A gated over-60s development is planned at Nutleys Creek Road in Bermagui. Photo: Bega Valley Shire Council website.

Residential parks, sometimes known as land lease developments or manufactured home estates (MHEs), are increasingly springing up as affordable housing options. The pros and cons will be examined in two articles, starting with why some people, including academics, think they are an unwelcome solution.

In Narooma the developer of a proposed 200-home, over-50s residential development is appealing to the Land and Environment Court of NSW after Eurobodalla Shire Council rejected the development application (DA) in May.

Bega Valley Shire Council (BVSC) is currently assessing a DA for a 120-home development for over-60s in Bermagui . The DA was originally for 162 homes in a

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