To Help with your Submission

There is currently a proposal before council to subdivide land to the west of Sapphire Coast Drive into 148 blocks, average size 1 acre.

This will threaten the pristine nature of the Lake and 14 threatened species of animals, birds and bats which depend on this area as a wildlife corridor.

If you oppose this, write to the BVSC, the local media and make a submission. Here are some reasons to object.

30 POSSIBLE REASONS TO OBJECT

1. AESTHETIC VALUES/LANDSCAPE VALUES (houses & overhead powerlines will look ugly)
2. TOURISM (negative impact on tourism through potential damage to Lake & aesthetics)
3. TRAFFIC (increased traffic increases already dangerous exit/entry onto Sapphire Coast Drive from Bournda Road and properties)
4. WILDLIFE (at threat from dog attacks, loss habitat, increased road kill, loss habitat)
5. FERAL ANIMALS (up to 3 dogs per lot allowed- supposedly under control but who will police?)
6. THREAT TO ECOSYSTEM OF WALLAGOOT LAKE (Moncks Creek is the only permanent water source that flows into Wallagoot Lake)
7. ECONOMIC EFFECT ON LIVELIHOODS (Existing Biodynamic/Organic farmer effected by chemical runoff / drift; Increased risk of dog attacks on livestock; Increased risk of property damage/ gates left open, tourism, commercial fishermen)
8. MASSIVE INCREASE IN POPULATION (possibly 370+ Extra People = (increased bush-fire risk; increased noise & antisocial behaviour; increased traffic)
9. LOSS RURAL LIFESTYLE & AMENITY (residents chose to live here in order to enjoy peaceful quiet rural environment & lifestyle)
10. COST TO COUNCIL & THEREFORE RATEPAYERS (ongoing costs to service subdivision, road maintenance, demand for services such as schools)
11. LOSS HABITAT TREES (Valuable old habitat trees are to be felled and replaced with new planting nearby- it could take 40 years for these to become suitable habitat trees)
12. INCREASED BUSH FIRE / FIRE RISK (Extra people = extra risk through barbeques, rubbish burning, firebugs. Overhead powerlines = extra risk)
13. CONTRAVENES COUNCILS OWN PLANNING RECOMMENDATIONS (Recommendations contained in BVSC Draft Planning report: Future Urban & Rural Small Holding Zone Review March 2003)
14. INADEQUATE PROVISION FOR SEWAGE DISPOSAL (Neither system recommended in proposal is totally suitable- subdivision of this size & location needs to be sewered)
15. POTENTIAL SOIL EROSION & SEDIMENTATION OF MONCKS CREEK & WALLGOOT LAKE
16. WATER QUALITY & QUANTITY (possible effect on water users downstream)
17. DEGRADES VALUABLE WILDLIFE CORRIDOR BETWEEN BOURNDA NATURE RESERVE & BOURNDA NATIONAL PARK
18. DEVELOPERS PLANNING GUIDELINES ENFORCE THE ERECTION OF LARGE HOUSES (over 165m² excluding garages etc)
19. DEVELOPMENT IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR ECOLOGICALLY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (ESD) RECOMMENDATIONS
20. GROSS OVER-DEVELOPMENT- (Too many blocks / too intensive- not in keeping with surrounding developments of 5-20 acre lots)
21. CONTRADICTS BVSC RECOMMENDATIONS THAT FUTURE URBAN STYLE DEVELOPMENT BE CONFINED TO THE OUTSKIRTS OF EXISTING TOWNS & VILLAGES (BVSC Rural Plan)
22. INVASIVE WEED & GARDEN ESCAPEE THREAT (into surrounding bushland & farmland)
23. DANGEROUS HIGH FIRE RISK LOCATION (with 3km line of dense bushland to North & West. Proposed firebreak will not prevent flying embers. Development will severely stretch limited fire fighting resources even further)
24. PARTS OF SUBDIVISION ARE LESS THAN 1KM FROM HIGH WATER MARK OF WALLAGOOT LAKE (and are supposed to be protected under SEPP71- current boundary for SEPP71 is arbitrarily located on Sapphire Coast Drive for convenience as opposed to accuracy)
25. INADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY PROVISION FROM BORE (bore water is for communal firefighting only- but one of the best defenses against fire is lush green garden- not possible from limited roof water supply)
26. ENDANGERED SPECIES (Wallagoot Lake is nesting home to LITTLE TERN- protected under international agreements. Subdivision location is home to Powerful owl, Yellow Bellied Glider, Glossy Black Cockatoo, Koala etc)
27. COST TO NPWS & THEREFORE TAXPAYERS (Forested land 'donation' will have to be maintained - feral animal control, noxious weed control, illegal garden refuse dumping, hazard reduction)
28. POSSIBLE ONGOING LEGAL OBLIGATIONS TO NPWS (& therefore taxpayers) in case of bush fire.
29. QUESTIONABLE COMPLIANCE WITH 1C ZONING GUIDELINES (For example: that developments 'maintain & enhance landscape quality' and 'control the intensity of rural residential land development' with regard to the council provision of services.
30. CONTRAVENES BVSC 2025 20 year PLAN (that 'the top five things that come from this plan: 1 Ensure that new development is limited by the capacity of the environment and infrastructure to support it.')