Shellharbour City councillors have heard the united voice of the Tullimbar Town Centre Action Group.
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Tullimbar Village residents want a development application for housing lots to be rejected because the plans do not include a retail and commercial centre in the estate.
Residents felt blind-sided and gutted when they found out their promised town centre had been scrapped.
Now councillors will decide, at the next council meeting on October 30, whether they will determine the outcome of the development application once it has been assessed by council staff.
Councillors Kellie Marsh and Peter Moran raised the motion at the last council meeting on October 16.
Ms Marsh said the councillors would assess the application with an “open mind” and with “no preconceived notions” about the application.
“I felt compelled to put up this notice of motion with Cr Moran,” she said.
“It is the first time in my seven years on council that I have put forward a motion like this pertaining to a development application.
“The community has called on the council to act.”
Tullimbar Village developer Dahua Group, which purchased the remaining lots from Miltonbrook last year, is seeking approval to develop a 37 torrens title lot residential subdivision with two residual lots.
The resident action group launched a change.org petition this week to oppose the proposal.
Action group president Shane Bitschkot said it was “fantastic" councillors had listened to the group’s campaign.
“We are glad our message has reached the councillors,” he said. “The councillors have listened to the residents on this important matter that affects our community.
“We want the development application to be rejected and the town centre built.
"Tullimbar residents have a united voice.”
Mr Bitschkot said Tullimbar Village residents would be out in force at the next council meeting.
“We will be at the meeting to show our support and solidarity for the rejection of the development application,” he said. “We want to show the councillors our community spirit and our determination to see this through to the end.”
The action group’s petition has more than 1000 signatures.
“The Tullimbar community and action group representatives would like to thank all the people who have taken the time to sign the petition,” Mr Bitschkot said.
In the next two weeks, the action group members will continue to ask residents to sign their petition and will hold meetings about their campaign.
