Sometimes it is hard to believe the evidence of one's own eyes when looking at development plans lodged with local councils.
This was one of those times, with property owner Broadwater Riley Pty Ltd ATF The Broadwater Riley Unit Trust and developers The Trustee for Cromack Family Trust and Others having lodged a document DA2023/0100 in December 2022 seeking consent to create 60 Torrens Title residential building lots on land which less than nine months before had been under a record amount of flood water.
The proposed development from the DA. IndyNR, 11 January 2023
IndyNR.com, 27 September 2023:
The first meeting of Rileys Hill residents opposing the development on January 10, 2023.
Resident Jemma Donnelly is thrilled that the development of 60 blocks on Rileys Hill Road will not go ahead.
Richmond Valley Council has refused the development application at 59 Rileys Hill Road, Broadwater.
“This is a fantastic response and shows that Richmond Valley Council has listened and taken into consideration the community’s concerns and has acknowledged the significant risks this proposed development puts on the existing community and the environmental impacts,” Ms Donnelly said.
“This development is not in the public interest and is not suitable for development due to flood risk.”
During the floods in February–March last year, the site was underwater.
The development site was zoned residential in 1972.
The next logical step would be for the council to rezone the land to agricultural, Ms Donnelly said.
“So that the current or next developer does not continue to propose future development.”…..
The developer has a right to appeal the decision within six months.
It should be noted that this refusal by Council also removes any need to clear-fell the remaining roadside tree corridor - a fact that is welcomed by those concerned with the plight of koala in urban areas of north-east NSW.
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