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Chronology of EIA for Glenelg redevelopment

The first period, 1984-87: the Jubilee Point proposal


  September 1984

  		Cabinet agreement for Government steering committee
      Jubilee Point Pty Ltd given period of exclusivity for development rights
 
  31 October 1984
  		EIS is required
 
  20 January 1986
    - 17 March 1986



  		EIS is released for public exhibition
      - widespread criticism of inadequacy of draft EIS
      - 109 public submissions
      concerns: coastal processes, sand management, loss of public space, flooding issues,
            water quality
 
  26 September 1986




  		Supplement to EIS is released
      - scheme greatly modified, Supplement more detailed than draft EIS
      - calls for public comment on revised scheme
      - Minister allowed public comment - unprecedented, unrepeated in SA
      - 103 additional submissions received
 
  9 December 1986





  		Assessment Report is released
      - very complex,
      - developer allowed to comment on it before its submission to Minister
      - proponent's vehement opposition to parts of Report
      - questions over role of Assessment Report, since no status in legislation
      - Report modified by Government in consultation with proponent
 
  2 March 1987
  		EIS is given official recognition
 
  June 1987



  		Glenelg Council withdraws approval
      - in response to local opposition
      - fears of blow-out in sand management costs
      - State Government left without support
 
  September 1987



  		Jubilee Point Review Committee
      - set up by Government, headed by QC
      - reworked Assessment Report
      - reported in November 1987
 
  22 December 1987

  		Premier announces that the Jubilee Point project is rejected
      - based on "thorough and factual" findings of Review Committee
 


NB: This Project application was never submitted under the Planning Act of 1982

        - use of indenture agreement to bypass planning system
        - Government & Council subsequently called for an environmentally acceptable development proposal




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