COUNCILLORS have nixed proposal to build a block of 21 units in a Hillvue cul-de-sac.
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The development application sought to demolish a property at 6 Ainslie Place to make way for a block of units.
However, concerns about the impact the development would have on the busy intersection of Criagends Lane and Goonoo Goonoo Road was enough for councillors to shoot it down.
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Nearby residents spoke against the proposal at Tuesday night’s council meeting and aired fears it would change the area to a “low-socio economic rental estate”.
Ian Burkinshaw said it had “all the hallmarks of a low-cost development”.
He took council to task on its 2017-2027 community strategic plan credo “love where you live”.
“We won’t be loving where we live with low cost housing,” Mr Burkinshaw said.
He said it could lead to the area “becoming another Coledale”.
Fellow resident Diane Bolton spoke against the higher-density proposal and also was worried how it would affect the Goonoo Goonoo Road intersection.
“I query the traffic study figures,” she said.
“I’ve stopped the counting the number of times I’ve had to wait for more than five minutes to turn left.”
Glenn Inglis said it was the first development application he had voted against.
His chief concern was the “level of service” on the Craigends Lane intersection.
“There’s major treatment required,” he said.
“Under the public interest test … I can’t bring my self to vote for it.”
Councillors Phil Betts, Charles Impey, Jim Maxwell and Mark Rodda followed suit and voted against the motion, while the mayor Col Murray, and deputy Helen Tickle went in the opposite direction.
“It complies with development standards meets the requirements of Development Control Plan (DCP) and Local Environment Plan (LEP),” Cr Murray said.
“In saying that, it’s a very poor development in a bad place.
“It highlights something we need to consider approving DCP and LEP into the future.
“I don’t think I have right to not allow the development.”
The vote was lost two-votes-to-five.