BOURNDA SUBDIVISION COULD SET PRECEDENT FOR URBAN SPRAWL ON RURAL LANDS

Thursday, 07 August 2003 10:00

A peak NSW environment group has warned that a proposed large subdivision on forested land near Bournda in Bega Shire could set a precedent for intensive sprawling development of rural zoned land anywhere in the Shire.

The Total Environment Centre said there was no way the 121 lot subdivision, with its own private sewage treatment plant on rural zoned land would even be able to pass first post if it had not been described as a Community Title project.

"The proposal is clearly a large subdivision that would not have been possible to propose except in this fashion. Community Title refers to developments for a community with some compelling common interest. People buying into houses on the same subdivision does not equate to "community" in this sense. If this goes ahead, so could any proposal, anywhere using the same tactics," said TEC coastal campaigner Fran Kelly.

"Should this DA be approved there will be another large chunk of urban sprawl, through the centre of an essential wildlife corridor, on the edge of Bournda Nature Reserve, dominating the local scenery and impacting on the waters of Wallagoot Lake. The on site private STP will certainly not be a simple thing to control or monitor once lots are sold as well," said Ms Kelly.

"The Total Environment Centre congratulates Bega Council for its draft rural lands review that recommends the proposal not be approved while the future zoning of all such lands in the Shire is being considered,"

"We have asked the State Government to ensure that this strategic planning process is not overridden by this proposal," said Ms Kelly.
 

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