Two State Significant Development (SSD) proposals have been put forward for Mona Vale and Frenchs Forest, together totalling 575 apartments, both include concurrent rezonings that would see taller buildings than local planning controls allow for.
At 6, 8, 8A, 10, 10A, 12, 12A and 14 Mona Vale Road and 8 and 10 Vineyard Street, Mona Vale, an SSD proposes 285 apartments across two 14-storey towers and one seven-storey building, with 43 units delivered as affordable housing for 15 years. It supersedes an earlier SSD for the site that proposed around 185 units.
At 1, 3, 5, 5a, 7, 9, 9a and 9b Gladys Avenue, Frenchs Forest, a scoping report for an SSD outlines two 13-storey buildings of about 44m, with around 290 dwellings. It would also seek to lift the floor space ratio from 2.86:1 to 4.5:1.
Back at Council, two Low and Mid Rise Housing Policy DAs have been submitted.
A DA at 1622 Pittwater Road, Mona Vale, proposes an eight to nine-storey, 30-unit residential flat building. Despite it being within Mona Vale Town Centre and with affordable housing, the building will still exceed height limits.
In Brookvale’s Town Centre, a six-storey, 51-apartment development is proposed at 4, 6 & 6A Brookvale Avenue, with exhibition closing 18 December.
The Northern Beaches Local Planning Panel (NBLPP) unanimously approved 66 units at 6, 8, 30 & 32 Bluegum Crescent, Frenchs Forest, despite parts of the building exceeding the 22m height limit. It also approved shop top housing at 64 May Road, Narraweena, seniors housing at 73 Central Road, Avalon Beach, and extended operating hours at Warringah Golf Club at 292 Condamine Street & 433 Pittwater Road, North Manly, after all 37 submissions supported the change.
However, the panel refused a seniors housing development at 1 & 3 Catalina Crescent, Avalon Beach, over flooding concerns.
Manly Observer provides a weekly summary of development applications lodged with Northern Beaches Council in the last week in alphabetical suburb order. Approvals on large-scale developments are at the end.
A
64 Arnhem Road, Allambie Heights – DA2026/1409
Exhibition Period: 05/12/2026 to 18/12/2026
Cost of Work: $1,095,637
Alterations and additions to a house.
52 Cabarita Road, Avalon Beach – DA2026/1414
Exhibition Period: Not yet determined at time of publication
Cost of Work: $143,000
Construction of a garage and carport.
B
52 Cabbage Tree Road & 1825 Pittwater Road, Bayview – DA2026/1418
Exhibition Period: 05/12/2026 to 23/01/2027
Cost of Work: $2,645,500
Alterations and additions to a recreation facility (outdoor).
34 Minkara Road, Bayview – DA2026/1399
Exhibition Period: Not yet determined at time of publication
Cost of Work: $166,500
Alterations and additions to a house.
13 Wedgewood Crescent, Beacon Hill – DA2026/1440
Exhibition Period: 05/12/2026 to 18/12/2026
Cost of Work: $165,000
Alterations and additions to a house.
4, 6 & 6A Brookvale Avenue, Brookvale – DA2026/1426
Exhibition Period: 05/12/2026 to 18/12/2026
Cost of Work: $28,240,610
The site is within 394m of the Brookvale town centre and therefore comes under the Low and Mid Rise Housing Policy. The DA is for a six-storey (22m) residential flat development over the three lots and will contain 51 apartments and a three-level car parking for 73 cars.
C
70 Anzac Avenue, Collaroy – DA2026/1406
Exhibition Period: Not yet determined at time of publication
Cost of Work: $71,500
Alterations and additions to a house.
41 Blandford Street, Collaroy Plateau – DA2026/1435
Exhibition Period: Not yet determined at time of publication
Cost of Work: $1,682,694
Demolition works and construction of a house.
90 Fuller Street, Collaroy Plateau – DA2026/1423
Exhibition Period: Not yet determined at time of publication
Cost of Work: $108,814
Alterations and additions to a house, including a carport.
D
3 Bibbenluke Avenue, Duffys Forest – DA2026/1404
Exhibition Period: Not yet determined at time of publication
Cost of Work: $2,497,000
Demolition works and construction of an arena, shed, stable, tennis court and associated works.
3 Bibbenluke Avenue, Duffys Forest – DA2026/1405
Exhibition Period: Not yet determined at time of publication
Cost of Work: $2,794,000
Demolition works and construction of a house, including a swimming pool and a cabana.
