We want to challenge the opinion piece written by developer Jeff McCloy ("Activist-driven environmental overreach destroying home ownership dream", NH 15/9).
On August 23, 2023, Commissioner Sarah Bish, following a hearing in the NSW Land and Environment Court, handed down her decision on the Kings Hill Development Concept Plan. The case was brought before the court after the proposal to develop 517ha of land to the north of Raymond Terrace was previously rejected by the Hunter and Central Coast Regional Planning Panel (citing 17 reasons, not all of them environmental) and a conciliation hearing failed. The commission visited Kings Hill and held a complex and long court case.
