Denny takes Council on for non performance

Local billionaire property developer and financier, Tony Denny has written to Central Coast Council giving them until April 5^th to respond to a Development Application on land within the East Wadalba land release area.

The land, comprising 6.7 Ha at 60 -70 Jensen Road, Wadalba is subject to a Development Application for a 84 lot subdivision lodged in early 2022.

Mr Denny is acting as Mortgagee-in-Possession in respect of the land and is working with the five owners who were unable to discharge their loan obligation due to Council’s intransigence.

Should Council not respond positively by the 5^th April he will invoke a common law principle known as a Mandamus order that compels them to perform their mandatory duties correctly.

In recent years Central Coast Council has resorted to the practice of not responding to DAs and in this way are able to fudge the numbers in respect to approval times.

In the end Council has two options: approve the development application or refuse it at which time Mr Denny will take them to the Land and Environment Court.