Tesrol deferred again

Gosford Council has again decided to defer an application by Tesrol Holdings for a development on the Esplanade, Ettalong Beach, with councillors split over the outcome of the development.

Gosford mayor Cr Laurie Maher said the item had been deferred "to give the applicant the opportunity to negotiate with officers to ensure the application was more complying".

Cr Maher said that councillors had decided that it could be a valuable application to the area.

"Both the applicant and staff are looking to see what can be done," Cr Maher said.

The council resolved at its February 14 meeting to defer the matter to consider the economic, social and environmental report provided by the applicant and report on the benefits of the project to the area and to allow the applicant the opportunity to submit alternate plans.

An amendment by Crs Craig Doyle and Chris Holstein to refuse the development outright was lost before the deferral was passed.

Crs Chris Holstein, Malcolm Brooks, Craig Doyle and Terri Latella called for a division.

Crs Holstein, Doyle, Brooks and Latella were recorded as being for the amendment to refuse the application, while mayor Cr Laurie Maher and Crs Vicki Scott, Jim Macfadyen, Peter Hale and Trevor Drake voted against the amendment.

The same councillors also demanded a division for the motion to defer the matter.

Crs Maher, Scott, Macfadyen, Hale and Drake voted for the motion to defer while Crs Holstein, Doyle, Brooks and Latella voted against the motion.

Cr Robert Bell was not at the meeting.

Lyle Stone, Press release, February 14 Marion Newall, Gosford Council