Category Archives: PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT

Major Victory For Anna Bay Community Action Group

Posted on August 20, 2015 by

***** Breaking News *****                                    We have just received news that Urban Growth NSW has voluntarily surrendered Development Consent 16-2012-800, relating to the 106 lot … Continue reading →

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$230 Mil Anna Bay Resort

Posted on August 16, 2015 by

A developer, Raphel Shinn Enterprises, is planning to build a $230 Million dollar Eco-Resort at Anna Bay. A presentation on this project was given at a  TRRA General Meeting 10 August 12015 by Geoff Washington from our TRRA Planning Subcommittee. Geoff has given … Continue reading →

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Macka’s Sand To Increase Sand Truck Movements 200%

Posted on August 5, 2015 by

Examiner 18 March 2016: Macka’s Sand gains approval for additional 14 truck movements  Newcastle Herald 16 Feb 2016: Port Stephens mayor Bruce MacKenzie’s family sand quarry stands alone in compliance audit  Update From Community Forum – 08 August 2015 Examiner 11 August … Continue reading →

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Cabbage Tree Road Sandmine

Posted on July 25, 2015 by

Will The Port Stephens Ratepayers Ever Get the ‘Cabbage’ from the Cabbage Tree Road Sand Mine? Part 1 This story above was edited 01 August 2015 as further information was received. There is a fair bit of detail in this … Continue reading →

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Is Port Stephens Council As Financially Viable As They Would Like Us To Believe?

Posted on July 25, 2015 by

TRRA had a conversation with Councillor Geoff Dingle recently about the general state of the finances at Port Stephens Council. Council’s future strategy was outlined recently in its ‘Fit for the Future’ submission to the State Government in which it stated … Continue reading →

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Ratepayers Millions Down The Drains?

Posted on July 19, 2015 by

Update 05 April 2016. TRRA have been monitoring the developments in this story for some time. A full report soon! Newcastle Herald 5 April 2016: Port Stephens Council has until 5pm Wednesday to withdraw a key document from a legal case … Continue reading →

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TRRA Planning Subcommittee – D.A. Watch

Posted on June 14, 2015 by

Our TRRA Planning Sub Committee monitors all D.A.’s of interest submitted to Council and the Department  of Planning and regularly updates Committee Members on current  submissions etc. We thought that this information should be shared with our membership so check … Continue reading →

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Positive Planning Initatives

Posted on June 14, 2015 by

New Development Control Plan on right track Port Stephens Council will be adopting a new Development Control Plan (DCP) later this year.  TRRA made a major Submission on the Draft which was on exhibition in early 2015  We welcome both … Continue reading →

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Rampant Approval Of Developments On Earth Mounds In Flood Areas

Posted on June 5, 2015 by

“Haven’t seen any houses floating past the Raymond Terrace Junction Inn so what’s the problem?” These were (close to actual) words from the Mayor on 14th April 2015  in questioning why Councillors Nell, Dingle and Kafer were not keen to … Continue reading →

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Concern Re Commercial Development Of Donald Street Car Parks

Posted on June 5, 2015 by

As we mentioned in our last post  on Donald Street Car Park, TRRA Inc. has some history with the Council and the Donald Street East Car Park. We made extensive submissions to Council about a proposed Public Private Partnership with Coral … Continue reading →

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