Email NSW Premier & Planning Minister to Save Wallum & STOP Zombie DAs

The Wallum development in Brunswick Heads, is known as a Zombie DA, a historically approved consent from years past, that has not been held to current ecological or cultural impact assesments.

Save Wallum - Brunswick Heads, along with numerous other groups along the NSW coast, are calling on NSW Planning Minister Scully to enact an immediate Moratorium on ALL Zombie DAs in NSW, until the recently announced NSW Legislative Assembly Inquiry is completed and recommendations made.

The Terms of Reference for the Zombie Inquiry, include consideration of the impacts "of the uncertain status of lawfully commenced development consents; any barriers to ...

The Wallum development in Brunswick Heads, is known as a Zombie DA, a historically approved consent from years past, that has not been held to current ecological or cultural impact assesments.

Save Wallum - Brunswick Heads, along with numerous other groups along the NSW coast, are calling on NSW Planning Minister Scully to enact an immediate Moratorium on ALL Zombie DAs in NSW, until the recently announced NSW Legislative Assembly Inquiry is completed and recommendations made.

The Terms of Reference for the Zombie Inquiry, include consideration of the impacts "of the uncertain status of lawfully commenced development consents; any barriers to addressing historical development consents using current legal provisions, and the benefits and costs to taxpayers of taking action on historical development concerns," as well as, "possible policy and legal options to address concerns regarding historical development consents, particularly the non-completion of consents that cannot lapse".

Clearly this indicates there is a problem - so until the solutions are found, join us in our call for an immediate Moratorium, to stop all works on these nightmare, Zombie DAs.

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To The Honourable Premier Minns and the Honourable Minister Scully,
 
In reference to Historically Approved Consents, colloquially known as "Zombie DAs", I am calling on you to urgently and immediately enact a Moratorium on all such Consents throughout New South Wales.
 
I understand that enacting a Moratorium is within your powers as conferred by State Environmental Planning Policy for an Historical Approval Review of Development (HARD SEPP). It seems that New South Wales is now the only Australian State or Territory to allow Historically Approved Consents ongoing validity.
 
I understand the NSW Legislative Assembly Committee has already instituted an Inquiry into Historically Approved Consents, for which I am grateful. This is an important step and to be commended. It is appropriate for a Moratorium to be enacted until the Committee is able to present findings and recommendations in order to prevent environmental destruction that is unacceptable today.
 
In my own locality I am very concerned about the Wallum development at Brunswick Heads. Only a tiny remnant of coastal Wallum heath land remains in the Byron Shire. This unique place features ancient scribbly gums, wildflowers and rare orchids, along with threatened ecological communities, bird, animal and frog species. There are over 24 threatened species at Wallum. This place is of deep importance culturally. The community realises that in 2024 we should not be wiping out extremely rare habitats and culturally significant land for housing developments.

The community will not stand for destroying frog habitat and replacing it with artificial ponds. Nor will it stand for removing trees that pre-date colonisation with an offset that replaces tree hollows with nesting boxes. Not in 2024.

The community recognises that there is a housing crisis but this development does not address this issue appropriately. This development is not about the housing crisis at all. It is about generating wealth for a few at a huge and irrevocable cost to the environment. Building unaffordable housing on flood liable land is not a solution for our community, who've already experienced devastating floods. It is important to consider that wetlands mitigate flood impacts, we must keep them intact. Premier Minns, I believe your government wants to do the right thing for our communities, ensuring no more fill or development on floodplains and no more buck passing. Please act.

Minister Scully, the Brunswick Heads Wallum development was approved by the Northern Regional Planning Panel (NRPP), as the consent authority, not Byron Shire Council. It is up to you to take action.

I call on you to use your Ministerial powers to declare a Moratorium on all zombie developments but particularly Wallum which is under immediate threat. 
Please act!

Thank you for your consideration of my letter, I look forward to your reply.
 
Yours sincerely,

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