Ephraim Sella, Byron Bay
This is an open letter to Stuart Murray, director, and the owners/ developers of Site R&D at West Byron:
With regard to your ‘victory’ in the Land and Environment Court (Echo, 23 March) – just because you ‘can’ does not mean that you should.
Have a look at the map of your proposal compared to the ‘Harvest’ development adjacent to yours. Yours evidences total disregard for the amenity of the community, with a wall closely abutting Ewingsdale Road. Do you really want that wall to be a permanent legacy of your disdain for Byron Bay; your home, as well as ours?
Moreover, the over-development of your site, (maximising the number of lots) will create a much less desirable place to live. It is likely that these lots will sell at a big discount, perhaps earning your development the title of ‘Slumville’.
It is not too late for you to be sensible, reducing the impact on the wider community, while creating a better place to live. You may even find that you make more money by being smart.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
