In 1990 a new LEP (Local Environment Plan) was approved in Byron Shire that limited commercial buildings to three storeys with a height limit of 11.5 metres. At the time this was said to be set in stone. With State approval needed to go beyond the limit, to protect Byron Shire from Gold Coast style development etc.
Fast forward to 2021 and the LEP still stands and Council has approved way beyond these height limits with swimming pools on roofs etc.
How did this happen?
To the newly elected Council, ‘Wake up!’. Let’s not abandon what we all came here to enjoy.
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. 
