local - 2026-06-11

Dee Why RSL Lodges $120m Application to Build Nine-Storey Seniors Village Expansion

The club is seeking State Significant Development approval for 103 seniors units, a childcare centre and gym — with a proposed building height nearly triple the current limit.

Dee Why RSL has lodged a $120 million State Significant Development Application with the NSW Government to significantly expand its Oceangrove Seniors Living Village on Pittwater Road, seeking approval to construct two new residential flat buildings that would rise to nine storeys — nearly three times the height currently permitted at the site.

Dee Why RSL has lodged a $120 million State Significant Development Application with the NSW Government to significantly expand its Oceangrove Seniors Living Village on Pittwater Road, seeking approval to construct two new residential flat buildings that would rise to nine storeys — nearly three times the height currently permitted at the site. The application, listed as SSD-126278238, covers a large landholding encompassing 932 Pittwater Road, 2, 6, 8, 10–12 and 16–18 Dee Why Parade, and 2 Clarence Avenue, Dee Why. It proposes the demolition of a number of existing structures on those parcels and the construction of 103 Independent Living Units (ILUs) — comprising 34 two-bedroom units and 69 three-bedroom units — along with two additional two-bedroom units for on-site staff and 10 one-bedroom affordable ILUs. The development would also include a new centre-based childcare facility to replace the existing one on site, which would be demolished as part of the works, as well as a gym, communal facilities for residents, landscaping, communal open spaces and basement car parking. The existing Oceangrove seniors living development is currently operating at full capacity, and the RSL...