NSW State government are taking authority away from local councils to set the conditions for new building approval, State approval conditions will apply.
The State approval conditions are unknown at this time.
Note also that Public Notice and Right to Comment requirements on local building proposals are separately being removed.
The current Council set conditions for building approval reflect not only local environmental concerns but also the will of the local population.
Locally set environmental conditions for building approvals on rural land have been fought for and have been decided in favour of by the majority votes of democratically elected Tweed Shire Councillors.
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The Caldera Environment Centre position on this issue is:
The Caldera Environment Centre very much oppose the State government taking development consent control away from our and other local councils.
The State taking control of the development conditions and approval process:
- will impact nature as standardised State set conditions will not reflect our own local environmental situations.
- will impact Tweed residents as their environmental protection concerns and demands, and the protections they have implemented to date will no longer be taken into account.
The Caldera environment Centre is very much against these new state laws taking development consent control away from our and other local councils.
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Your right to comment on this new legislation is open until 5pm Wednesday (24th June).
A CEC template submission is here:
