NSW aged care and retirement provider Maroba says planning guidelines will need to be changed if it is to proceed with its $18 million proposal to build a five or six level independent living complex in Newcastle. The current local environment plan limits buildings to two levels and Maroba is arguing it needs the extra levels to make the facility financially viable.
Opinion
Retirement villages have Canberra’s attention – now the sector must prove its value
Three years after Daniel Gannon took the reins of the Retirement Living Council (RLC), the sector has achieved something his predecessor Ben Myers was never able to: national recognition in Canberra. This is just the fist step. Retirement villages now need to capitalise on this moment. Here’s how.
