Well, it’s all over bar the shouting.
The $6.3 million mixed use ‘Corso’ development in Bayside Brunswick Heads featuring a 38-room boarding house, a small retail hub, and shop-top apartments, has been given the green light by Byron Council.
With legal action already underway, a majority of councillors voted to accept a revised development application put forward by developers Oniva and The Kollective rather than proceed to trial.
The ‘Corso’ development in Bayside, Brunswick Heads. Image courtesy of the developer
The decision is a bitter pill for the dozens of residents of Bayside who ran a committed and disciplined campaign against the proposed development.
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Byron Shire Council has approved a contentious development in Brunswick Heads.
A group of community members were in the public gallery to show their opposition to the development application for The Corso, a mixed-use boarding house and commercial development in the Bayside area, when the council met on Thursday.
The $6.3 million proposal, from Oniva Pty Ltd, proposed business spaces, shop-top housing and a boarding house at 94 Kingsford Drive.
Judith Brazenor, representing Bayside Connected, told councillors they would be “voting to disregard 20 plus years of (their) own planning” if they approved the DA.
She said residents didn’t oppose development on the site but wanted to see better community facilities included in the plans and a greater proportion of commercial spaces.
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