There is an article in this week’s Blue Mountains Gazette covering the application to build a Wildlife Park at 10 Great Western Highway Wentworth Falls. It describes how the issuing of the SEARs (Secretary’s Environmental Assessment Regulations) works in the assessment process works.
“The Proposed croc park on Bodington Hill at Wentworth Falls will have to respond to stringent NSW government requirements if it wants to get the go-ahead for its planned multi-million dollar development.”
But will these conditions actually be stringent enough? The Bodington Hill Wildlife Resort Action Group (BHWRAG) will be asking this question in the coming weeks. The group was originally formed to assess a previous wildlife park style proposal by the same proponents. This earlier proposal was eventually rejected by the NSW Department of Planning after the proponents failed to meet a deadline for responding to the SEARs (Secretary’s Environmental Assessment Requirements) issued by the Department to them.
The site is colloquially known by locals as the old “croc park” site because of a 1989 consent for a would-be crocodile park. Many observers cite the various reincarnations of the proposal as a classic “zombie” development because it never dies.
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