Mr WOOD - 2007-10-18
It has been months since an application was sent to you for rezoning of the Coolalinga District Centre for future commercial development. There has been a lot of interest in this proposed rezoning for future commercial development. Without asking you to say one way or the other whether you support the rezoning application, could you please say why it has taken so long for a decision to be made, and when do you expect to make a decision?
Minister, the member for Daly said this week that I am anti-development. Is it not true that in relation to this rezoning application of land for commercial development at Coolalinga, which I supported, a member of your Labor Party, the member for Goyder, opposed it?
Members interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Order!
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, member for Nelson, the proposal to rezone 28 ha of land on the eastern side of the Stuart Highway was publicly exhibited, as it needed to be, to gauge community response, so that certainly took up some time. We did receive four public submissions. One was from you. You supported it based on that a need for amendments, as I understand your position. The member for Goyder was opposed, and there were two further public objections to that exhibition.
The current commercial zoning along that side of the Stuart Highway frontage is approximately 18.4 ha, so you would obviously have to look at an extension of that. The real commercial zone is zoned Rural Living, 2 ha, and comprises approximately 20.9 ha.
The proposal has some history. In 2006, my predecessor refused a similar proposal for the land. The proposal would significantly change the established framework for residential and commercial development within the Litchfield Shire, and I can see you nodding in assent, so it is quite a complex and significant proposal.
The Development Consent Authority conducted their public hearing in May of this year. I have recently received the recommendations and the report from the Development Consent Authority. I want to go through that very carefully, given the nature and significance of the proposal. I have not yet gone through that in detail. Once I have, I will be making my decision public.
Minister, the member for Daly said this week that I am anti-development. Is it not true that in relation to this rezoning application of land for commercial development at Coolalinga, which I supported, a member of your Labor Party, the member for Goyder, opposed it?
Members interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Order!
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, member for Nelson, the proposal to rezone 28 ha of land on the eastern side of the Stuart Highway was publicly exhibited, as it needed to be, to gauge community response, so that certainly took up some time. We did receive four public submissions. One was from you. You supported it based on that a need for amendments, as I understand your position. The member for Goyder was opposed, and there were two further public objections to that exhibition.
The current commercial zoning along that side of the Stuart Highway frontage is approximately 18.4 ha, so you would obviously have to look at an extension of that. The real commercial zone is zoned Rural Living, 2 ha, and comprises approximately 20.9 ha.
The proposal has some history. In 2006, my predecessor refused a similar proposal for the land. The proposal would significantly change the established framework for residential and commercial development within the Litchfield Shire, and I can see you nodding in assent, so it is quite a complex and significant proposal.
The Development Consent Authority conducted their public hearing in May of this year. I have recently received the recommendations and the report from the Development Consent Authority. I want to go through that very carefully, given the nature and significance of the proposal. I have not yet gone through that in detail. Once I have, I will be making my decision public.
Last updated: 09 Aug 2016