Just a day after the draft Planning Proposal to rezone land between Saddleback Mountain Road and Weir Street in South Kiama went on public display, the April meeting of Council has voted to support a Planning Proposal for a 166 allotment development in Campbell Street, Gerringong.

The new Proposal is in an area that has been identified in the Kiama Local Strategic Planning Statement, and is smaller than that rejected by Council last year.

Councillors Way, Brown, Watson, Steel and Honey voted for supporting the Proposal, citing lack of housing stock and it being in the urban strategy. Councillors Reilly, Sloan and Rice voted against it, arguing for the retention of agricultural land and the buffer between Gerringong and Gerroa. Councillor Westhoff was absent from the meeting.

The Proposal will now proceed to the Department of Planning and Environment for a Gateway Determination.

Submissions on the South Kiama Proposal, of 444 lots, close on 17 May. That Planning Proposal was not supported by Council at that time, but was given Gateway by the Department of Planning.

Full information on the South Kiama Proposal is on Council's website.