F
1, 3, 5, 5a, 7, 9, 9a and 9b Gladys Avenue, Frenchs Forest – SSD-132381990
Exhibition Period: Not yet determined at time of publication
Cost of Work: $188,000,000
A scoping report has been submitted for a State Significant Development (SSD) which includes plans for two 13-storey residential flat buildings and concurrent rezoning.
A SSD bypasses Council and is determined by NSW Planning.
The proposal will likely (this is just a scoping report, so details may change) include two new residential apartment buildings over podiums up to thirteen storeys and approximately 44m. Approximately 290 dwellings in one-bed, two-bed and three-bedroom format. Provision of approximately 10 per cent of the entire proposed gross floor area for affordable housing purposes for 15 years and maintained by a community housing provider. Basement parking.
The application would also include a concurrent rezoning. The rezoning will retain the existing R3 – Medium Density Residential land use zone as prescribed by Warringah Local Environmental Plan. However, it will seek to amend the floor space ratio (FSR) from 2.86:1 to 4.5:1. It is proposed to amend the height control on a portion of the site from 28.6m to 44m.
46 Kooloora Avenue, Freshwater – DA2026/1434
Exhibition Period: Not yet determined at time of publication
Cost of Work: $1,600,000
Alterations and additions to a house, including a swimming pool.
37 Martin Street, Freshwater – DA2026/1415
Exhibition Period: 05/12/2026 to 18/12/2026
Cost of Work: $445,500
Alterations and additions to a house, including a garage.
M
3 Ocean Road, Manly – DA2026/1383
Exhibition Period: Not yet determined at time of publication
Cost of Work: $708,618
Alterations and additions to a house, including a swimming pool.
34 – 35 South Steyne, Manly – DA2026/1430
Exhibition Period: Not yet determined at time of publication
Cost of Work: $0
This DA seeks consent for a three lot stratum subdivision of an approved commercial building development and to be approved residential development on site.
6, 8, 8A, 10, 10A, 12, 12A and 14 Mona Vale Road and 8 and 10 Vineyard Street, Mona Vale – SSD-150586490
Exhibition Period: Not yet determined at time of publication
Cost of Work: $75,000,000
The State Significant Development application is for the construction of three residential flat buildings with affordable housing, communal open space and car parking in basement levels.
There will be two fourteen-storey towers and one seven storey tower. These heights exceed current planning limits, and a concurrent rezoning application will go along with the SSD.
There will be a total of 285 apartments, with 43 delivered as affordable housing for 15 years. The proposed unit mix is: 57 x one-bed, 157 x two-bed and 71 x three-bedroom units.
A single consolidated driveway crossing will be located on the Vineyard Street frontage providing access to basement car parking (no numbers yet on car parking until final apartment numbers are confirmed). The site adjoins Pittwater Village, a seniors living development. Manly Observer has already heard concerns from locals around traffic and safely exiting the building with the influx of residents in the new development.
There was previously a SSD application underway at the same site, but the projected unit numbers were around 185. This SSD supersedes that.
12 Nailon Place, Mona Vale – DA2026/1416
Exhibition Period: Not yet determined at time of publication
Cost of Work: $0
Torrens title subdivision of one lot into three lots.
1622 Pittwater Road, Mona Vale – DA2026/1387
Exhibition Period: 05/12/2026 to 23/01/2027
Cost of Work: $22,946,990
The DA is for an eight to nine storey residential flat building over two basement parking levels (44 parking spaces) and includes approximately four affordable housing (10 per cent for 15 years) units amongst a total of 30 units. There will be 12 x two-bedroom units and 18 x three-bedroom units.
The site is zone R3 Medium Density however is located within the Mona Vale Town Centre as identified in the Low and Mid Rise Housing Policy. Under the LMR policy, the building can reach 22m (six storeys), however with the inclusion of affordable housing, this increases to 28.6m (or nine storeys). According to plans, the building height comes in at 30.90m and a height variation has been requested.
N
50 Parr Parade, Narraweena – DA2026/1407
Exhibition Period: Not yet determined at time of publication
Cost of Work: $25,960
Installation of business identification signage.
108 Bungan Head Road, Newport – DA2026/1360
Exhibition Period: Not yet determined at time of publication
Cost of Work: $154,000
Alterations and additions to a house.
