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EXPANDING EWINGSDALE and creating a suburb at Skinners Shoot are suggestions for possible future residential areas in Council’s preliminary draft residential policy, out now for public comment until November 11.
Other recommendations include making Billinudgel become a suburb and extending Mullumbimby to the west, north and east.
According to the draft policy, large swathes of agricultural and rural land could potentially become (greenfield) suburbs by 2036, despite government requirements for housing numbers already being largely met by planned and potential infill developments.
The residential strategy is a key planning ‘instrument’ that sits below other planning documents that guide how and where development occurs.
Underpinning the residential policy are directives from the state and federal governments, particularly the state government’s Draft North Coast Regional Plan, which was released early this year and has not been heard of since.
That plan mainly identified roads and airports as desirable infrastructure and caused a stir owing to also identifying CSG for the north coast.