Brunswick Heads Progress Association

26/01/2025

Council Proposed Changes to Laneways

Byron Shire Council are proposing the following changes to laneways in Brunswick Heads.
• No Stopping to both sides (short term)
• Change from two-way to one-way (longer term)
• Reduced speed limit (longer term)

The proposed changes would apply to the following lanes - Mona Lane, Veterans Lane, Balun Lane, Slessor Lane, Shapcott Lane, Ring Lane, Whittall Lane, Galleon Lane, Nelson Lane and the west end of Fawcett Street.

Council are requesting feedback from residents by 31st January which can be emailed to [email protected]

The Progress Association would also be interested to hear feedback from residents before 31st January (either in the comments section below or by email at [email protected]) to inform our submission to council.

If you are in favour of making the lanes one-way we suggest you also advise council which direction you think the laneways should run, bearing in mind the potential for increased traffic turning onto and off of on Tweed Street and other potential constraints.

In the comments section we have included the letter from Council that most residents should have received via their letterboxes.

12/12/2024

LOCK IT UP & LIGHT IT UP

This is the advice received from senior police in relation to ongoing property crime and car thefts in Brunswick Heads. Yesterday, members of the Brunswick Heads Progress Association, Councillor Janet Swain and concerned community members meet with senior police from the Tweed Byron Command to discuss what we as a community can do in relation to ongoing property crime and how we can support the police. This is what we learnt:

The crime is opportunistic. The perpetrators are juveniles from outside of our area. Please keep your cars and homes locked, and car keys and other valuables out of plain sight. Incidents of forced entry are very low. We have a reputation as a town that doesn’t lock up and this makes us a target (Let’s change this!). If you home is difficult to access thieves will move on.

Outdoor sensor lights that light up as someone approaches your home in the night are a major deterrent. Solar powered DYI types can be purchased from around $60.

If you are aware of a crime in real time please call 000. If you realise after the event please call 131444 and request a police officer to attend your premises so that you can report a crime. You can also report a crime online via the NSW Police Force Community Portal (link in the comments).

When reporting a crime please ensure you get an incident number as this helps with follow-up inquiries. Please report all crimes however minor and also make a written statement. This is VERY helpful for police. Three perpetrators have been arrested recently in relation to car thefts in Brunswick Heads.

Please do not confront or chase any persons who enter your property. Cars and phones can be replaced. Your life cannot.

Mark Turner, a long term well respected detective from Byron Bay has been appointed as the Lock-Up Keeper for Brunswick Heads Police Station and will commence in February.

It was agreed that regular meetings will be held between Acting Inspector Donna Tutt, OIC Byron Police Station and a designated community member in order to keep both police and the community informed about police matters in our area.

28/11/2024

Planned maintenance works on the South Arm Bridge (Road bridge to Torakina) for the next two weeks.

Intermittent Road Closures

Council will be doing some maintenance work to the South Arm Bridge (on South Beach Road) starting on Monday 2 December. Work will take approximately two weeks to complete - weather permitting.

Both lanes of traffic will remain open for most of the time, while work takes place, however there will be intermittent closures of up to an hour at times.

19/11/2024

Electrical upgrade (and more?) planned for the boat harbour

There is finally some movement on improvements to the Brunswick Heads Boat Harbour, with Transport for NSW Maritime announcing on its website it will fund electrical upgrades to the existing boating facilities.

13/11/2024

28/10/2024

The Byron Bay Memorial Swimming Pool and the Mullumbimby pool (Petria Thomas Swimming Pool) are both over 55 years old.

Byron Shire Council are developing plans for the redevelopment or replacement of these valued, community facilities and would like to hear your thoughts.

Feedback closes 4 November 2024.

Please see the link below for further information and how to complete an online survey and/or provide additional feedback.

Do you use the Council-owned pools in Mullumbimby and Byron Bay for lap swimming, water polo, training or cooling off? We are planning what pool and aquatic facilities will look like in the Byron Shire in the future and we want to hear from you.

28/10/2024

Byron Shire Council have developed a Draft Events Strategy to support the running of small to medium events in our Shire. Council are seeking feedback from the community.

Feedback closes Tuesday 5 November 2024.

The Draft Strategy:

• Outlines the kinds of events that will bring the most economic, social, and environmental benefit to Byron Shire, both now and in the future.
• Identifies the resources and actions needed to make these events successful.
• Provides Council with a plan to help decide which events to support, use Council resources wisely, and make local events more sustainable.

See the link below for the Draft Byron Shire Events Strategy and how you can share your feedback via an online form.

We have developed a Draft Events Strategy for small to medium events in our Shire. Feedback closes Tuesday 5 November 2024.

