Residents of one of Australia’s most exclusive beach enclaves are pushing for new rules to stop oversized mansions swallowing their neighbourhood amid a post-COVID building boom.
Home owners in one of Australia’s most exclusive beach enclaves could be hit with new building limits amid concern oversized mansions are swallowing the neighbourhood.
“On top of pushing right to the nine-metre limit, and in some cases going over, they are also undertaking massive excavation into the hillside.“We’re not West Hollywood. We don’t need massive mansions. We need people to enjoy Byron Bay for what it is.” Former Byron Shire mayor Oliver Dunne, who has lived at Wategos since the 1970s, said old-school weekenders in the beachside suburb were being replaced with bigger, concrete-heavy houses that were out of step with the area, which is a popular daytrip spot for locals, tourists and surfers.
“They are excavating off the street straight into the land nine or 10 metres and I don’t think that’s acceptable.”
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