Council's power – The Echo
I refer to Ian Pickles’ letter, titled ‘Developers’ power’ (Letters, 10 February). Generally, I must agree with most of what Ian wrote in his letter, but I want to point out two glaring errors. Firstly, the NSW Government Standard Instrument does NOT require multi-dwelling housing be permissible in the R2 Low Density Residential Zone. Including multi-dwelling housing in the R2 zone as permissible continues to be a purely voluntary decision by Byron Council. Secondly, one has only to read the old Byron Development Control Plan (DCP) 2010 Chapter 1 Part C – Residential Development an...