THE TWEED SHIRE LOADS OF LETTERS pages 8 and 9 Volume 1 #14 Thursday, November 27, 2008 Advertising and news enquiries: Phone: (02) 6672 2280 Fax: (02) 6672 4933
[email protected] [email protected] www.tweedecho.com.au LOCAL & INDEPENDENT Locals set to lap up new aquatic centre Tweed tops the DA list Ken Sapwell Tweed Shire remains one of the state’s leading development hot-spots, attracting more devel- opments than any other local government area in the NSW North Coast region, according to a report to the council. Th e council determined 1,340 development applications (DAs) worth a total of $285 million during 2007-08, compared with 799 DAs worth $143 million processed by its next busiest rival, Ballina Shire Council. Th e report, which comments on the results of the Department of Planning’s annual perfor- mance monitoring review, acknowledges that the average time determining development ap- plications is 103 days compared to the NSW average of 74 days. But when compared with staffi ng levels, the Tweed performed well with 84 DAs per staff member compared to the state average of 69, the report by chief planner Vince Connell says. Mr Connell also noted that the council had a relatively low number of four legal appeals de- termined in the Land and Environment Court Mayor Joan van Lieshout walks the plank of the diving pool as she enjoyed one of the perks of offi ce this week sampling the Tweed’s new Re- during the 12-month period, with all but one of gional Aquatic Centre, which opens to the public tomorrow Friday (November 28), with free entry from 3pm.