Development Waits On Mine Board Nod
Newcastle Herald
Wednesday November 10, 2004
DEVELOPER Kingston Piazza is confident that its 10-storey development proposed to be built on the Pacific Highway at Charlestown will go ahead, despite concerns over old mine workings under the land.
Lake Macquarie City Council approved the $18 million Landmark development in October. The approval was subject to conditions of consent being determined by council general manager Ken Holt.Mr Holt told the council on Monday that he was "unable to give a valid consent" for the development, because the approval was "subject to concurrence of the Mine Subsidence Board".He said the matter had "major implications for several other proposals for Charlestown".Kingston Piazza development manager Craig White said yesterday: "We're in the final throes of obtaining an approval from the Mine Subsidence Board.""We should have it sorted by early December." Mine Subsidence Board chief executive officer Greg Cole-Clark said the board was simply ensuring the matter was "thoroughly investigated".The board was not responsible for "slowing up the approval process".
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