Housing & planning · Ku-ring-gai Council
Roseville panel approves new home after neighbour raises privacy concerns
The unanimous consent covers demolition and construction at 2 Kings Avenue, including a dwelling house and swimming pool. The consent lapses if approved works do not physically begin within five years of the Notice of Determination.
Reporting from public council minutes. How this article was prepared
The Ku-ring-gai Local Planning Panel has granted unanimous consent for demolition and construction at 2 Kings Avenue, Roseville, after an adjoining neighbour raised concerns about privacy, overlooking and the proposed building’s bulk and scale.
The approval covers application eDA0204/26, including a new dwelling house, swimming pool and associated works. It is subject to conditions in Council’s Development Assessment Report, whose full conditions are not reproduced in the public minutes.
The adjoining neighbour at 3 Alexander Parade addressed the panel and reiterated written concerns. The panel recorded that highlight windows, a setback above Council development control plan requirements and proposed landscaping satisfactorily addressed privacy concerns. That is the panel’s assessment of the proposed measures, rather than a finding about the development’s eventual impacts.
The application received 13 written submissions and one verbal address at the public meeting. The minutes say the issues raised were addressed in Council’s Assessment Report and considered by the panel.
The consent lapses if the approved works are not physically commenced within five years of the date of the Notice of Determination. The minutes do not provide that notice date, so they do not establish a calendar deadline. The panel recorded its decision on 2 November 2026.
What deserves a closer look
The approval and broad scope of the works are clear, but the supplied minutes do not reproduce the full conditions in the Development Assessment Report.
The five-year lapse period runs from the Notice of Determination, not automatically from the panel's decision date, and that notice date is not supplied.
Questions for follow-up reporting
What conditions in the Development Assessment Report govern demolition, construction, privacy protection and landscaping?
What is the date of the Notice of Determination?
Has physical work commenced at 2 Kings Avenue?
What happens next
Any approved works must proceed in accordance with the conditions in the Development Assessment Report.
The consent lapses if the approved works are not physically commenced within five years of the date of the Notice of Determination.
Check the record
These passages were matched to the source text. Read them in context in the original minutes.
The panel granted development consent for application eDA0204/26 for demolition, a dwelling house, swimming pool and associated works at 2 Kings Avenue, Roseville, subject to conditions in the Development Assessment Report.
Vide: GB.1 Demolition of existing structures, construction of a dwelling house, swimming pool and associated works THE PANEL RESOLVED: A. The Ku-ring-gai Local Planning Panel, exercising the functions of Ku-ring-gai Council, as the consent authority, pursuant to Section 4.16 of the Environment Planning and Assessment Act 1979, being satisfied that the proposed development would be in the public interest, granted development consent to eDA0204/26 for demolition of existing structures, construction of a dwelling house, swimming pool and associated works at No. 2 Kings Avenue, Roseville, subject to conditions in the Development Assessment Report. Pursuant to Section 4.53 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, this consent lapses if the approved works are not physically commenced within five years of the date of the Notice of Determination.
KLPP41, resolution A
Open original minutes ↗The consent lapses if approved works are not physically commenced within five years of the date of the Notice of Determination.
2 Kings Avenue, Roseville, subject to conditions in the Development Assessment Report. Pursuant to Section 4.53 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, this consent lapses if the approved works are not physically commenced within five years of the date of the Notice of Determination.
KLPP41, resolution A
Open original minutes ↗An adjoining neighbour at 3 Alexander Parade raised concerns about privacy, overlooking, bulk and scale. The panel considered highlight windows, a setback above Council's DCP requirements and proposed landscaping satisfactory in addressing privacy concerns.
The Panel was addressed by the adjoining neighbour (3 Alexander Parade) to the south at the public meeting who reiterated her written concerns including privacy and overlooking and bulk and scale of the building. These are potential issues for the adjoining properties given the subdivision pattern. The Panel considered the provision of highlight windows, the setback over and above the requirements of Council's DCP and proposed landscaping was satisfactory in addressing privacy concerns.
KLPP41, reasons for the decision
Open original minutes ↗The application received 13 written submissions and one verbal address, and the vote was unanimous.
There were thirteen written submissions received and one verbal address at the public meeting. The issues raised were addressed in detail in Council's Assessment Report and considered by the Panel. Voting: Unanimous The determination meeting closed at 1:24 PM Minute KU-RING-GAI COUNCIL Page 20261102-KLPP-Mins-2026/340036 /Page 3 Minute KU-RING-GAI COUNCIL Page 20261102-KLPP-Mins-2026/340036 /Page 4 Minute KU-RING-GAI COUNCIL Page 20261102-KLPP-Mins-2026/340036 /Page 5 Minute KU-RING-GAI COUNCIL Page 20261102-KLPP-Mins-2026/340036 /Page 6 Minute KU-RING-GAI COUNCIL Page 20261102-KLPP-Mins-2026/340036 /Page 7 The Minutes of the Ku-ring-gai Local Planning Panel Meeting held on 2 November 2026 (Pages 1 - 6) were confirmed as a full and accurate record of proceedings by Heather Warton on 2 November 2026.
KLPP41, community views and voting
Open original minutes ↗The panel recorded 2 November 2026 as the date of decision.
B. Date of Decision: 2 November 2026 C. Reason for the Decision: The Panel concurred with the recommendation in Council's Development Assessment Report and the conditions of consent.
KLPP41, resolution B
Open original minutes ↗The minutes state that Heather Warton confirmed them as a full and accurate record on 2 November 2026.
Voting: Unanimous The determination meeting closed at 1:24 PM Minute KU-RING-GAI COUNCIL Page 20261102-KLPP-Mins-2026/340036 /Page 3 Minute KU-RING-GAI COUNCIL Page 20261102-KLPP-Mins-2026/340036 /Page 4 Minute KU-RING-GAI COUNCIL Page 20261102-KLPP-Mins-2026/340036 /Page 5 Minute KU-RING-GAI COUNCIL Page 20261102-KLPP-Mins-2026/340036 /Page 6 Minute KU-RING-GAI COUNCIL Page 20261102-KLPP-Mins-2026/340036 /Page 7 The Minutes of the Ku-ring-gai Local Planning Panel Meeting held on 2 November 2026 (Pages 1 - 6) were confirmed as a full and accurate record of proceedings by Heather Warton on 2 November 2026.
Minutes confirmation
Open original minutes ↗Source record
Reporting from the public minutes of the Ku-ring-gai Local Planning Panel meeting held on 2 November 2026.
Key facts from the minutes
- Consent was granted for eDA0204/26 at 2 Kings Avenue, Roseville.
- The approved works include demolition, a dwelling house, a swimming pool and associated works.
- The consent is subject to conditions in Council’s Development Assessment Report.
- The consent lapses if approved works are not physically commenced within five years of the Notice of Determination.
- The minutes record 13 written submissions, one verbal address and a unanimous decision on 2 November 2026.
Why it matters
- The approval allows the proposed demolition, dwelling, swimming pool and associated works at 2 Kings Avenue to proceed subject to the report’s conditions. The adjoining property at 3 Alexander Parade was identified in the minutes as being among those potentially affected by privacy, overlooking, bulk and scale concerns.