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A long-time resident – and Council critic – is accusing Council staff of unfairly targetting him for having a caravan at his home, which he says is legal.
Matthew Hartley, a former independent political candidate, supplied
The Echo with correspondence around a compliance inspection at his Byron Bay home and details that led to it.
A November 10, 2020 letter for an inspection was sent to Mr Hartley owing to ‘alleged unauthorised development’ shortly after he raised concerns around a neighbouring property.
Yet Mr Hartley says Council’s claims of unauthorised development – an outdoor spa which had not been installed – could only have been taken from details from his approved DA.
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The fate of a modernist office block at the centre of a debate over Sydney’s architectural legacy is in the hands of a NSW government minister after the state’s heritage council recommended its protection.
The Heritage Council of NSW is directing the Minister for Heritage, Don Harwin, place the MLC building in North Sydney on the State Heritage Register after a plan to redevelop it sparked a backlash from urban conservationists.
Architect Scott Robertson outside the MLC building in North Sydney.
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Investa property group has lodged a development application with North Sydney Council to demolish the 1956 block on Miller Street and replace it with a 27-storey complex designed by architecture firm Bates Smart to increase public space in the surrounding CBD.
Date Time
Development Proposal – Integrated
A Development Application has been lodged for Integrated Development: (Sect. 4.47 of Environmental Planning & Assessment Act 1979)
Application No: DA-2021/6
Address: 1 Dorset Road, NORTHBRIDGE (LOT 98/ DP 13503)
Proposal: Integrated Development – Alterations and additions to existing dwelling including new carport, swimming pool, cabana, boatshed, landscaping and associated works.
Applicant: Design King Company
Approval Body: Department of Primary Industries – Water
Closing Date for Comments: 26 February 2021
The detailed plans, and other documentation for the proposal can be viewed:
Online at the Council’s Development-Application Tracking. A submission can be made directly from the website.
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We need the province to release the provincial regulations that outline the details on how to get this done as soon as possible. The clock is literally ticking.
Coun. Kristyn Wong-Tam, who represents Toronto Centre, says: Over the past year, what we ve seen is an alarming number of businesses literally collapse due to the financial hardship of people being asked to stay home because it s unsafe for them to go out. (CBC)
One in six small businesses in Canada will potentially close because of the pandemic, according to a survey by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business.
Main streets are feeling the financial crunch, Wong-Tam said.
Independent wind farm owners in Ireland are taking a legal challenge against the European Commission over its refusal to conduct a formal investigation into claims that fossil fuel electricity producers in Ireland are being granted illegal State aid in the form of reduced commercial rates.
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) will begin a hearing tomorrow in a case taken by the Irish Wind Farmers’ Association (IWFA) and three of its members against the summary dismissal in 2019 by the then EU Commissioner for Competition, Margrethe Vestager, of its claims.
The Commission refused to initiate a formal investigation procedure after concluding the method for assessing commercial rates for fossil fuel electricity producers did not constitute State aid under EU legislation. The IWFA had filed its original claim in February 2016.