A development application for apartments at the junction of 4 Delmar Parade and 812 Pittwater Rd, Dee Why, is set to proceed after the construction scheme was approved by the Sydney North Planning Panel.
However, users of neighbouring Stony Range Botanic Garden are concerned that parts of the bushland site will be overshadowed by the proposed high-rise, stating that picnic areas and native flora will be shaded by an eight-storey building for significant periods of the year, threatening the survival of trees and plant life.
A spokesperson for Stony Range Volunteer Advisory Committee, which, along with Northern Beaches Council, oversees the management of the 3.3 hectare public garden, told Manly Observer, “We are not trying to stop the development, merely to reduce its negative impacts on Stony Range…”
