Heavyweight contender Belmorgan Property Developments took the fight up in its bid to have the RAAF base rezoned Special Business 3(e), allowing the sale of bulky goods.

Challenger TAWK Developments was undaunted by the gloss and hyperbole of Belmorgan's slick marketing presentation, which included computer-generated images of new shops and houses in its much-vaunted $75 million RAAF base revamp.

TAWK Developments, which owns the proposed Sheraton Road Blue Ridge business park, returned serve and claimed their site was approved first and there was no room for more.

Belmorgan director Anthony Kosseris talked-up his company's credibility rattling of a half-billion dollar resume of projects they currently had underway.

Dubbo could do a lot worse than trust his company with the RAAF Base and the future of the local retail industry, he intimated.

Mr Kosseris ended his address with an impassioned plea for Dubbo to be proud of the achievements made by a couple of "local boys".

To back Belmorgan's glitzy powerpoint presentation, economic consultant Peter Leyshon argued it was something Dubbo residents wanted.

"We conducted a survey of 400 households, of which 57 per cent said they preferred the RAAF base site for bulky goods development," he said.

"In contrast only 27 per cent favoured the Blue Ridge site."

Mr Leyshon admitted the RAAF base development would have a negative impact on bulky goods retailers in the CBD, but added the Blue Ridge project would also have the same effect.

Brennan's Mitre 10 director Michael Brennan weighed in to the stoush arguing that Belmorgan and Bunnings had only one thing in mind, profits.

"I'm not anti-Bunnings," he said.

"When Bunnings come, they won't be here for Dubbo.

"They will only be here for the benefit of their shareholders."

Mr Brennan questioned the employment opportunities forecast by Belmorgan by providing comparative examples of his own business.

"Belmorgan claimed the Bunnings development at Orange would produce up to 500 jobs and they have made similar claims for Dubbo," he said.

"We have a business of comparable size with 50 fulltime staff, so I don't know where they are going to get all these extra jobs they spruik about."

Council employed consultant Jeffrey Wolinksi suggested council would be going against its own planning policy if it approved the rezoning of the RAAF Base for bulky goods when the Blue Ridge site catered for the city's projected growth for the next 20 years.

In an angry response Mr (Anthony) Kosseris accused council of having a hidden agenda and said everything was going well for the RAAF Base redevelopment until former general manager Tony Kelly and environment services director Doug Herd resigned.

A recommendation on Belmorgan's rezoning application was deferred until the full council meeting next Monday.