In the face of growing evidence of the negative impacts of climate change and how these are likely to affect the NSW North Coast, both the NSW Minister for Planning and Northern Rivers shire councils continue to cave-in to pressure from developers to allow housing on vulnerable coastal and estuary land.
Hopefully this report will give them pause for thought.
"IN a portent of how climate change could transform town planning along the nation's coastlines, the South Australian Supreme Court has ruled that predicted sea level rises are a valid reason to reject beachfront housing developments.---
The South Australian Supreme Court cited local sea level rises of 30cm over the next 50 years in ruling yesterday against Northcape Properties' plans for 80 holiday homes at Marion Bay, 150km west of Adelaide.
The changes - which the court ruled was expected, not merely a probability - would encroach on the proposal's "erosion buffer and coastal reserve".
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