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[email protected] PAGES 21-22 www.tweedecho.com.au LOCAL & INDEPENDENT Councillors fear state planning panels Ken Sapwell cerns and would be supporting a protest vote ‘The panels will have three state govern- Cr Miller says the decision to establish only against the changes when he attended the Lo- ment appointed members, including the chair- five JRPPs for the metropolitan and coastal cal Government Association’s annual confer- person, and only two appointed by the local regions will affect community input into lo- Tweed Shire councillors on both sides of the ence next week with Cr Polglase and Mayor council where the development is located, cal decisions. fence have joined a growing chorus of protest Joan van Lieshout. meaning residents have a minority voice in ‘Communities in regional areas will be forced against the government’s controversial decision Association president Genia McCaffery says the decisions. to travel long distances to attend the Panel meet- to transfer their planning powers to a govern- the panels will leave residents out of major ‘Councils do a great job administering a ings while the 43 local councils west of the di- ment-controlled panel next month. planning decisions and are likely to make the complex DA process and understanding local vide will have no say about large developments Deputy Mayor Barry Longland and former planning system more costly, time consuming concerns, and so should have the final say on in their area.