Plans for a community title development in the heart of the Byron hinterland look set to go ahead, with Byron Council staff seeing ‘no significant issues’ with the plan.
The proposed development, at 375 Coorabell Road, Coorabell will come before this week’s Byron Council Planning Meeting for determination.
The owners of the land, Tarongo Land Pty Ltd, are planning to create 15 residential lots, which includes 14 new dwelling sites and one existing dwelling site.
The 64.5-hectare site already has approval for a Multiple Occupancy (MO) following a successful application in 2019.
The owners are now seeking to change that to a Community Title subdivision – a type of development that allows for individual ownership rights while retaining common areas such as gardens, recreational land and driveways.
According to the Council staff report on the plan, six of the identified house sites are not in the exact location as approved under the MO and two in particular on Lot 8 and 10 are in a different location.
Similarly, the internal road layout has been repositioned in the western end of the development where it services Lots 10-15.
The Council planner responsible for the matter, Patricia Docherty, says these changes ‘raise no issues and can be supported on environmental and engineering grounds’.
She has recommended to Councillors that they approve the development.
“The proposal raises no significant issues in terms of environmental impacts which cannot be managed, and the site is considered suitable for the proposed development,’ Ms Docherty said.
‘The application is recommended for approval subject to the conditions listed in the Recommendation of this Report.’
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