Most of you will be aware that Eurobodalla Shire Council adopted the Rural Lands Planning Proposal on 28 August 2018 as exhibited with only very minor changes.
Our monitoring suggests some 1100 submissions were received by Council by 28 August 2018. Of these, around 1000 objected strongly to the Planning Proposal and called for its withdrawal for an expert community review including by the NSW State Agencies which have raised significant concerns. Some 14 community and conservation organisations registered their concerns and objections as well as five State Agencies. There are less than 50 submissions supporting the Proposal.
Whilst Council refused to withdraw or
fundamentally amend the Proposal, the issue is not settled as the
Mayor would have the community believe. The Proposal now goes to the
Department of Planning for review prior to a decision by the Minister
of Planning. The Alliance has met with the Regional Office of the
Department which will carry out the review. We followed this up with
a letter to the Department about our many concerns.
We are continuing the campaign against
the Proposal and the next step is to get many letters signed and sent
to Andrew Constance, MP for Bega. The Nature Coast Alliance is
meeting with Mr Constance on 19 October. We ask community groups to
network to their members and to write on behalf of your group as
appropriate. This could make an important difference . So far over
500 letters have been signed.
Can you help with any of the
following tasks:-
* Letterboxing Broulee, Tomakin and Mossy
Point for a public meeting 18 November 2018.
* Regularly sending
letters to local media editors, based on suggestions from the
Alliance.
* Making contact with nature based businesses including
nature based tourism, accommodation or recreation, the oyster
industry or recreational fishing to encourage them to lobby the NSW
Government.
