Council fails the community on Nelson Bay High-rise We are sad to report that Council has approved the 9-storey apartment building at 1 Yacaaba St, by a vote of 9 to 1, against the recommendation of its own planners, and … Continue reading →

If you object to high rise development in Nelson Bay we need your urgent help. Please let your Councillors know, by 12 noon on Tuesday, by e-mailing council@portstephens.nsw.gov.au with ‘Council Meeting 9 July – Agenda item 2’ in the subject … Continue reading →

TRRA is perhaps best known for its submissions to Council and the State Government on major planning and development proposals. But we also try to analyse the full range of Council policies and practices which we think matter to our … Continue reading →

Updates Include: Apart from our major submission objecting to the proposed tower block at 1 Yacaaba St, Nelson Bay we have been following a number of other development proposals. The next two stages of the ‘Eden at Wanda.Beach’. The Nelson … Continue reading →

TRRA is very pleased to note that the Nelson Bay Public Domain Plan Exhibition Draft recognises the need to protect the existing character of Nelson Bay Town Centre and embraces the key planning principles of the 2012 Strategy which was … Continue reading →

Attached is the full Objection Document detailing the multiple reasons this DA should not be approved.   Click Here

The TRRA submission to IPART concludes as follows: If the council succeeds with its application, it is at the higher end of the options normally granted by IPART. TRRA  notes the current Council which is proposing the SRV has only … Continue reading →

Revised plans for 1 Yacaaba St apartment building fail to address concerns. The applicant for a residential apartment building on the corner of Yacaaba and Donald Streets has changed the design for a second time, supposedly in response to earlier … Continue reading →

Preparatory to submitting its case to IPART (The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal) for consideration of its Special Rates Variation (SRV), Council is required to put its final submission up for public exhibition and comment. TRRA will be putting its … Continue reading →

Attached is the full docment submitted to Department of Planning and Environment. Click Here