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Plans for the construction of a $6.46 million home at Wategos Beach have come before Byron Council, and are now on public exhibition.
The proposal is for a four-bedroom split-level house spread across three storeys at 28 Brownell Drive.
The owners, listed as John and Tamie Ingham, are also proposing to build a basement carpark and an upper level garage off Brownell Drive that will be supported on a suspended slab.
Following the recent trend of new houses at the iconic and astronomically expensive location, the construction of the house would involve significant excavation into the Wategos hillside.
Concerns have previously been raised about the drainage and erosion impacts of this building practice.
However, the Statement of Environmental Effects for the site states that a geotechnical report has been prepared which makes a series of recommendations to minimise these risks.
The statement also defends breaching height plane regulations, as they are ‘not unusual on steep sites in this location’.
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