Not all house owners sold up when Parkside Village was built opposite the present netball courts in Seymour Shaw Park, Miranda, more than 40 years ago.
One house was left standing at the northern end of Wandella Road as high rise units and townhouses took shape alongside.
But now, that house, which is believed to have been owned by the one family for all the years since, is set to be demolished to make way for a boutique apartment block.
Approval has been given for a five-storey block comprising five three-bedroom units, plus one level of underground parking, on the site, which backs on to the F6 motorway corridor.
Several residents of Parkside Village protested unsuccessfully the new building would cause overshadowing and loss of privacy.
"I don't believe a building of that size is appropriate on a single housing block," one submission said.
"The current trend seems to be to fill the whole of the block of land and leave the absolute minimum of spare space around it, and this is another example of that philosophy.
"The height is also excessive. A five storey building is obviously going to overshadow the neighbouring units, which have windows and balconies along that side.
"If something like this is going to be allowed, it should not be any higher than the closest units (two storeys)."
However, there were no speakers against the proposal at the public meeting where Sutherland Shire Local Planning Panel gave conditional approval.
The panel agreed with the council's assessment that, although the landscaped area would be less than the stipulated minimum, the amount of open space was reasonable and new trees would be planted.
"In terms of overshadowing and amenity impacts on neighbours, these were generally commensurate with impacts to be expected from the prevailing planning controls and were not of such significance to warrant refusal of the application," the panel said.
The owners of the house did not respond to a request for comment from the Leader when the DA was lodged.
