UPDATE:
DEVELOPER APPEALS REFUSAL !
DESPITE OVERWHELMING COMMUNITY OBJECTIONS
DESPITE COUNCIL RESOUNDINGLY REJECTING IT
DESPITE THE SYDNEY NORTH PLANNING PANEL REFUSAL
AND DESPITE 56,000 PEOPLE WHO WANT THIS STOPPED !
We will keep you informed as the Court Case progresses
PITTWATER'S LARGEST
HIGH PRIORITY WILDLIFE CORRIDOR
Habitat of eight vulnerable native species
NOT SAVED YET
Sydney North Planning Panel refused the DA
Panel endorses Northern Beaches Council Assessment Report
which recommended REFUSAL on many grounds of this
5 acre, 7 building, 4 storey, large scale apartment complex
DA REFUSED for MULTIPLE REASONS
Sydney North Planning Panel provide following refusal reasons.
DEVELOPER APPEALS REFUSAL !
DESPITE OVERWHELMING COMMUNITY OBJECTIONS
DESPITE COUNCIL RESOUNDINGLY REJECTING IT
DESPITE THE SYDNEY NORTH PLANNING PANEL REFUSAL
AND DESPITE 56,000 PEOPLE WHO WANT THIS STOPPED !
We will keep you informed as the Court Case progresses
PITTWATER'S LARGEST
HIGH PRIORITY WILDLIFE CORRIDOR
Habitat of eight vulnerable native species
NOT SAVED YET
Sydney North Planning Panel refused the DA
Panel endorses Northern Beaches Council Assessment Report
which recommended REFUSAL on many grounds of this
5 acre, 7 building, 4 storey, large scale apartment complex
DA REFUSED for MULTIPLE REASONS
Sydney North Planning Panel provide following refusal reasons.
1. Legal Permissibility Issues
2. Requirements set in SCC by Department of Planning not met
3. The Typology, Scale, Bulk and Height of the proposal is not compatible
4. Does not contribute to the quality and identity of the area
5. Fails the principles of context and neighbourhood character of SEPP 65
6. The impacts on Biodiversity are SUBSTANTIAL and ADVERSE
7. The visual impact of the proposed buildings is incongruous to the existing low scale residential and recreational character of the area
8. The Building Height does not comply with PLEP
9. The clause 4.6 height variation request is not justified or well founded
Read the full Sydney North Planning Panel determination here:
click to read
Objectors obtained legal advice which confirmed multiple legal permissibility issues
Read this article in the Pittwater Online News for more details
Read this article in the SMH about 'Inappropriate SEPP Seniors Developments'
click to read
Objectors obtained legal advice which confirmed multiple legal permissibility issues
Read this article in the Pittwater Online News for more details
Read this article in the SMH about 'Inappropriate SEPP Seniors Developments'
THIS INAPPROPRIATE,
ILL-CONSIDERED DEVELOPMENT
NOT
COMING SOON
ILL-CONSIDERED DEVELOPMENT
NOT
COMING SOON
Manly Daily Saturday 27th January 2018
Reflecting community concerns
Hon. Rob Stokes, local MP and former Planning Minister
called it as it is.....
"...side-step the planning process means sites can effectively be rezoned without strategic assessment <of infrastructure> or community assent.."
but -
Cut -price acquisition of Wildlife Corridors or open space in urban areas will always remain a top priority target for developers
Only fundamental change to elements of SEPP (Housing for Seniors of People with a Disability) 2004 will permanently erase the side-stepping of intended process.
Hon. Rob Stokes, local MP and former Planning Minister
called it as it is.....
"...side-step the planning process means sites can effectively be rezoned without strategic assessment <of infrastructure> or community assent.."
but -
Cut -price acquisition of Wildlife Corridors or open space in urban areas will always remain a top priority target for developers
Only fundamental change to elements of SEPP (Housing for Seniors of People with a Disability) 2004 will permanently erase the side-stepping of intended process.
