Here we are 365 days post the close of submissions for the Springdale solar development (29/8/18) and there has been no response from Renew Estate to all our submissions. What does this mean, that’s open to speculation.

As mentioned in the last post, the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (DPE) take notice of the community’s concern when there is a large number of submissions.

When Mr Kitto (DPE) was asked if it was possible for the department to contact Renew Estate regarding the possible lodgement of their response to the submissions, Mr Kitto responded by saying he didn’t think that was appropriate, and said “the company has invested a lot of money” to which we replied “so have all the surrounding landowners and community whose lives will be impacted by this development, what about our investments in our homes, don’t we matter?”

And so our campaign continues. Every day allows more time for research by the SSAG to uncover the inconsistencies, omissions and errors in the Environmental Impact Statement.