THE fate of a proposal to construct a second set of saleyards in Roma will be decided in Brisbane's Planning and Environment Court in March.
According to the Maranoa Regional Council some 15 days have been allocated for the hearing of the matter, which is likely to begin late in the month.
In December 2007, local graziers David and Suzanne Bassingthwaighte filed an appeal against a Roma Town Council's decision to refuse their development application for a 40 hectare cattle saleyard on the Warrego Highway, on the western outskirts of Roma.
Maranoa Regional Council was required by law to take on responsibility for seeing the case through after amalgamation.
Maranoa's Planning and Environment director Robert Hayward anticipated related legal costs would be in excess of $100,000.
The Bassingthwaighte's initial application was refused because it was in conflict with previous Roma Town Council's planning scheme, and insufficient grounds existed to justify approval outside the scheme.
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