The developer behind the proposed marina at Cattle Bay has lodged an application with Bega Valley Shire Council to modify its plans, just six months after the Joint Regional Planning Panel signed off on the project.
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Eden Resort Hotel directors Heinrich Ruiz de Roxas and Lu Lin Yong lodged the Section 96 application with council on May 4.
They want five modifications to conditions set down for:
- developer contributions;
- upgrade of Cattle Bay Rd;
- provisions for car parking;
- phasing of the construction certificate; and
- services and easements.
In its application to council, the developers argue that they should not have to pay $55,000 in contributions because they have provided a substantial “material public benefit” by dedicating 0.6ha of the foreshore to council as a public reserve.
They also claim that upgrading Cattle Bay Rd to Flinders St is unnecessary because the road is in an adequate condition to provide access for the relatively low level of traffic to be generated by the proposed marina.
In addition, they want to cut back the required number of car spaces to take into account the temporary nature of the car park before the tourist facility is fully developed.
On the issue of services, they say the provision of telecommunications to both the land- and water-based components of the marina is not feasible and is not required as maritime communications is via other means, such as mobile phone and radio.
According to the documents, stage one of the marina development is scheduled to start next month (July) with the yet-to-be-funded wave attenuator.
This will be followed by refurbishment of the jetty, the first 85 berths and land-based components such as amenities.
Stage two, which involves the completion of the marina with an additional 69 berths, is scheduled to start in January 2020 and be completed by March that year.
Marina spokesman Bob Carter described the proposed changes as “very straightforward” and part of the “normal process”.
“In granting the DA, there were some 300 conditions attached,” Mr Carter said.
“The developer is seeking to make very minor amendments to just five of these conditions.”
None of the five amendments were of an environmental nature, he said.
