ENE SC THE TWEED N E Volume 2 #27 E Thursday, March 18, 2010 R Advertising and news enquiries: G Phone: (02) 6672 2280 Fax: (02) 6672 4933
[email protected] [email protected] www.tweedecho.com.au LOCAL & INDEPENDENT PAGEPAGE From Uki to Nepal, LEP ‘removes with love protection’ Ken Sapwell heights to 13.6 metres, virtually add- ing an extra storey. Buildings will be higher, environ- ‘Documents attached to the draft mental protection land will be more LEP basically admit that these chang- than halved and native vegetation will es aren’t the result of reshaping the not be adequately protected under current provisions to fit the state- Tweed’s draft shire-wide Local Envi- driven changes aimed at bringing in a ronment Plan (LEP). standard format for LEPs throughout That’s the startling conclusion NSW,’ said Mr James, whose reputa- reached by former long-serving coun- tion remained intact following the cillor Henry James after an in-depth council’s sacking in 2005. study of the draft LEP 2010 which will guide the shire’s future development Changes far from ‘minor’ over the next 10 years. ‘In my view these changes are far On Tuesday, Tweed Shire Council from “minor” as is claimed in the adopted a mayoral minute extend- same accompanying documents Lee Jessamy, left, Wilma Maddern and Carolyn Jones, right, with some of the colourful quilts made by Uki locals and ing the deadline for submissions for and there is no material accompa- friends for the families of students at a poor rural school in Nepal.