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Aslan Shand
Council’s willingness to defend residents’ amenity and properties has been raised by concerned locals and residents following the outcome of the land and environment court (L&EC) case in Bian Court, Ocean Shores.
The proposal by developer Callum Sked to consolidate and develop three large lots, by adding eight townhouses between the three existing dwellings, went to the L&EC for a second time (after an earlier deemed refusal) with a decision made on 15 January 2021 to approve the development.
Issues raised as major concerns for local residents included the history of landslips, and that existing flooding of dwellings downhill of the site would be exacerbated, as well as issues around stormwater management as well as changing the low density character of the area.
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Aslan Shand
The actions of Reflections Holiday Park in reshaping the foreshore of Brunswick Heads have once again been questioned, following the removal of the Housie Shed walls and relocation of community art.
Organisers of the Brunswick River Festival, that ran from 1990 to 1995, were concerned over the relocation of the community art they facilitated, that had been on the Housie Shed wall.
The festival was a three day cultural and community event that brought the community together, with Indigenous culture, art, music and theatre over the October school holidays.
One of the founding members of the festival, Donny McCormack, said, ‘Following the 1993 festival, we worked with Mullumbimby High School art students and Indigenous artists to create a piece of artwork to decorate the Housie Shed for the community’.