Barry Cotterell

Barry Cotterell
Retired Barrister, former Chairman of the Queensland Building Tribunal, President of Peregian Beach Community Association (PBCA) for many years.

Why should we all pay for rogue developers?

Imagine if a property speculator buys the house next door to you in your quiet residential Noosa street and submits a development application to add an extra couple of storeys and turn it into a late-night karaoke bar with street parking. Then you have to spend the next few years spending thousands of dollars, everything you’ve saved, fighting them in the courts.

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Why should we all pay for rogue developers?

Imagine if a property speculator buys the house next door to you in your quiet residential Noosa street and submits a development application to add an extra couple of storeys and turn it into a late-night karaoke bar with street parking. Then you have to spend the next few years spending thousands of dollars, everything you’ve saved, fighting them in the courts.

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