Last-ditch bid to save St Clair Oval fails at Charles Sturt Council meeting TELL US BELOW: What do you think of the plans for a housing development at St Clair Oval, Woodville? AN 11th hour bid to save St Clair Oval has failed by one vote. Charles Sturt Council voted 8-7 in favour of endorsing the State Government's Woodville Station redevelopment proposal at its meeting Tuesday night (January 29). An earlier motion brought by Cr Robert Grant to withdraw support for the proposal was lost by the same margin. Cr Grant said his motion, which asked councillors to reject the zoning changes and ask the reserve be placed under the control of the council, represented "the last chance we'll ever have to save St Clair." Several councillors and Mayor Kirsten Alexander spoke in favour of Cr Grant's motion. "The community are universally opposed to this (development)," Ms Alexander said. She asked councillors who had supported the development in the past to consider changing their position. I am asking you to have a rethink. I would be disappointed if you didn't and I know the residents would be too. Cr Juliann Andriani's impassioned plea drew applause from the gallery. "We need to have some guts and tell the government what we don't want," Cr Andriani said. The community do not support this. However Crs Tolley Wasylenko and Robert Randall said the council risked losing the concessions it had gained if it did not endorse the development plan amendment (DPA). These included restricting building heights to four storeys, down from the eight storeys proposed, a guarantee of 22 per cent open space and a new junior soccer pitch. Feedback on the the Woodville Station DPA can be sent to Woodville Station DPA, Presiding Member, DPAC, Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, GPO Box 1815, Adelaide SA 5001, or dpac@sa.gov.au. Public consultation closes on February 14.