The long running saga of the Glen Rd boarding house at Ourimbah continues with the developer once again taking his development application to the Land and Environment Court (LEC).
Central Coast Council did not assess the application within the required 60 days, therefore the developer considered it to be a deemed refusal.
This will be the third time the developer has taken his boarding house application to the Land and Environment Court.
Zenith Tuggerah Pty Limited is seeking consent to build a three-storey boarding house with 53 rooms at 2-6 Glen Rd.
Council is opposing the application saying that the DA should be refused for a number of reasons but mainly related to its unsuitable bulk, scale and character, amenity, landscaping, engineering and public interest.
The Court was due to hold a conciliation conference on Monday, October 25, and Ourimbah Region Residents Association (ORRA) is hopeful the outcome will, once again, be refusal.
“Although the development has been tweaked, the essential reasons that previous applications have been refused still remain,” said ORRA spokesperson, Allan Benson.
“In the last hearing, the Senior Commissioner, Susan Dixon, refused the application on a multitude of issues including character bulk, scale as well as environmental concerns.
“We are of the view that the precedents determined in that hearing are still valid for this current DA.
“The first DA for the boarding house was lodged in December 2013 and to date, ORRA, with the support of the wider Ourimbah community, has been successful in opposing every DA this developer has lodged for this site as they remain out of character with the Ourimbah village.
“However, we must continue the battle as the saga still has a long way to run,” Benson said.
Sue Murray