Langford council approved another potentially large-scale development this week for the area colloquially known as Big Box Land on the north side of the highway in Langford.

The prospect of another two million-square-foot commercial and residential development near Costco has certainly raised some eyebrows, but the project was still given the go ahead after Monday nights public hearing.

According to Matthew Baldwin, director of planning for the City of Langford, theres no telling what the actual development will look like at this time, as only the land clearing and rezoning has been approved. Prior to any alteration of the land, an environmental development permit is still required.

Baldwin expects that process to happen soon, possibly by the end of the week.

The form and character of the development itself will also be controlled by a (future) development permit, he said, noting the proposal for that has not yet been provided to council.

There is a possibility that the development could contain high-rises above the currently allowed six-storey limit, provided McCallum Developments the site developers perform a traffic-impact study to assess the implications of such a densely-populated structure on the surrounding roadways.

The new development is already proposing to extend McCallum Road to the south end of Florence Lake and connect it to the Leigh Road interchange.

Baldwin says the land clearing for the project will begin soon, and actual building construction, depending on market factors, could begin before the end of 2015.

mdavies@goldstreamgazette.com

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Channel 7 News report from 8 December 2004 on the Boyle land clearing case.

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The markets opened up by our free trade agreements will simply go to rivals if we allow land clearing and water use rules to kill productivity growth on our farms, says ALAN OXLEY.

The government's new free trade agreements (FTAs), especially that with China, have underlined the huge market for food growing in Asia. However, if Australia's farmers think that bounty will just drop into their laps, they are wrong.

There are two problems. One is an ominous decline in the capacity of Australia's farm estate, once of the world's most productive, to supply. The other is the "farmgate" mentality in the farming community - what's beyond it is someone else's problem.

The Asian FTAs include valuable commitments to open markets for Australian agriculture. But the timetables are long term. The rapidly expanding middle class in Asia, particularly China, is creating new, huge demand now. Is Australian farming positioned to supply this rapidly expanding market?

An overview of the performance of our agricultural industries in the last decade is sobering. Productivity over the last decade has averaged 1.3 per cent. This is below the global average, certainly lower than in the US and New Zealand where productivity has been above 3 per cent. Another ominous statistic is that the volume of production was static between 2001 and 2011. What is the cause? There will be several factors but one stands out. Land available for farming shrank by 15 per cent.

Some might say the record drought in the 'noughties' brought all these indicators down. It did not strike the entire continent. Productivity was twice as high in the west and north as the rest of the country.

We do know for a fact that during that decade state governments imposed significant restrictions on clearing of native vegetation and reduced the flexibility by farmers in the use of their own land. In 2004, the Productivity Commission found this devalued property rights and reduced the capacity farmers to expand production.

Water entitlements for farmers from the Murray-Darling system were also reduced by a third, ostensibly to save the environment from what was envisaged as continuing drought. As predicted, the water flows returned; but farmers have not been invited to buy back the water rights. Limits on conversion of forest land (outside conservation areas) to other purposes, such as farming, were also extended.

It has not been a declared policy of any Australian government to reduce the farm estate. This has been the incidental impact of creeping environment policy. Unless there are changes, this process will continue. The Nature Conservancy, the world's biggest conservation organisation, has plans to limit land for cattle grazing in the North. WWF also supports this. Its core policy is to reduce the farm estate world wide - because we eat too much and there is too much farming. Both also plan to turn a huge area in south-western Australia into a nature reserve.

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KUALA LUMPUR, March 4 (Bernama) -- While the heavy rainfall in Kelantan between Dec 22 and 24, 2014 was enough to inundate the state, other factors such as logging is said to have aggravated the situation further.

The expanse of land that have been cleared is evident when viewed from land, water or above.

The writers upon arriving in Gua Musang and Kuala Krai witnessed timber lorries on the public road at all hours, putting the lives of motorists in danger.

Despite claims by various parties that logging activities have ceased to exist in Kelantan, how come the lorries still operate in these two districts?

During the 10 days stay there, the writers witnessed lorries laden with timber making their way through the town area.

Timber lorries out and about town

Even local resident Shamsuddin Yaacob, 57, admitted to this. The clerk who works at a school in Gua Musang would meet-up with friends after work at the coffee shop next to the main road heading to Kuala Krai and that is when he would see the timber lorries.

"Many lorries pass by here. I don't know where they are headed but I worry something bad will happen and that the roads will be damaged by their heavy load," he said.

Rubber tapper Ahmad Tarmizi, 31, said the timber lorries were driven at high speeds and its drivers were rude and used profanities when anyone confronted them.

"We are also suspicious of some of the lorries as they are overloaded and the long logs are not marked with red cloth at the potruding end," he said.

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There is no court imposed imperative for Brian ODonnell and his wife Mary Patricia to leave their home at Gorse Hill, Vico Road in Killiney, the Land League has said. Photograph: Cyril Byrne/ The Irish Times.

John Martin, of the Land League, at the entrance to Gorse Hill, the home of the ODonnell family, at the Vico Road. Photograph: Eric Luke / The Irish Times.

A file picture of solicitor Brian O Donnell with his wife Mary Patricia. Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times

The High Court has summarily dismissed an application for an injunction by the ODonnell family to halt the repossession of their home in Killiney.

The receiver involved in the repossession proceedings is also threatening to seek a trespass order against Brian ODonnell and his wife Mary Patricia.

Trespassing orders will be served via email and will be affixed to the gates of Gorse Hill, on Vico Rd the court was told.

The application for a trespass order will be heard on Thursday.

News of the court decision was greeted with solemnity by members of the Land League who have been blockading the ODonnell home in Killiney for the last two days.

Mr Martin said he had phoned his colleagues inside the gate, and went into the property to consult on the ODonnell familys wishes, following the unsuccessful application.

Mr Martin has previously said Mr ODonnell would be available to the media after the High Court action.

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