Manly Observer provides a weekly summary of development applications lodged with Northern Beaches Council in the last week. Before we dive into local DAs, a note on changes to NSW’s development and planning system... Sweeping reforms to NSW’s development and planning sector have come into effect after the Planning System Reforms Bill 2025 passed parliament in November 2025. The NSW Government said the current Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (EP&A Act), which guides every decision about new and existing development, has become “complex and ill-equipped to meet modern challenges”. They’ve blamed the red tape on not enough homes being built in Sydney, pushing the city to the second least affordable city in the world. The biggest change for Northern Beaches large-scale developments is the abolition of the Sydney North...