RR Phantom
Location : Wasted Space Job/hobbies : Cayman Islands Actuary
| Subject: OZschwitz catholic university faces prosecution for ignoring statist edicts Thu May 31, 2012 4:10 am | |
| The Australian Catholic University is facing prosecution, following an alleged failure to adhere to a development consent.
Strathfield Council has moved to pursue the university through the Land and Environment Court, over a controversial redevelopment worth more than $50 million. The council alleges the university has enrolled as many as twice the number of students it is permitted to have on its Strathfield campus and has refused to comply with a council ultimatum issued in March to reduce its student numbers.
Local residents and the council have been fighting plans by the university since January to add a further six four-storey buildings and double the site's car parking capacity to cater for an estimated 1200 additional students at the Strathfield campus over the next four years. The development is one of 10 proposals still awaiting decision under the former Labor government's controversial Part 3A provision, which transferred all projects deemed ''state significant'' from council to state government hands for approval.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/university-faces-prosecution-for-expansion-plans-20120530-1zjim.html#ixzz1wQthZOiB
|
|