“How did it get this far?” ask Highland Gate residents

October 7, 2015 · 0 Comments

They might have come at the proposal from different angles, but over a dozen residents who stepped up to the microphone at a public planning meeting last week were united in their opposition to a developers’ plan to transform the defunct Highland Gate Golf Course into a residential infill development.

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Highland Gate redevelopment “jigsaw” should be split: Councillors

The proposed redevelopment of the former Highland Gate Golf Course to a residential infill development is a complex “jigsaw” which should be split into smaller parcels for both residents and lawmakers to fully digest, according to Council.

Façade of last Doan house to be demolished, rebuilt in development

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