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Northe Raises Land Owners Concerns In Parliament Member for Morwell Russell Northe has today in Parliament raised concerns on behalf of local landowners By Russell Northe - 21st August 2015 - Back to News with respect to a distinct lack of communication from the State Labor Government following Planning Panels Victoria recommendations to Latrobe City Council’s "Traralgon Growth Area Review".
During his constituency question to the Minister for Planning Mr Northe said by way of background and in response to Latrobe City Council’s "Traralgon Growth Area Review" it recently came to light that Planning Panels Victoria has made recommendations to expand buffer zones on land adjoining both Australian Paper and AGL’s Loy Yang mine east of Traralgon.
"The said land immediately outside these existing buffer zones had in some instances been earmarked for future residential development and also includes the gazetted Traralgon bypass route," Mr Northe said.
"My office has been approached by many land owners who could be impacted by the extension of these buffers with many extremely upset by a lack of information and communication."
"So can the Minister explain why land owners have not received any information whatsoever from State Government departments or agencies on what Planning Panels Victoria recommendation means for their land?
Mr Northe said that he was extremely concerned there has been a lack of community consultation or information.
"Following a recent newspaper article on this matter, I have had many residents from the affected areas contact my office for information as they weren’t aware of Planning Panel Victoria’s recommendations or where to locate the relevant information," Mr Northe said.
"It’s simply not good enough that Government have left it for landowners to try and source the information themselves.
"It is important the community is to be kept up to date with information about what these recommendations mean and the Labor Government should be making every effort to keep these landowners informed."
Source: http://gippsland.com/ Published by: support@gippsland.com
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