Teen Challenge rehab centre proposed for Meander thrown into limbo

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NewsUpdatedTeen Challenge rehab centre proposed for Meander thrown into limboBy Rob InglisUpdated July 17 2020 - 8:39pm, first published 3:09pmBy Rob InglisUpdated July 17 2020 - 8:39pm,

first published 3:09pmFacebookTwitterWhatsappEmailCopyUNCERTAINTY: A drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre proposed for the old Meander Primary School site faces yet another hurdle in the

wake of a decision by the Supreme Court of Tasmania. Picture: Paul Scambler A controversial plan to establish a drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre at Meander is up in the air, with the

local council leaving it to the proponent to decide what happens next, following a Supreme Court ruling.

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faith-based organisation, hasn't determined what its next move will be in seeking to get the facility off the ground.

Meander Valley Council released a statement on Friday in which it said it would not be appealing the Supreme Court of Tasmania's decision to uphold an appeal against a ruling from the

Resource Management & Planning Appeal Tribunal to give the project the green light.

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flights Rosevears Hotel renovations look to capture Tasmanian tourists "The matter will now be re-heard by the RMPAT at a date yet to be set," the statement read.

"Teen Challenge is yet to advise council on its position as the applicant under the planning scheme. When this advice is to hand, council will consider what the next steps in dealing with

the matter will be."

In the original RMPAT matter, Meander timber supplier Timber World argued that the facility - given planning approvals in 2016 - could not be established at the designated site because it

was in a bushfire-prone area.

But the council, together with Teen Challenge, successfully contended that standards in the Meander Valley Interim Planning Scheme relating to bushfire-prone areas were ultra vires, or

beyond the delegated powers of the legislation.

Timber World then elevated the matter to the Supreme Court, where Chief Justice Alan Blow ruled in favour of the appellant, taking the view that RMPAT was wrong to accept the council and

Teen Challenge's argument.

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New setback for controversial rehab centre proposalTeen Challenge continues push for Meander rehab centre "The matter was appealed to the Supreme Court on a technicality relating to a

provision in the [Bushfire-Prone Areas Code] in the [interim] planning scheme. That provision has now been changed by the ... state government," the council said. "Given the provision in the

bushfire code has now changed, council has decided that it is not in the public interest to pursue a further court appeal."

Teen Challenge Tasmania executive director Tanya Cavanagh said her organisation was seeking advice to help "decide what we're doing".

"At this point, I just can't comment any further until we seek all the advice we need to," she said. "And then the board decides what we're going to do once we've got all our options on the

table."

Meander Area Residents and Ratepayers Association spokeswoman Bodhi McSweeney said the council should not have been supporting Teen Challenge to the extent that it had.

"They're fighting Teen Challenge's fight," she said. "They really should be operating completely independently."

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