Lobbying DOES affect Housing Strategy

Reading the council's discussion forum "Bangthedrum", comments about Normanhurst in the original report (March 2009) include the following, which could be used verbatim to cover the present Beecroft submission:
"Council has rushed this through in an underhanded manner without any proper community consultation, particularly from potentially affected stakeholders";
"Council has gone about this in a very sneaky manner, with absolutely no consultation with the actual residents";
"The proposed rezonings for Normanhurst (now read Beecroft) are inappropriate and unjustifiable given the low density characteristics of this suburb. The absence of any detailed assessment of the local area or the capacity of the suburb to absorb more dwellings (not through high rise) as a whole has not been explored. Council and its consultants have taken the laziest and simple option. Start lobbying!"
And for Normanhust the lobbying worked! They were taken out of the Housing Strategy, and poor innocent Beecroft was put in as a substitute. So, citizens of Beecroft and Cheltenham, if you care about your shopping village, it's your turn, start lobbying!