Cabonne has given the green light to the Gundamain Pastoral Company feedlot development application near Eugowra, despite 21 public submissions against the proposal. , Council chambers were packed at Monday’s August General meeting to hear the outcome of the decision, with six members of the public addressing the councillors - three speaking against and three for the feedlot development proposal., And the decision was clear - not one of the 10 Cabonne Councillors present (with two absent due to sickness) spoke against the development, with Eugowra-based councillors, Ray Agustin and Bill Niven, moving and seconding the motion to approve the application. , Cr Agustin said that the development would inject $3.29 million into the local economy each year and create at least seven full time jobs - an economic boost that few small towns like Eugowra could ignore. , Cr Niven added that concerns regarding odour and water pollution were addressed in numerous consent conditions governing the feedlot’s operations. , The development application has caused much division in the area, with neighbours against neighbours in their approval or support of the feedlot. , The majority of objections to the development centered around odour and possible water pollution, with the feedlot only 3.5 kilometres south of the town, and close to Mandagery Creek and the Lachlan River., Other concerns expressed in written form to Council included existing approval for the current site; Lachlan Water Catchment; impact of flooding; carcass disposal(mass deaths); water supply (not just of Eugowra but further down the Lachlan at Forbes and Condobolin); waste management (manure and effluent); , traffic (impact on the road); errors in the Environmental Impact Statement; soil analysis (impact on groundwater) and salinity., Members of Council’s Environmental Service’s Committee undertook an onsite inspection at Gundamain and met with concerned residents who made submissions., In addition, an onsite inspection of a modern licensed feedlot in the Riverina was undertaken to view first hand issues of pen design, water controls, odour and manure management. , Cabonne has also added the condition that the developers will have to demonstrate satisfactory environmental performance before the , second stage of full expansion to 6,000 head of cattle can begin.