28/10/2024

Byron Shire Council is asking for community feedback on proposed zoning changes for 66 The Saddle Road.

Feedback closes Wednesday 30 October 2024

The changes are to include business and industrial lands for part of 66 The Saddle Road, Brunswick Heads (Lot 2 DP1159910).

The proposed changes align with the council’s Business and Industrial Lands Strategy for Area 5: Gulgan North.

Key changes proposed:

• Rezone part of the Rural Landscape area to General Industrial and Productivity Support zones.
• Other parts to be rezoned to C2 Environmental Conservation and C3 Environmental Management. Existing C2 and C3 zones remain unchanged.
• An ‘additional permitted use’ is proposed for work/live development in the Productivity Support zone.
• The proposal includes a Planning Agreement. It requires the applicant to upgrade the infrastructure.

Please see the link below for further details and how to provide your feedback.

There is a proposal to change the Byron Local Environmental Plan 2014 to include business and industrial lands for part of 66 The Saddle Road. Have your say on this proposal by completing the online form.

24/10/2024

Thank you to Byron Shire Council and Reflections for this great joint effort.

In a joint, $20,000 project between Byron Shire Council and Reflections, the lighting along Simpsons Creek at Brunswick Heads has been replaced. 28 new, solar-powered lights have been installed along the footpath from The Terrace to the bowling club.

22/09/2024

Great to see this done. Thank you to council staff. Let's all give this part of the creek bank a wide berth so it can repair itself properly.

😀A badly eroded section of Simpsons Creek near the Brunswick Heads Bowling Club has been fixed.

The section of creek is popular with locals and visitors and while the bank had been steadily eroding over a long period of time, the situation worsened in recent months.

Contractors this week filled the washout with sand and compacted it, mindful of not damaging nearby tree roots.

There are a lot of considerations when working on a project like this because of the sensitive marine environment. It’s not just a case of filling in the eroded section, we needed to make it as strong as possible otherwise the damage will most likely reoccur.

Native grasses and other species have been planted and the area fenced off to allow the bank to stabilise and the plants to take hold.

With the help of the Brunswick Heads Progress Association, large rocks have been sourced and will be used to create a car park, so people don’t drive too close to the creek bank.

The footpath is also being repaired and the damaged lighting replaced.

💻Read more: https://www.byron.nsw.gov.au/Council/News/Media-releases/Eroded-bank-of-Simpsons-Creek-stabilised-and-filled

22/09/2024

REMINDER: If you or someone you know would like assistance with your parking permit application, council staff are doing pop-up sessions at the Bruns CWA Hall (Corner of Park and Booyun St) today and tomorrow.

📌Monday, 23 September from 1:30 PM to 03:30 PM.
📌Tuesday, 24 September from 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM.

Further details in the post below.

🚗Need help applying for your parking permit?

Council staff will be at the CWA Hall in Brunswick Heads! Drop-in to one of the following sessions to get help to apply for your parking permit.

Bring along current car registration papers and your driver’s licence with a Byron Shire address.

📆When:
Monday, 23 September 2024 from 01:30pm to 03:30pm.
Tuesday, 24 September 2024 from 09:30am to 11:30am.

💻Or apply at the Council Building in Mullumbimby from Monday, 16 September or via Council's website: https://www.byron.nsw.gov.au/Residential-Services/Parking-Streets/Parking-Permits

👇More information:

🏠Byron Shire Residents
If you’re a Byron Shire resident, you can apply for 2 x FREE Shire Resident Parking Permits, per household.

These free parking permits are for eligible Byron Shire Residents for use in Byron Bay and Brunswick Heads from 30 September.

🎫Existing Permit Holders
If you have an existing resident permit, these permits will remain valid throughout the Byron Shire, including the Brunswick Heads pay parking areas until they expire.

👩‍🦳Pensioner Parking Permits
Your permit remains free. Apply on Council's website or drop in to see us if you would like to.

👨‍🔧Worker & Business Permits
Are $116 per year, see T&Cs on Council's website or drop in and see us.

16/09/2024

❗Great to see so many people applying for parking permits. Unfortunately, due to the high demand, we are having a few issues with our online application system. We are working on resolving this, but if you cannot apply today, you still have a few weeks before implementation of paid parking in Brunswick Heads, so you can try another day.

Also, a reminder that we are coming to Brunswick Heads next week to assist people with applications. Sessions are being held at the Brunswick Heads CWA Hall on:

📌Monday, 23 September from 1:30 PM to 03:30 PM.

📌Tuesday, 24 September from 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM.

People with an existing account do not need to register for a new account, your old log in details will work, you may just need to wait a short time for your reset password email to come through.