108 Francis Street, Bondi Beach NSW 2026

This is a definite NO to a removal of a street tree (not on private property) for the convenience and profit of private property.

This street tree provides important bird and insect habitat, and this is absolutely crucial when so many trees are being removed from private property, often for entirely spurious reasons.

The tree also provides shade and local amenity for residents and people nearby. People choose this street over others to walk to the beach and shops in the heart of Bondi precisely because it has shade and feels good. This amenity increases the value of ALL properties in the street.

Agree that the street tree must not be removed so the developer can construct a garage. It is a mature tree decades old and therefore not replaceable

There are precedents of trees in Bondi Junction (and likely elsewhere but I'm only aware of some in Bondi J) in rear lanes - or roads that give access to the rears of properties - that cannot be removed to facilitate vehicle curb-crossing into proposed garages.
If Waverley Council is serious about this:
https://cityhub.com.au/local-council-in-sydney-will-be-covered-in-tree-canopy-and-vegetation-cover
passed about a year ago when they all held hands and joined the living, they will rejected this developer's application outright. That tree has taken decades to grow, providing all of the vital elements listed by those comments above.
It is the perfect example of Council's 35% tree canopy by 2032 promise.
It can never be replaced, at least in our generation and the one or two to follow.
It must be protected.
The application to kill it should be rejected.