In April, 2010, two council representatives met with the hall committee about buying the hall. The committee unanimously informed them it was not for sale.

The proposed new town centre plans were then put on display, without alterations.

On June 24, 2010, the State Heritage Inventory noted the hall had "high local significance".

In August, 2010, despite the above information, councillors (our representatives, not our managers) voted to go ahead with their existing town centre plans, which included demolishing the hall.

On June 6, 2012, the hall was heritage listed by council.

Since then, we have received two council heritage grants to help maintain it.

When the police applied to build a modern police station at Morisset, it was refused because the new building did not fit the criteria for the town centre.

In July, 2014, Wyong Council opened a youth centre of 1600 square metres for a cost of $2.7 million.

The proposed Morisset Community Centre has a total area of 2600 square metres but a suggested cost of $29 million.

Perhaps the reason it's so expensive is problems with building on such a steep site.

The new council building and town square are nothing like the plans passed in 2010 and the building does not comply with council's own criteria.

So why does council continue to bulldoze ahead, ignore all relevant information, play down the obvious problems and not comply with their own guidelines?

- Val Badham, public officer, Morisset Memorial Hall