Australia, June 30 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on May 30:
1. COMMISSIONER: The small township of Mardi is located inland from the central coast of NSW, a few kilometres from Wyong. To the west of Mardi lies the Old Maitland Road, along which is located the Mardi dam that is a source of drinking water for the community nearby.
2. To the north of Mardi Dam lies a large parcel of land that is proposed as a site for development, and which adjoins the Ourimbah State Forest to its north and east.
3. To this end, the Applicant in these proceedings, Stevens Holdings (Stevens), lodged development application no. DA/765/2021 with Central Coast Council on 23 July 2021 seeking consent for subd...