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Council is set to deliver more than $143,836 in Community Development Grants to 34 non-profit organisations and associations to support the delivery

The fertile red soil of Cudgen. Photo supplied. The possibility of the new Kingscliff Ambulance station being placed on State Significant Farmland (SSF) was raised following the announcement of funding for the new ambulance station by Health Minister Brad Hazzard earlier this month. This followed the divisive decision to build the new Tweed Valley Hospital on SSF on the Cudgen Plateau near Kingscliff. Peter Newton, President of the Kingscliff Ratepayers and Progress Association Inc (KRPA) told  The Echo at the time that residents were seeking a further guarantee from the local MP Geoff Prov...

Kingscliff Changes to building height limits for Kingscliff and the development of parklands and buildings that impacted on some environmentally sensitive areas were two of the sticking issues that led to the rejection of the Gales Holdings rezoning proposal by the Tweed Shire Council at last weeks meeting. Gales Holdings had submitted a proposed ‘Gateway’ determination to the Department of Planning Industry and Environment (DPIE), seeking a planning rezoning related to their Kingscliff Master Plan development. Speaking to The Echo Tweed Shire Council Mayor Chris Cherry (Independent) sa...

Aerial view of Gales-Kingscliff holdings facing west, showing holdings immediately west of Tweed Coast Road. Photo www.galeskingscliff.com.au. The debate over the movement of fill via the Tweed Coast Road and through Kingscliff to fill future development sites has been considered by residents, Tweed Shire Councillors, and staff at the last two planning meetings and a workshop in between. Councillors Warren Polglase (Conservative) and Pryce Allsop (Conservative) have both been pushing hard for the development application DA20/0965 to allow free fill from the M1 roadworks to be trucked in to b...