SHELLHARBOUR Council's grandiose hub was knocked back because it didn't comply with council's own regulations.
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"It's quite commonplace for conditions to be attached to a DA," says SCC general manager Michael Willis (Lake Times, November 12).
Most DAs are lodged by parties who don't fully comprehend the council's rules and regulations, so was it sheer arrogance or just incompetence that the council would lodge a DA for the hub that did not meet its own regulations? Not one or two carpark spaces short, but 24.
New plans and drawings, drainage, roadworks, traffic stipulations. How much will this farce eventually cost?
No change out of $80 million on present calculations.
Building, loan interest, extra car parking, drainage, roadworks, architect's fees to start again.
When describing Shellharbour councillors as "a dog's breakfast" in State Parliament, Anna Watson should have also used the same term to describe the Development Application.
Neville Combes
Shell Cove
