Councillors Greg Rogerson, Jason O Pray, Jenny McKay, Ted Hungerford and Rick Baberowski voted against the development on June 21, 2018. Councillors John Connolly, Christian Dickson, Steve Robinson, Tim Dwyer, Peter Cox and Mayor Mark Jamieson voted in favour.
Dickson had no knowledge of mooted refusal: Cr Dickson said his only insight into the assessment was that council planners had been concerned about a number of matters ranging from height, density, traffic, environment and resident objections . At no stage was I aware that a refusal had been proposed and reviewed by senior staff including those from Strategic Planning and Economic Development, he said.