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Subscriber only Development application documents indicate the popular Doblo s Farmers Markets has been operating without the appropriate council planning approval due to confusion surrounding historic zoning and previous approvals. The documents revealed while the on-site plant nursery was approved, along with structures including the office, storage shed and amenities, other structures such as cold rooms and the use of the site as a shop were not. It was discovered by Rockhampton Regional Council officers early last year the business was only approved for a plant nursery. Reel Planning CQ on behalf of company Hudco Pty Ltd, owned by Dominic Doblo, has applied for the material change of use for a shop, being the farmers market.