Why didn you develop Tallowood Ridge into large lots, say, one or two acres each, like all the land south of the ridge along Left Bank Road?
Under the Byron LEP (1988), the land to the south of the ridgeline was zoned 1(c2) Rural Residential because it was difficult and not cost effective to sewer and because hobby farms were popular at that time. Rural Residential lots have septic systems, which are now known to degrade the quality of the groundwater when not correctly maintained. The land to the north of the ridgeline (Tallowood Ridge) was close to town and able to be sewer serviced, so was zoned 2(a) Urban Residential and homesites are to be “town lots” under the specifications in the Byron DCP 2002. Sometime in the mid-90’s NSW Planning came to the conclusion that Rural Residential lots consume a lot of land close to town quickly and that very few owners of Rural Residential lots choose to do any farming, but they do have a lot of property maintenance, which is often neglected and becomes overgrown. With the arrival of the drought and bushfires, Rural Residential allotments became very unpopular with Authorities. Two ot
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