10 Group Homes - Alstonville

DA No: 2026/22 - PAN-606363 - PPSNTH-481

PROPERTY: 110-112 Whites Lane, Alstonville NSW 2477, Lot: 5 DP: 788808, Lot: 1 DP: 593926

APPLICANT: The Trustee for Freddie Hunter Trust

PROPOSAL: 10 culturally responsive group homes (6 x two-bedroom group homes and 4 x three-bedroom group homes) providing transitional and permanent housing for Aboriginal Elders, women and children, and associated infrastructure, including: on-site sewer management, static firefighting water supply, fencing, vegetation removal, landscaping and outdoor areas.

In accordance with Schedule 1 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, Notice is hereby given that the following integrated development application has been lodged for determination by the Northern Regional Planning Panel. Submissions close Thursday 19 March 2026.

The development is classified as ‘integrated development’ for the purposes of Section 4.46 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 as it requires a Bushfire Safety Authority from the NSW Rural Fire Service under Section 100B of the Rural Fires Act 1997.

The subject development application and associated documents may be viewed on Council’s DAs online here: Ballina Shire Council - Application Tracker

Please Note: The Northern Regional Planning Panel is the Determining Authority for this Development Application. Should you make any submission in relation to this application that submission will be made available to the Northern Regional Planning Panel for their consideration and may be viewed by other interested persons.

Persons making a submission may need to disclose political donations/gifts provided to a Councillor or Council employee. Significant penalties apply for non-disclosure. For further information visit the NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure website planning.nsw.gov.au

Any person may make a submission in writing to Council. Where a submission is by way of objection, the grounds of objection must be specified in the submission. All submissions, including any personal information contained therein, will become publicly available documents and will be made available to the applicant and any other interested members of the public. They may also be included in Council’s business paper. If you do not wish your submission to be publicly available, you must provide Council with written reasons for this. Alternatively, you may wish to provide an anonymous submission. However, anonymous submissions may be given less (or no) weight in the overall consideration of the proposal.

This Development Application will be reported to a meeting of the Northern Regional Planning Panel for determination. Notification of the Regional Panel meeting is to be given by the Panel Secretariat, Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure.

Have Your Say

• Online - use the submission form below
• Email: council@ballina.nsw.gov.au
• In writing: addressed to Ballina Shire Council, PO Box 450, Ballina NSW 2478

Submissions Close Thursday 19 March 2026