Community Consultative Body (CCB)
Background:
The Shoalhaven Council has voted to approve the construction of 17 units on a single block, 44 Duncan Street, Huskisson. This block is zoned R3 – Medium density. Nearly half of Huskisson is zoned R3 and now has the potential to have unit blocks built on it.
Duncan Street is a quiet, tree lined street with mainly single storey homes and several two storey blocks of town houses.
There are numerous reasons for our concern as a community representative body, along with other people we voiced our concerns to Council prior to their decision.
This decision sets a precedent. This type of development will change the face of Huskisson and set a precedent for other local areas including Nowra, Bomaderry, Berry and Ulladulla.
We agree that more units would be useful, we are not against all development but it needs to be development that fits in with the character, and the values of Huskisson and the bay.
We are calling on community members who are also alarmed by this decision to urgently write to the Council and/or sign our petition.
Update 22 May 2020:
Unfortunately the advice that we could request a rescission motion wasn’t correct and a rescission motion will not be going ahead. Instead, we are focusing our efforts to see if we can liaise with Council to revise and fine tune the Local Environment Plan (LEP) relating to R3 zones.
Since the letterbox drop on Sunday we have done two radio interviews (2ST and local ABC), the petition has gained over 1000 signatures, and we have 163 people following the Facebook page. Many people have written to council expressing their extreme disappointment. We will endeavour to keep you updated through our emails, Website and Facebook.
The community’s concerns about approving 17 units on 44 Duncan St are:
We need you to urgently contact the Council
Your opinion matters. The more people who contact Council, the better.
Two members of the Voice committee met (in an online meeting) with three Council planners last week (27 May 2020) to clarify how our planning laws were able to approve the building of 17 units on a single house block, 44 Duncan St, Huskisson.
A simple email to Councillors voicing your concerns about this inappropriate development will have an impact!
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Warren Design Pty Ltd, the applicant(s) for DA19/1841 relating to:44 Duncan St, HUSKISSON – Lot 6 Sec 9 DP 758530 were given
approved use and development for the demolition of existing dwelling and construction of a residential flat building consisting of 17 Units and Strata Subdivision
There is a link on the page to the start of the discussion on this business.
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