Residents opposed to a manufactured housing estate (MHE) along Blackhead Road, Tallwoods have less than a month to lodge submissions to the Land and Environment Court (LEC).
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Much of the Hallidays Point community has been united in its fight to ensure the proposed 202-lot lifestyle development does not go ahead.
MidCoast Council has twice refused the proposal from applicants, Island Point Plantation, Brichris Pty Ltd and Wales & Associates.
This Tuesday, March 17 Tallwoods Action Group and Hallidays Point Community Liaison and Progress Association will hold a meeting at the Black Head Surf Club from 6pm to further discuss the matter.
MidCoast Council representatives will also attend the meeting.
Association president, Alan Tickle said the community was outraged over certain aspects of the revised proposal.
However, Mr Tickle stressed the meeting was designed to assist members of the public understand some planning arguments and encourage them to make submissions LEC.
"While the scale of the development has been reduced slightly, the glaring omission is dedication by way of voluntary planning agreement, a parcel of land that has been earmarked as a multi-use field suitable for junior cricket and football, in previous planning proposals," Mr Tickle said
"This is literally a case of player not liking the umpire's decision and not only taking the bat and ball home but the backyard as well," he said.
This is literally a case of player not liking the umpire's decision and not only taking the bat and ball home but the backyard as well.
- Alan Tickle
"The community will argue this fails the public's best interest test.
"It is clear to us that this type of development strives to market themselves as an over 55s development but by-pass the standards required of genuine over 55s retirement accommodation.
"A concentration of new inhabitants of this magnitude, impacts on established public infrastructure without commensurate rate revenue or developer contributions to offset those costs, so we will argue that none of this passes the test of public interest and is out of character with adjoining development and as a consequence having a negative impact on amenity."
The public's view has been that MHE developments should be contained only in tourist and caravan park locations, he said.
"We are left to defend our position from what we have been dealt, not the cards that we would prefer to play with that a new LEP would provide."
Submissions to the LEC are required before the April 10 deadline.
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