'Zombie DAs' are threatening thousands of hectares of precious coastal bushland.
"This is the third of these zombie developments that have started [in South West Rocks] since COVID and each of them has allowed for a very large degree of clear felling of fairly heavily wooded forests … so people have been rightly concerned about it."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-24/south-west-rocks-zombie-da-development-approved/102140326
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Court rules in favour of South West Rocks 'zombie DA' residential development going ahead

A NSW court has ruled in favour of a development application lodged 30 years ago at the village of South West Rocks amid concerns that historic plans don't hold up under modern environmental standards.

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