TS Council are inviting landowners and the community to provide their feedback on the draft Planning Proposal PP23/0001 which is the first in a series of planning proposals that will apply conservation zones across the whole of the Tweed. It proposes to amend the Tweed Local Environmental Plan (LEP) 2014 by adding in the planning controls…
There will be a drop-in session at Murwillumbah Civic Centre’s Canvas and Kettle Room, Thursday February 1 from 7pm to 8:30pm. The session will cover the more than 140 proposed actions in the Draft Strategy which will shape the future of rural land use in Tweed Shire. Draft Rural Land Strategy on exhibition until 28th February.
The North East Forest Alliance (NEFA) is calling upon Ballina, Byron and Tweed Councils to remain resolute in the face of yet another concerted effort by NSW Farmers to stop far north-coast Councils from being able to establish Environmental Zones. “Environmental Zones (E zones) are the only way that local communities can over-ride the State…
Honourable Rob Stokes Minister for Planning office@stokes.minister.nsw.gov.au 14th December 2015 Northern Councils E Zones Recommendations Dear Mr Stokes Members of Caldera Environment Centre would like to submit their concerns in relation to the recommendations of the E Zone review of northern councils as they relate to Tweed Shire. A recent public workshop on the recommendations…
The Environmental Defenders Office has prepared a briefing note outlining the NSW Government’s changes to the way that councils can set land aside for environmental conservation and management in the Far North Coast of NSW, and the wider implications of these changes for the rest of the State. Read the Briefing Note
The Environmental Defenders Office visited Tweed on 24 November to explain recent changes to environmental zones in the North Coast. CEC is preparing a response to these state government reforms. Thank you to all the people who came along to the workshop and to those who contributed to supper. The workshop was very well attended.…
The General Manager Tweed Shire Council PO Box 816 Murwillumbah NSW 2482 18 January 2013 Planning Reforms – Draft LEP 2012 Caldera Environment Centre (CEC) is extremely disappointed that Tweed Shire Council has rushed the draft LEP to exhibition due to pressure from the Minister for Planning. The Minister’s media release appears to be the…
Draft Tweed Shire LEP 2012 – Coastal Koala habitat loses over 1200ha of protection The Tweed Shire draft LEP 2012 is currently on exhibition for public comment. During the exhibition period there have been four public workshops to explain the draft LEP, with a fifth workshop to be held at Tweed Heads in early January.…
Minister Hazzard abolishes E Zones and sentences Koalas to E-xtinction The Caldera Environment Centre is appalled by the recent announcement by the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure and local representatives Don Page and Thomas George to remove environmental protection zones (E2 and E3) from draft LEPs on the north coast. Claims by the farming lobby about…
