Jo Faith, Newtown
I was gobsmacked when I read that the ‘Greens’ mayor’s parting gift was to aid privatisation of land at the Belongil Spit. Indeed, it was hard to digest the fact that Greens councillors will support this by sending a letter to the State Government requesting rezoning of the Belongil Spit’s LEP.
I ask – have they visited the land with environmental concerns in mind?
The existing golf course will potentially see the development of houses that have ‘green labels’ – a form of green legal puff that upholds an Environmental Living Zone. The latter is land with special environmental or scenic values, where residential development can be accommodated. This land is on the Elements Estate. The area where, over the last thirty two years, the community have fought the No Club Med campaign and the Becton proposals.