six-storey high-rises to be built along a previously protected part of Queensland's coastline has been knocked back, but changes to the skyline may be inevitable.
The debate over the height of buildings in Bargara, 350 kilometres north of Brisbane, has resurfaced with the Bundaberg Regional Council narrowly voting down proposed amendments to its planning scheme that would have changed the way development applications were assessed.
