Update

What has been happening

  •  BMCC refused the DA at the Council meeting on the 21st September
  • The developer lodged an appeal in the Land and Environment Court in early July
  • BMCC is defending their decision to refuse the DA
  • The Land and Environment Court commissioner has asked that the resident witnesses be nominated
  • The resident witnesses are working with the Council solicitor to prepare their statements about amenity and the effects the development will have on them
  • Council has engaged expert witnesses for both Air Quality and Traffic & Parking issues
  • The court dates are 15-17 November

What you can do

Everyone is welcome to attend the court hearing
  • but be aware that the courts are small so there may not be much room
  • no banners, signs, special T-shirts or interjections are allowed
  •  the court and the commissioner may go to the site first but as the premises are not owned by the developer we will not be allowed to go on site.
  • The court may resume at 2pm in  Sydney  on Monday 15th November but this will not be known until the day
  •  The court will probably start at 9:30am on Tuesday 16th
Info from Land and Environment Court Website   (www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au)
Location
The Land and Environment Court Registry is located on Level 4 at 225 Macquarie Street (Windeyer Chambers), Sydney NSW. It is diagonally opposite  Sydney   Eye   Hospital  and 30m from the top of  Martin Place . Noticeboards displaying the daily Court lists are located on the ground floor and on the Registry level (level 4). The court rooms themselves are located on Levels 13, 12, 11, 10, 5, 3 and 1 of the same building.