TRC Tablelands Regional Council - Agenda
Thursday 19 June 2014
14 February 2012
Application Chronology Application lodged
28 March 2012
Information Request issued
26 September 2012
Information Request response period extended for 6 months to 28 March 2013 at applicant request. Cummings Economics report provided as a partial response to Information Request. This report did not include an economic needs or impact analysis. Change to an Application lodged which included additional information on need, infrastructure, traffic, carparking, overshadowing, noise impacts, tenure structure, design matters and further assessment against the plannng scheme and regional plan. Amended Acknowledgement Notice issued in response to that Change to an Application. Amended Information Request issued in response to the change. The amended IR was prepared in the context of further advice from Council's economics consultant, and additional information provided in the request to change. Information Request response period extended for a further 3 months to 21 November 2013 at applicant’s request. Information Request response period extended by Council to 30 June 2014 at applicant’s request, subject to no further extensions being granted. Request to further extend received.
October 2012
10 January 2013
23 January 2013 21 February 2013
5 August 2013 16 January 2014
26 May 2014
Applicant's Representations The applicant's representations are contained in Attachment 1. In summary, the applicant is again considering either a further change to the application, or, a complete withdrawal of that application. The basis of the extension request is that they require further time to consider those options. Discussion The grounds for not agreeing to further extend the response period are:
Council has extended the applicant's information request period three times in two years, and the applicant has been provided with more than enough time and opportunity to fully respond to the request.
The last extension was approved by Council resolution on the basis that no further extensions would be agreed to.
The extenuating circumstances detailed in the applicant's representations are not strong arguments for a further extension, particularly given that further changes to the application have been flagged.
There is no evidence to suggest that the applicant has identified and/or contracted tenants/owners for the specific uses applied for. It is therefore unlikely that any development of the site would proceed in accordance with the current application.
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