Warringah Mall - Take action now!
Read Michael's statement on Warringah Mall
Soon, Scentre Group's Warringah Mall redevelopment proposal will go on public exhibition via the NSW Planning Portal. This will be the community's formal opportunity to make a submission to the Planning Minister.
Scentre is proposing a major redevelopment of Warringah Mall, including up to 1,500 units in buildings up to 39 storeys. That is more than double the height of Dee Why's Lighthouse development and at least four times as many units!
Council has set a limit of up to 25 storeys and approximately 850 dwellings for this site, based on detailed traffic modelling and required infrastructure upgrades. Scentre have ignored this and are using the new planning system (that the Opposition and Government supported) to bypass Council and its technical studies.
I support more homes in Brookvale, but it must be matched by substantial commitments to infrastructure, affordable housing, public space and good design. In Parliament on 4 August 2026, I called on the Department of Planning to endorse Council's Brookvale Precinct Planning Proposal and reiterated my opposition to the excessive scale proposed by Scentre Group.
In Parliament on 17 September 2026, I also called for Brookvale's live music and creative precinct to be protected by a Special Entertainment Precinct, before major new residential development arrives.
Warringah Mall should evolve and can contribute new homes, a town square and better pedestrian connections. However, I strongly believe that growth should be distributed across the precinct and supported by infrastructure, not concentrated in towers that overwhelm Brookvale, surrounding suburbs and bypass Council's carefully developed local plan.
I will personally deliver these to the NSW Minister for Planning and Public Spaces.
Together, our community can make sure local voices are heard.
Doing nothing is NOT an option!
To: The NSW Minister for Planning and Public Space,
I believe that:
- Scentre Group’s proposed 39 storey redevelopment of Warringah Mall is excessive and completely out of character for the local area and surrounding suburbs;
- Redevelopment on this site should fit within the framework of Council’s Brookvale Precinct Planning Proposal currently before the Department for Gateway consideration;
- Development should be spread throughout the precinct, not concentrated in one part of Brookvale;
- Northern Beaches bus services are already beyond capacity, as we suffer from a chronic bus driver shortage. Further, there is a need for a Brookvale to Chatswood B-Line to be included in the area’s development and the Beaches Link tunnel to be put back on the agenda;
- Brookvale’s Special Entertainment Precinct must be established before residential development occurs.