The chairman of WA’s Environmental Protection Authority has confirmed the Gnarabup resort site will be assessed at the highest level.
The much-vaunted resort and housing development earmarked for Gnarabup could face up to a year of delays after the Environmental Protection Authority determined it would have to be assessed.
The Water Corporation has conceded its Gnarabup wastewater facility will not be able to cope with the expanded population at a planned luxury resort and housing development, set to leave taxpayers footing the bill for a new system.
Do tourists visiting Margaret River’s stunning town beach Gnarabup and the family friendly surf breaks of Grunters, Gas Bay and Sewers know of the existence of what locals call a “poo farm”, which releases liquid waste just metres from the surging waves of the ocean?
WA’s Environmental Protection Authority may have thrown a spanner into the process for the proposed resort on the Margaret River coastline.
The Preserve Gnarabup group has called on the State government and the Shire of Augusta Margaret River to close the Gnarabup wastewater treatment plant after a report found the plant is leaking contaminates.
Residents opposing plans for a resort and associated mixed housing development at Gnarabup joined a Statewide protest at the weekend.
A Perth developer planning to build beach houses and a $70 million five-star hotel overlooking the Indian Ocean near Margaret River will lodge a development application early in the new year.
South West Greens MLC Diane Evers has vowed to continue her campaign on behalf of community calls to protect the South West environment for future generations.
The Preserve Gnarabup protest group could surrender its fight to block a resort proposed for the coastline after the volunteer lawyer behind its proposed scheme amendment flagged a compromise to Shire of Augusta-Margaret River councillors this week.
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