Environmental view

Local environmental activist Ms Shirley Hotchkiss told the Council meeting that it should reject the DA as there was only 11 hectares of UCSW left in the world, according to the DEC.

"Council spent many dollars opposing the previous DA in the Land and Environment Court," Ms Hotchkiss said.

Ms Hotchkiss said the court found that UCSW was "too valuable for any to be destroyed".

"Environmental value was the only issue council raised to the developer's revised proposal," Ms Hotchkiss said.

"The current DA is not significantly different from the Option B Justice Bignold rejected.

"No money can compensate for destroying this site."

Ms Hotchkiss said the Species Impact Statement was based on partial, contradictory and inaccurate information.

"Destroying UCSW is irreversible," Ms Hotchkiss said.

"Council should reject this DA and pursue all avenues to protect this land."

Council agenda ENV.22, ENV.23, 8 May 2007