The developers behind the Harvest housing estate in West Byron are seeking yet another modification to their 150-lot subdivision project.
But Villa World says the latest proposed amendment will be of benefit to those living in, and around, the new housing estate, and that the revised project is ‘substantially the same’ as that originally approved.
Submitted to Byron Shire Council ten days before Christmas, the modification application would adjust the staging of the project so that an area of open space would be delivered in Stage 3 rather than Stage 4.
‘A further application to modify Development Consent for DA 10.2017.1 is now being pursued,’ documents submitted to Council on behalf of Villa World state.
The application would ‘adjust the staging of the project to deliver important public open space earlier, within Stage 3 rather than Stage 4 as approved’.
‘The modifications as proposed will result in the delivery of the approved open space at the site around two to three years earlier than previously approved.’
According to the developer, no other changes are proposed to the development, and the modification will not change the number or type of lots approved or other infrastructure to be delivered in Stage 3.
It is the third modification application submitted in relation to the Harvest Estate since the development was approved in the Land and Environment Court in December 2020.
70,000m³ of sand
In May last year, Council signed off on a significant modification which allowed the developer to remove a boardwalk from their plans and stockpile more than 70,000m3 of sand-based fill on the site.
The first modification, in November 2021, adjusted the initial stages of construction within Stage 1-B and Stage 2.
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