10 De Lauret Avenue, Newport – DA2026/1400
Exhibition Period: 05/12/2026 to 18/12/2026
Cost of Work: $461,901
Alterations and additions to a house.
28 Prince Alfred Parade, Newport – DA2026/1431
Exhibition Period: Not yet determined at time of publication
Cost of Work: $711,848
Alterations and additions to a house, including a swimming pool and outbuilding.
25 Wakefield Street, North Manly – DA2026/1421
Exhibition Period: Not yet determined at time of publication
Cost of Work: $748,000
Alterations and additions to a house, including a carport.
67 Wimbledon Avenue, North Narrabeen – DA2026/1413
Exhibition Period: Not yet determined at time of publication
Cost of Work: $935,000
Demolition works and construction of a house.
S
49 Florence Terrace, Scotland Island – DA2026/1401
Exhibition Period: Not yet determined at time of publication
Cost of Work: $656,700
Alterations and additions to a house.
27A Grandview Grove, Seaforth – DA2026/1425
Exhibition Period: Not yet determined at time of publication
Cost of Work: $296,807
Alterations and additions to a house, including a swimming pool.
Determinations
1 & 3 Catalina Crescent, Avalon Beach – DA2026/0549
Cost of Work: $5,865,178
Determined: 28/10/2026
Determination Level: Northern Beaches Local Planning Panel
Determination: Refused
The NBLPP refused the DA due to concerns around flooding. Council’s flood engineers found the proposal did not show it avoids adverse flood impacts on neighbouring land, and that finding flows through into several other reasons.
The DA was for the demolition of the existing homes and the construction of a two-storey plus basement seniors housing development with eight in-fill self-care housing units and basement car parking for 18 cars.
73 Central Road, Avalon Beach – DA2026/0477
Cost of Work: $2,942,110
Determined: 28/10/2026
Determination Level: Northern Beaches Local Planning Panel
Determination: Approved
The NBLPP approved the application for the demolition of the existing site structures and the construction of a seniors housing development incorporating six in-fill self-care housing units and basement car parking for 12 cars.
There will be two three-bedroom units, and four two-bedroom units spread across three levels.
6, 8, 30 & 32 Bluegum Crescent, Frenchs Forest – DA2026/0588
Cost of Work: $40,019,706
Determined: 28/10/2026
Determination Level: Northern Beaches Local Planning Panel
Determination: Approved
The NBLPP unanimously approved the development, despite the height being over the maximum permissible.
The development is for the four sites to be demolished and to construct 66 units (17 one-bedroom units, 44 two-bedroom units, and five three-bedroom units).
Seven of these units will be adaptable, and three per cent of the units will be dedicated as affordable housing under Council’s Affordable Housing Contribution Scheme (which, as of November 2025, changed from 10 per cent to three per cent).
There will also be a two-level basement car park, accessible from the west side of Bluegum Crescent. There will be 95 parking spaces, 33 motorcycle spaces, and 150 bicycle spaces.
The height of the building largely complies with the 22m building height limit; however, parts of the building are 24.2m due to a lift overrun and 22.5m to the lobby and WC of the communal rooftop.
64 May Road, Narraweena – DA2026/0699
Cost of Work: $2,529,534
Determined: 28/10/2026
Determination Level: Northern Beaches Local Planning Panel
Determination: Approved
The NBLPP approved the partial retention of the existing commercial premises, demolition, and a part two/part three storey shop top housing development.
Current site:
The DA includes three ground floor commercial tenancies, eight car spaces at the rear of the ground floor, and five apartments on the upper two levels.
The height of the building will be 10.52m (above the 8.5m local limit). Both NBLPP and Council found the additional height to be within reasonable grounds.
292 Condamine Street & 433 Pittwater Road, North Manly – Mod2026/0464
Cost of Work: $0
Determined: 28/10/2026
Determination Level: Northern Beaches Local Planning Panel
Determination: Approved
The NBLPP unanimously approved proposed changes to operational hours. These being:
- Garden Lounge: no change (7am to 10pm daily)
- Dining and Function Rooms: extended from 12pm to 10pm to 7am to 10pm daily
- Bar: extended from 12pm to 10pm to 9am to 10pm daily
During the exhibition a total of thirty-seven submissions were received. All of the submissions received were in support of the amendments to the operating hours. Most of the comments received in the submissions outlined the need for the extended operating hours to allow for greater flexibility in the utilisation of the facility for the wider community and golfers.
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