Existing residents have had two meetings with Council in the last week

• Large meeting on 30 July 2024

On Tuesday 30 July, 28 residents and two members of the greater Cooroy community attended a meeting hosted by Mayor Frank Wilkie, Deputy Mayor Brian Stockwell and Senior members of Council's planning team. Two representatives of Coast2Bay also attended.

It was good to meet Council as a group. The Council had not shared the agenda for the meeting with us but did allow plenty of time for discussion. Council stated that the 3 development Lots proposed for the site were expected to accommodate 120 small dwellings. One resident had prepared a submission on behalf of the residents group which was read to the assembly. The first point in the submission was that the residents are sympathetic to the needs of those suffering from the housing shortage, and that our objective is to ensure that new housing proposals are consistent with the constraints of the place in which they get built. We want housing to be a net positive to the locations it is placed. The submission can be downloaded here.

At the conclusion of the meeting Council undertook to have frequent ongoing engagement with the residents group.