RES-Group has five more days to lodge the Response to Submissions (RTS) for the Springdale development

As reported in our last post the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (DPIE) gave the RES-Group (RES) until the end of May to lodge the RTS for the Springdale development.

On 31 May 2020 it will have been 21 months and 2 days or 641 days since submissions closed for the Springdale project.

Following our last post one member of our group emailed RES to express how they feel about the change of developer (see below for copy of email). The sentiments expressed in the email are shared by many others in the community.

Local resident email to RES-Group

RES have contacted a couple of landowners who adjoin the proposed Springdale site asking if they (RES) could come and take more photos from their properties. The landowners declined RES’s request which should be no surprise to anyone, after all, any photos taken would be used to bolster the developers visual impact assessment, not to help the impacted landowner.

Landscape and visual impact assessments (LVIA) are absurd, developers think a 2D image can represent something that is a 3D experience of the landowner. When we look around us, we engage our other senses, not just our sight. We can smell the air, we can touch the grass and trees and we can hear the sounds of nature. Clearly they just don’t get it!

Considering over 40 issues were raised by the community in response to the EIS, visual impact was the only issue RES chose to talk to residents about. That leaves over 39 other important issues that weren’t discussed!

The SSAG are eagerly awaiting the public release of the long-anticipated RTS to see how Renew Estate/RES-Group have responded to all of the concerns raised in submissions, especially since it has taken them so long to finalise this document.

The SSAG will contact the DPIE early next week to see if the ‘elusive’ Springdale RTS has been lodged. We will keep you informed.