Sweet Water Action Group president Chris Parker said Mr Kelly had several meetings with the site's developers but would not answer his group's correspondence.

"We requested a meeting with the Minister on March 11 and we are still waiting for a reply," Mr Parker said.

"It seems to us that the Minister is just the same as the previous planning minister and now Premier Kristina Keneally, in that they are happy to meet the developers but not so happy to meet the residents."

A spokesman for Mr Kelly said the department had yet to receive any new application for the Huntlee site, so it was not possible to speculate on who would be the determining authority.

"However, the Government will closely examine whether the [Planning Assessment Commission] should be the determining authority," he said.

Former planning minister Keneally approved the Huntlee development in February last year but her decision was overturned by the Land and Environment Court in October.

It is now back on the drawing board.

Mr Kelly's spokesman said the Land and Environment Court case related to the legality of the determination, not the merits of any development proposal.

Mr Parker said the group believed Mr Kelly had already shown his bias towards Huntlee by saying the Land and Environment Court overturned it on a technicality.