Not in my backyard! [42]

Here is the outcome of the local struggle I have been leading for several months

VICTORY for the local Citizens

My latest email:


"Dear Supporters

Many of you will have received a letter from [local government authority] by now, telling you that the Applicant for the Change to Lease Purpose Clause at the [....] Shops to permit an 'indoor entertainment facility', that we opposed, has now withdrawn his application (DA ....)!

This email is for those who did not submit an objection, and would therefore not have received the notification from [local government authority].

Many thanks to all recipients of this email for your support, whether moral or material. Your efforts were successful in halting this development application. 

I would rather have seen the application rejected by [local government authority], but I think we can assume that the applicant saw that his application was going to have a hard time getting accepted. It also relieves us of the possibility of having to mount an appeal if the decision had gone the other way. So it's a great outcome!

We cannot be sure that the Applicant will not make a new application at some future time, which we may feel obliged to oppose. So I am asking everyone to continue being vigilant on this Block and Section. 

Please email me if you discover any development which is of concern to you, or on any other matter. "

I am very satisfied at the success of the first campaign I have ever led.

Be empowered - do it!