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Class 1 — Merit appeal Northern Beaches Council 23 September 2026

Para-ere Holdings Pty Ltd v Northern Beaches Council [2026] NSWLEC 1626

Before: Targett C · NSW Land and Environment Court

Density / Bulk & ScaleSetbacksHeritageConciliation / AgreementDemolitionBiodiversity

Summary

APPEAL — Development application — conciliation conference — agreement between the parties — orders

Catchwords

APPEAL — Development application — conciliation conference — agreement between the parties — orders

Outcome

The Court orders that: (1) The applicant is to pay the respondent’s costs thrown away pursuant to s 8.15(3) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW) in the agreed sum of $10,540 within 28 days of the date of these orders. (2) The appeal is upheld. (3) Development Application No. DA2025/1662, as amended, for the alterations and additions and change of use to the Approved Development Application No. DA2022/2256 from a mixed use development to shop top housing and associated works on land legally described as Lot 100 in DP 1009880 and known as 22 Raglan Street, Manly, is determined by the grant of development consent subject to the conditions at Annexure A.

Legislation cited

Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW), ss 4.15, 8.7, 8.10, 8.11, 8.15 Land and Environment Court Act 1979 (NSW), ss 17, 34   Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2021 (NSW), ss 29, 38 Manly Local Environmental Plan 2013, cll 4.3, 4.4, 5.10, 5.21, 6.1, 6.2, 6.4, 6.9, 6.12 State Environmental Planning Policy (Biodiversity and Conservation) 2021, Ch 6, Pt 6.2, Divs 2, 3 State Environmental Planning Policy (Housing) 2021, Chs 2, 4, 6 ss 15C, 16, 19, 20, 21, 144, 145, 147, 175, 177, 180 Sch 9 State Environmental Planning Policy (Resilience and Hazards) 2021, s 4.6 State Environmental Planning Policy (Sustainable Buildings) 2022, s 2.48

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