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MORE
MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS
1 - General
'More Major' developments may include proposed construction
of blocks of units, retirement or special care homes (under
SEPP 5 provisions) or other commercial facilities in areas zoned
for individual residential dwellings. They may significantly
change the nature of an entire neighbourhood, and thus potentially
affect a far larger number of people.
These proposals are usually more difficult for individual residents
to deal with because of their greater size and complexity, and
also because the developers will usually have considerable resources
and experience in influencing the decision-making processes.
Some proposals may be influenced by State Government planning
initiatives which may limit or modify the powers of Lane Cove
Council.
They are likely to be subject to other planning consent provisions,
such as SEPP 5, which are quite complex, and for which you may
need some professional advice if you wish to contest a DA governed
by them.
It is beyond then scope of these pages to deal adequately with
these issues.
2 - Contesting Major Developments
It will usually be beyond the resources of any individual or
small group of neighbours to contest a threatening major development
properly.
The most effective way for the larger community to deal with
perceived threats from major developments is to combine resources
into larger groupings. This has been effectively done in the
recent past by the Greenwich Preservation Group and the Greenwich
Action Group (both originally formed to contest specific developments),
and of course this Greenwich Community Association may assist.
Larger community groupings can harness more resources, and bring
more force to bear on specific issues. They may act through
existing organisations, or they may form their own committees
with specific tasks assigned to different people according to
their availability and skills.
Amongst the actions these larger groups can take are:
· Engaging professional planning and/or legal advice,
· Convening public meetings,
· Drawing up petitions, collecting signatures and delivering
these to Council,
· Printing and circulating leaflets,
· Making stronger representations to Council, and
· Encouraging more people to write letters to Council,
local newspapers and Government ministers.
These actions would be in addition to the normal processes of
discussion with East Ward councillors and attendance of Council
meetings.
Hopefully you will be able to minimise the costs of external
advice by finding and involving professionals residing in the
Greenwich area.
Suggestions for Neighbours
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