Sunshine Coast Council has broken its silence after revelations about the controversial approval of Sekisui House s Yaroomba Beach five-star resort and housing development in 2018. A recent Right to Information release published by the council showed planners had been preparing to recommend refusal of the billion-dollar project just weeks before it was eventually recommended for approval and secured councillors approval in a 6-5 vote at a special meeting. The council last week declined to respond to questions put by the
Daily, citing the fact the matter was currently before the Court of Appeal as reason why it could not comment. But days later the council reversed its decision, and responded to the
Ms Hyman said Save Yaroomba supporters had been accused of being a noisy, vocal minority, who had been abused and disparaged publicly , but had not given up. Now we are vindicated in our long pursuit to try and reverse this bad decision through the courts, she said. Ms Hyman said several hundred pages which were redacted within the release also raised a big question mark as to the content they may contain, and why they had been omitted. Artist s impressions of Sekisui House s hotel and residential development at Yaroomba. The upcoming appeal in the Supreme Court is based purely on what the planning court judge decided at the first appeal last November, not on council s decision-making process, Ms Hyman said.