88-90 Hornibrook Esplanade & 20-24 Lane Street, Clontarf  

City of Moreton Bay DA/2024/4397  was for 78 dwelling units in a 9-storey building fronting both Hornibrook Esplanade and Lane Street. All vehicular traffic is to enter and leave via a driveway to Lane Street, a local residential street.

The building height planned is 36 m which was way in excess of the area Height Overlay of 21 m.

In the Council General Meeting held 29-October-2025 there was much discussion facilitated by Cr Booth.  In breach of Standing Orders, Cr Booth conducted the vote on the Motion and subsequently, after tallying the show of hands for/against he declared the Resolution  LOST 6/5.  The Vote on the Motion should have been taken by the Chairperson, as per Standing Orders.

Importantly, one of the NO votes tallied by Cr Booth was from Cr Hain who raised his arm to show he wanted to vote Against the Motion.  However, there is a Standing Order (4.1.3)  that states (emphasis added):-  

The mover or seconder of a motion is taken to be in favour of the motion so moved, unless the motion is being moved or seconded for the purpose of debate.

In accordance with Standing Orders,  Cr Hain's vote as Seconder is to be taken as FOR the motion, making the result PASSED 6/5.

The Council, the third largest in Australia, has unwittingly approved the Development Application, but all went home that day under the impression that they had declined the DA.  After the vote, they spent about 20 minutes in session developing the defense they might need at a Planning and Environmental Court appeal.  

The CEO Scott Waters was sent a notice on 10-Nov-2025 alerting him to the stuff-up.