Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate says building on basketball court-sized blocks 'better than nothing' TueTuesday 2 updated WedWednesday 3 Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate says council will consider approving new houses on smaller lots. ( Share Print text only Cancel Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate says council will consider releasing more blocks of land as small as 400 square metres, in an effort to boost the supply of housing. Key points: Gold Coast City Council will consider building approvals on smaller-scale lots to boost housing supply A real-estate economist says supply of potentially thousands of new dwellings have been "put on hold" by the pandemic