The decision followed suggestions that public golf courses in the area be repurposed as community green space, and went against council recommendations.
A north shore council has narrowly voted to keep a swath of government-owned green space just seven kilometres from the CBD in the hands of a golf club for 21 more years, against the advice of council staff.
It also contradicts a 2023 report by the Northern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils, of which Willoughby Council is a member, thatto meet a rapidly increasing demand for community green space. “For us to essentially privatise one of the largest parcels of public land when we know that increased density is coming to our suburbs is just about criminal,” he said.Allowing the recommended five-year extension would have brought the club’s arrangement in line with that of the nearby Chatswood Golf Club, which had separately applied to Willoughby Council to extend its lease. Its application was also accepted by councillors on Monday.
The club was established on the site in 1935, and requested the lease extension so it could restore a heritage building and celebrate its 100th anniversary, he said.
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