A sad conclusion to the BCCT's objection to this DA is:
The Council should note specifically in its
decision that the notably flexible concessions it has intended, in this
instance, should not be regarded as a precedent by which the Beecroft town
centre DCP is compromised at the outset
From the Trust’s perspective, the
Hornsby Shire Council has erred significantly in its overly generous
interpretation of the key principles of the DCP for this precinct. It is a sad
and regrettable situation that those principles and the future quality of
development in the town centre of Beecroft may be subject to compromise. This
was not the intention of the Councillors, staff, community or Trust
representatives who worked diligently for hundreds of hours to frame those DCP
principles, only a couple of years ago.