Decision delayed in $80 million Clifton Yamba estate at Northern Regional Planning Panel
Clarence Valley residents concerned about developments on flood-plains will have to wait over a decision whether a controversial Yamba housing project will go ahead.
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Clarence Valley residents concerned about developments on flood-plains will have to wait over a decision whether a controversial Yamba housing project will go ahead.
The Northern Regional Planning Panel (NRPP) met on Wednesday to make a decision on ‘Clifton Yamba’, a 216-lot over 50s community on Carrs Dr.
A spokesman on behalf of the developer told the panel they were seeking extra time to revise and resubmit their development application.
He told the panel the amendments included reducing the number of dwellings and addressing flood plan concerns.
The NRPP determination meeting was the subject of a mayoral motion at the new Clarence Valley Council’s first meeting on 17 October.
Newly elected mayor Ray Smith sought to write to the NSW Planning Minister Paul Scully to seek a deferment of the NRPP meeting so council could be represented on the panel.
At the meeting, former mayor Peter Johnstone said that Clarence Valley Council (CVC) had already made clear to the NRPP it opposed the development application and raised concerns about urban design, stormwater flooding and biodiversity.
Councillors voted against the mayoral motion and the NRPP decision meeting went ahead.
The Yamba development is also the subject of court proceedings by the developer against CVC in the Land and Environment Court.
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