NEW SOUTH Wales Minister for Planning, Hon Rob Stokes, will be petitioned by the Byron Greens to send Byron Shire’s draft Coastal Zone Management Plan for the Byron Bay Embayment (CZMPBBE) back to Council for revision.
The draft Plan proposes hard works to resolve the conflict perceived between natural coastal processes and real estate boundaries at Belongil Beach.
The Petition reads:
“Many members of our community do not agree with that approach, preferring the alternative of Planned Retreat, which has applied to date.
“Others think that the drafting of the current Plan was rushed, that consideration of long-term environmental, social and economic factors was not adequate and that the three-week public consultation period was not enough.
“The aim of this petition is to convince Minister for Planning Rob Stokes to return the highly flawed Plan to Byron Shire Council for re-drafting after the Council Elections in September.
“We, the undersigned, ask you to return the fatally flawed Coastal Zone Management Plan for the Byron Bay Embayment to Byron Shire Council for re-drafting after the Council Elections in September.
Voice of Byron readers who wish to sign this petition can access it here, and copies were circulated at the Byron Shire Council meeting of August 4.