The North Sydney Record

The second part of the application is a new two-storey building at the rear for a garage and living areas, plus associated engineering and landscaping works.

The meeting was told the DA covers the change of use and the new rear building, with no further details on cost, storeys or lodgement date provided in the excerpt.

Adam Good, a resident of 74 Carrabba Road whose property adjoins the site, spoke to the panel. He said he supported the council officer's recommendation and was not opposed to restoring the heritage house itself, but raised concerns about the proposed rear building.

He told the panel his concern focused on the garage, the second dwelling and the rooftop terrace at the rear of the site. The panel heard him say he lives immediately adjoining the proposed development.

Later, a panel member asked about whether a staircase still needed to be retained. A speaker said their understanding was that it did, and that the landscaped area on top would be extensive, with manual maintenance preferred over reticulation if issues arose.

The panel thanked Mr Hodgson and Miss Neighbour for their attendance and said it would consider all of that in coming into its decision. No vote on the application was recorded in the excerpt.

The panel noted the item along with other matters before it.

Item five concerned lot 1 DP 2241 at 125 Anderson Street, Neutral Bay. The panel heard that residents or objectors speak first, followed by applicant representatives, with three minutes each.

After hearing from speakers on all five items, the panel said it would close the meeting and go into a closed session to consider its position on each matter. The recording and published meeting minutes are intended to be posted online by the end of this week, by Friday.