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We urge you to write to the Minister for Planning to complain about this action by the Council in the strongest terms.
Write to the Minister for Planning:
Minister for Planning & Infrastructure
13th Floor, Dumas House
2 Havelock St
West Perth, WA. 6005
Chairman
Western Australian Planning Commission.
Albert Facey House
469-89 Wellington St
Perth
Dear Minister, I am concerned that
When land was rezoned for development at Gnarabup, Council and State planning urged caution in order to control the extent and nature of that development to preserve the environmental, visual amenity and social values of this beautiful area. It was agreed by state and council to have a limitation to development in the TPS18.
Development then occurred which was not in line with these controls and numerous legal opinions were obtained by Council and Community Groups to say that the development limitations had been exceeded.
The community has felt so strongly that 3 Supreme Court cases have been fought over the development at Gnarabup. The current course being followed by the AMR Council Council of dropping the limitations to development through tacking it onto the changes to the DDTPS as a result of consideration of submissions when not one submission requested this is an outrageous misuse of process.
Best Regards Concerned Citizen Further points of contention of extended development in the area is that 1. The development is illegal as it is in contravention of clause 3.3.3.1b of the Town Planning Scheme for the area. The Tourist Potential will have exceeded the Tourist Potential of Prevelly 2. The development is in contravention of the Rural Strategy and LRNSPP Policy through being put in a highly visible area using a density that is not compatible with the area. 3. The sewage farm and other infrastructure was designed for a smaller development and the capacity will be exceeded with this overrun of development. The sewage will have to be moved before and further development is considered. The criticisms are given in the attached document found in the PAC Report. 4. An overall environmental study has not been completed on the total development since the start of the development process in 1993. Although the EPA is not obliged to conduct an overall assessment this should be conducted in a sensitive coastal position such as this. The Shire can be reached using the following contacts. The general email address for the shire is amrsc@amrsc.wa.gov.au The postal address is:
Chief Executive Office
Shire of Augusta - Margaret River
PO Box 61
Margaret River WA 6285
www.amrsc.wa.gov.au The Fax Number: 08 97572512
We urge you to write to the Minister for Planning to complain about this action by the Council in the strongest terms.
Write to the Minister for Planning:
Minister for Planning & Infrastructure
13th Floor, Dumas House
2 Havelock St
West Perth, WA. 6005
Chairman
Western Australian Planning Commission.
Albert Facey House
469-89 Wellington St
Perth
Dear Minister, I am concerned that
When land was rezoned for development at Gnarabup, Council and State planning urged caution in order to control the extent and nature of that development to preserve the environmental, visual amenity and social values of this beautiful area. It was agreed by state and council to have a limitation to development in the TPS18.
Development then occurred which was not in line with these controls and numerous legal opinions were obtained by Council and Community Groups to say that the development limitations had been exceeded.
The community has felt so strongly that 3 Supreme Court cases have been fought over the development at Gnarabup. The current course being followed by the AMR Council Council of dropping the limitations to development through tacking it onto the changes to the DDTPS as a result of consideration of submissions when not one submission requested this is an outrageous misuse of process.
- Any scheme change to the TPS provisions must go out to public advertising. This should be done after the DDTPS is adopted with only those changes supported by the submission process. We desperately need a district Scheme and the council’s Gnarabup misuse of process should not be allowed to delay this. By its careless actions this council has brought about a situation where
- Development can occur west of Wallcliffe Rd even though the limit to development fought for by community and past councils has been reached.
- West of Wallcliffe was originally considered and designated as tourism. Under the tables of the changes to the DDTPS, the following uses are now permitted. Unless this area is zoned tourist it is unlikely that any eventual development will be tourist.
- No matter what Structure Plan is approved, development does not have to abide by it and so these previously unenvisaged uses can be pushed.
- There is no longer a requirement for a range of socio economic types of tourism at Gnarabup.
- There is no requirement for development to be low key.
- There is no limit to the number of residential lots. Therefore the large lots on top of the hill which were allowed to be included (even though they were outside the original development area) only on the grounds that they should be large blocks with the majority of vegetation retained, can now be subdivided.
Best Regards Concerned Citizen Further points of contention of extended development in the area is that 1. The development is illegal as it is in contravention of clause 3.3.3.1b of the Town Planning Scheme for the area. The Tourist Potential will have exceeded the Tourist Potential of Prevelly 2. The development is in contravention of the Rural Strategy and LRNSPP Policy through being put in a highly visible area using a density that is not compatible with the area. 3. The sewage farm and other infrastructure was designed for a smaller development and the capacity will be exceeded with this overrun of development. The sewage will have to be moved before and further development is considered. The criticisms are given in the attached document found in the PAC Report. 4. An overall environmental study has not been completed on the total development since the start of the development process in 1993. Although the EPA is not obliged to conduct an overall assessment this should be conducted in a sensitive coastal position such as this. The Shire can be reached using the following contacts. The general email address for the shire is amrsc@amrsc.wa.gov.au The postal address is:
Chief Executive Office
Shire of Augusta - Margaret River
PO Box 61
Margaret River WA 6285
www.amrsc.wa.gov.au The Fax Number: 08 97572512
