The Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council (MLALC) withdrew its plans to rezone bushland at Patyegarang, Belrose, formerly known as Lizard Rock, for 450 homes, ending four-years of community opposition to the proposal. Wakehurst MP Michael Regan revealed in a statement that the NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure (DPHI) had confirmed the withdrawal. “The rezoning proposal was reckless in the extreme,” Mr Regan said. “It would have created a bushfire trap for future residents, put firefighters at risk and destroyed over 45 rugby fields of local bushland with important biodiversity values.” Land Council silent Manly Observer put questions to MLALC about why it had withdrawn the proposal and what it now planned for the 71-hectare Morgan Road site. “We make no comment on this matter,” a spokesperson said. Mr Regan...