Tesrol proposal returns to council

The proposed Tesrol development near the Ettalong Foreshore is set to return to council.

The State Government has rescinded legislation requiring it to be sent to the Department of Planning, according to council's development assessment unit manager Mr Gary Loft.

"What happened was that the State Government amended SEPP 71 so that all buildings over two stories with 100 metres of a sensitive coastal location are refereed to the Department of Planning," Mr Loft said.

"The department then decides which ones it deals with, and which ones are returned to the councils.

"But it created a little monster.

"I think they got quite a few applications.

"They got quite a few from Gosford Council.

"As a result, three weeks later it was amended again and they withdrew that requirement.

"This means that council went back to being determining authority."

Mr Loft said that the proposed development would be an item in the February 7 businesses paper, and had been recommended for refusal.

"Basically, it has been recommended refusal based on height, bulk, scale and density," Mr Loft said.

The Tesrol proposal was for a nine-storey mixed residential, 89 units, and commercial premise.

Lyle Stone, January 27