The Planning Proposal seeks to amend Warringah Local Environmental Plan 2011 (WLEP 2011) to:

• Include business premises, office premises, residential flat buildings and local open space as Additional Permitted Uses for the site, and
• Include a clause that varies the maximum building height for the site by stating that the (current) maximum permitted building height for the site shall not apply in circumstances where Council has approved buildings of greater height on the subject land under an approved precinct masterplan. 

The proposal is accompanied by a concept precinct masterplan that proposes:

• 9 buildings across the site – each to accommodate multiple/ mixed uses
• A total of 507 dwellings (mixed 1, 2 and 3 bedrooms)
• 11,894sm of employment floor space (business and office) with projected employment of > 250 jobs
• Local Open Space that generally aligns the creek at the north eastern boundary of the site and pedestrian connectivity through the site. 

On 8 August 2017 Council endorsed the Draft Brookvale Structure Plan for public exhibition.  Submissions have since closed and will be reported to Council by mid-2018 for consideration and finalisation of the plan. 

The Draft Structure Plan does not propose residential development of the site; nor does it propose any change to maximum building heights for the site.  The Draft Structure Plan does propose the inclusion of business premises and office premises as Additional Permitted Uses for all of the land zoned IN1 General Industry and lying west of Pittwater Road (including the site).

Following public exhibition of the Planning Proposal, Council staff will report the results of the public exhibition back to Council.

Council staff will then undertake a full assessment of the Planning Proposal and a recommendation will be made to Council whether to support it. Council’s decision will be forwarded to the Department of Planning and Environment for final determination.