No Crematorium or Funeral Home: IT'S OVER

IT'S OVER

Good news everybody.

The news has come through that the appellant (The Carrick Group - that is Blue Mountains Funerals) has filed a 'Notice of Discontinuance' with the Land and Environment Court. What this means is that that they have officially withdrawn the appeal. The notice informs us, amongst other things, that

The date allocated for hearing of the appeal, namely August 26 2011 is vacated
The appellant discontinues the whole of these proceedings
Each active party consents to the discontinuance

So... as far as our battle is concerned, it is over.

Thank you once again to all those members of the community who worked tirelessly to help us all in fighting this Development Application.

The Community Celebrates

Residents in the area surrounding the proposed Crematorium development in Faulconbridge celebrated on Sunday 22nd May with a picnic in Buttenshaw Park, the site of many of the community action meetings. The campaign which started in March 2010 was a success because of the hard work of all involved and this was acknowledged by everyone there.

A number of people commented on how great it had been to get to know their neighbours and all agreed to stay connected and continue to be involved in community issues. Those present also reflected on the various elements of the campaign and enjoyed the display of photos and newspaper clippings - and the specially decorated celebration cake!

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As a loosely affiliated group of residents against the Funeral Home & Crematorium development proposed for GWH Faulconbridge, we do not condone harassment, badgering or aggressive behaviour of any kind. However we cannot control the actions of everyone concerned about this development.

Anyone who claims to be speaking on behalf of, or representing, this group of residents and who does so in a rude or aggressive manner does not reflect the values of the group.

The "group" came about when a few concerned members of the community got together to discuss the proposal. From this a series of meetings were held and a smaller strategy group developed.

The aim has been to make sure that people know about the development proposal, to research the issues and to share information with the wider community.

In our meetings we have shared these ideas, information and research about the development and encouraged people to write submissions and letters pointing out how they feel about the development and to present factual information based on the research. At all public and strategy group meetings we have said opposition should be respectful. We also provide a checklist which advises people they should not over-use capital letters in correspondence because it could be construed as shouting; to not denigrate anyone personally, and to use positive language.

If you are approached in a manner you would deem inappropriate or wish to confirm any information provided we would ask that you contact nocrematorium@y7mail.com

We maintain a blog which contains information provided by members of the community and reflects our commitment to sharing facts about the development in a reasoned and constructive way.

http://www.nocrematoriuminfaulco.blogspot.com/