Seven buildings stand on the Horsham Fairways Resort site, next to the Horsham Golf Club, and are in varying states of construction. No work has been done on the site since the Remlaw bushfire in February 2009.

Haven resident Kevin Lane said it was time for the buildings to come down.

"It's too far gone to be completed. It has to be demolished," he said. "It's got a concrete tile roof on it. A concrete roof when it's wet doubles it's weight because it soaks up so much moisture.

"If some kid was stood up underneath there and it collapsed he could get killed. It needs to be safety fenced at least. It's just too open for the public to get access to."

A small barbed-wire fence borders the site and Golf Course Road, with access available from the golf club carpark.

Developers planned to build a four-and-a-half star resort in two stages. The first stage was to include 24 units at an expected cost of $2.6 million.

Horsham Rural City Council development services director Angela Murphy said council had received complaints about the site and it was working to address safety concerns.

"While the buildings may look unsightly we've been advised by building surveyors who have undertaken assessments that it's safe under building legislation," she said.

Chris Buwalda, a spokesperson for the private consortium behind the development, said there was still a future in the project.

"People are saying why isn't it demolished, but we still believe there is a future in it," he said. "We've got different concepts, and we're looking at different ideas to complement the golf club."

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The issue of public safety was raised at a Haven community meeting in September last year, with Horsham Rural City councillors in attendance.

Ms Murphy said council was in "productive discussions" with the developers.

"We're certainly aware of the site, and we recently had discussions with the owner," she said. "The owner has agreed to undertake some fencing and some other works. But this is still to occur."

Consortium spokesperson Mr Buwalda said developers were exploring safety measures at the site.

"We're looking at that at the moment and what the options are, whether they be permanent fencing or something else," he said.

"I'm not too sure about the regulations around (safety), because it's not a construction site. I can understand why people have concerns, but there's no work happening on it, there's no heavy machinery on the site."

Plans to build the $3.5 million Horsham Fairways Resort were announced in 2005, backed by a Horsham-based private consortium.

Horsham Golf Club accepted the consortium's development proposal and sold it 2.8 hectares of club land next to the course for $750,000.

A second stage of the resort would have seen the construction of a further 12 units, with the layout to be determined after an initial trading period.

By August 2007, all plans and permits for the resort had been approved and at the time Mr Buwalda predicted an opening date in March 2008.

In June 2008 - three years after the plans were announced - Mr Buwalda dismissed rumours the consortium had been in dispute with contractors. At the time, he said work had slowed, and he expected "it will open early in the new year".

Construction on the resort resumed after a long delay in October 2008. The resort was half-completed when the Black Saturday bushfire devastated the golf course, destroying the clubhouse.

Buildings in the development sustained minimal structural damage after fire charred the paddock.

Mr Buwalda said all plans for the development, past and present, were linked with the golf club. "The whole concept is working with the golf club, and with the troubles they've had, its remained open as to what the future plan is," he said.

Mr Lane, a former Arapiles Shire councillor, said he understood the developers' struggles, but that it was time for action to be taken.

"They've tried something, and it hasn't worked, you feel for them that it cost them. But that's their problem," he said.

"For all people in the district, it's gone on too long. It's an eyesore. The people who live across the road I can't imagine what they have to look at ... nobody will take it on because it's been there too long.

"I had to take the Governor (Linda Dessau) past when we did the 10 year anniversary of the Remlaw fire, and it was embarrassing.

"A person in her position had to see something like that, which nobody has done anything about completing or fixing. It's just an unsightly mess."

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