With the NSW removal of public consultation for neighbouring buildings approval, with the TSC vote to permit un-rate-chargable second remote dwelling construction, with the public apathy of defeatism … what on earth will become of the landscape ecology and what can be done to arrest the building out of the Tweed rural and natural environment. A Daring Dialogue at the Kambucha Cafe Tuesday 9th June 6.30pm.
Please also be aware of the Draft Growth Management Housing and Employment Strategy (GMHES) (soon up for exhibition) and a new fast track proposal by the state that will bypass the low rise housing (1-2 storey) DAs and their local conditions such as site placement, compensatory bush regeneration etc.
The above GMHES strategy will also bypass the TSC Development Control Plan (DCP) including the envisioned, specially written, rural chapter.
These structures are in the GMHES to ensure ‘net environmental benefit’ of development in the rural areas. ‘Net environmental benefit’ was also part of the already adopted Rural Land Strategy. It is in public written form from TSC staff that if these proposals go ahead there won’t be the ‘net environmental benefit’ which has until now countered the net environmental degradation of industry preferred practices.
State and local regulations are being force-changed, simply removing the constraints on developers put in place because of the demonstrated fact that building developments care for profits of shareholders above care for others in the community or for rural and ecological natural environments.
See the fast track proposal and make a submission before June 24.
