The canary island date palm should be able to be removed should the applicant seek its removal. I urge Council to expedite the granting of such a permit in the event it is sought by the Applicant.
The canary island date palms of Greater Western Sydney are frequently inhabited and used as a food source by the white ibis bird, though they are not native plants.
Inhabitation, roosting and breeding of the white ibis bird will adversely impact the health, hygiene and amentity of the proposed site and surrounds including public realm, through offensive odour, noise, and deposition of bird faeces upon the surroundings generally.
I would urge Council and the Applicant to collaborate with a view to removing the canary island date palm and arranging replacement with suitable native trees, of an advanced state eg minimum height exceeding 1.2 metres, whose height exceeds 8.5 metres at maturity and whose canopy sizes exceeds 16 sq metres.
