The Supreme Court of WA has handed down its decision on the location of a Puma petrol station in Dunsborough’s town centre favouring with the respondent DCSC Pty Ltd.
An appeal was lodged by the Southern Joint Development Assessment Panel against the landowners DSCS Pty Ltd with the Supreme Court in September last year.
The appeal was against the State Administrative Tribunal’s decision to approve an application for a Puma petrol station to be developed under the guise of a convenience store.
In its ruling, Honourable Justice Smith stated the appellant should pay DCSC’s Pty Ltd costs on a party to party basis, meaning costs could be incurred by a court order or an agreed amount.
Dunsborough community group Puma2Go ran a strong campaign protesting against the development of a petrol station/convenience store.
The group stated it was the wrong development for the Dunn Bay Road location and hoped the proponents of the development application would consider other locations.
City of Busselton mayor Grant Henley said while they were disappointed with the outcome they were also pleasantly surprised the State Solicitor took on the case.
Mr Henley said they were thrown a lifeline and thought while it had merit they did not hold up a huge degree of hope.
He said council would pursue other measures and try to talk to the proponents for a better use of land.
