Zone change creates unknowing lawbreakers

DW
Updated June 19 2017 - 8:20pm, first published 3:21pm
Brett Watson's fence construction is in defiance of the zoning specifications he now finds himself in.
Brett Watson's fence construction is in defiance of the zoning specifications he now finds himself in.

Timbarra perpetual crown lease-holder Brett Watson has only discovered by accident that the RU3 ‘forestry’ rezoning of his land by Tenterfield Shire Council – done without his knowledge – now makes illegal any improvements on his property apart from roads and uses authorised by Forestry Corporation NSW.

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Donna Ward

Senior Journalist

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