The main reasons people gave in their submissions, for and against the application, with real letters you can read. We have left out the tally on purpose: this page is about what people said, not how many said it.
Based on every public submission on Council’s portal for DA2025/1424, as at the portal sync of 30 Oct 2026 07:02. No submitter is named. To read all the letters, open the application on Council’s tracker ↗. For the plans and reports, see the application documents.
Each submission was coded for the reasons it gives, using one list of reasons for objecting and one for supporting. A submission can give several reasons, so the shares add to more than 100%. Each person is counted once, with all the reasons across their letters. The labels are short summaries of what writers said, not our view of whether a reason is right.
Under each of the top ten reasons you can open five example letters, chosen at random, and ask for another random five as often as you like.
Share of people objecting who give each reason.
5 letters chosen at random from all the letters coded as giving this reason. Each opens on Council’s portal (PDF). To read them all, use Council’s tracker.
5 letters chosen at random from all the letters coded as giving this reason. Each opens on Council’s portal (PDF). To read them all, use Council’s tracker.
5 letters chosen at random from all the letters coded as giving this reason. Each opens on Council’s portal (PDF). To read them all, use Council’s tracker.
5 letters chosen at random from all the letters coded as giving this reason. Each opens on Council’s portal (PDF). To read them all, use Council’s tracker.
5 letters chosen at random from all the letters coded as giving this reason. Each opens on Council’s portal (PDF). To read them all, use Council’s tracker.
5 letters chosen at random from all the letters coded as giving this reason. Each opens on Council’s portal (PDF). To read them all, use Council’s tracker.
5 letters chosen at random from all the letters coded as giving this reason. Each opens on Council’s portal (PDF). To read them all, use Council’s tracker.
5 letters chosen at random from all the letters coded as giving this reason. Each opens on Council’s portal (PDF). To read them all, use Council’s tracker.
5 letters chosen at random from all the letters coded as giving this reason. Each opens on Council’s portal (PDF). To read them all, use Council’s tracker.
5 letters chosen at random from all the letters coded as giving this reason. Each opens on Council’s portal (PDF). To read them all, use Council’s tracker.
Share of people supporting who give each reason.
5 letters chosen at random from all the letters coded as giving this reason. Each opens on Council’s portal (PDF). To read them all, use Council’s tracker.
5 letters chosen at random from all the letters coded as giving this reason. Each opens on Council’s portal (PDF). To read them all, use Council’s tracker.
5 letters chosen at random from all the letters coded as giving this reason. Each opens on Council’s portal (PDF). To read them all, use Council’s tracker.
5 letters chosen at random from all the letters coded as giving this reason. Each opens on Council’s portal (PDF). To read them all, use Council’s tracker.
5 letters chosen at random from all the letters coded as giving this reason. Each opens on Council’s portal (PDF). To read them all, use Council’s tracker.
5 letters chosen at random from all the letters coded as giving this reason. Each opens on Council’s portal (PDF). To read them all, use Council’s tracker.
5 letters chosen at random from all the letters coded as giving this reason. Each opens on Council’s portal (PDF). To read them all, use Council’s tracker.
5 letters chosen at random from all the letters coded as giving this reason. Each opens on Council’s portal (PDF). To read them all, use Council’s tracker.
5 letters chosen at random from all the letters coded as giving this reason. Each opens on Council’s portal (PDF). To read them all, use Council’s tracker.
4 letters chosen at random from all the letters coded as giving this reason. Each opens on Council’s portal (PDF). To read them all, use Council’s tracker.
Every public submission on the DA2025/1424 portal was read in full. Scanned letters were converted to text first. Each letter was coded for its side and the reasons it gives, using written rules first tested and hand-checked on a 50-letter sample.
The example letters under each reason are drawn at random from all the distinct letters on that side coded as giving the reason. They are not chosen for quality or for which side they help. The first five shown are a fixed draw (made with a fixed starting number, so the same data always gives the same five). Press “Show another random 5” and your own browser picks a fresh five from the whole list, as often as you like. The examples are only as good as the coding: a letter may give a reason only in passing.
| Item | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Data as at | 30 Oct 2026 07:02 | The Council portal sync this page is based on. Council may publish late submissions; this page will be updated when it does. |
| Blind check | 40 | Random submissions re-coded by a second AI pass without seeing the first coding. |
| Blind check: side agreed | 40 of 40 | Object, support or no position. |
| Blind check: position agreed | 38 of 40 | Includes whether an objector supports a rebuild. |
| Near-identical letters | 40% match | Letters are treated as near-identical when at least 40% of their five-word sequences match. |
Limits: this is a summary of what letters say, not a poll. The letters were read and coded with the help of an AI tool, following written rules that were first tested and hand-checked on a 50-letter sample. The blind check was a second AI pass using the same rules, so it tests consistent reading rather than the rules themselves. People are matched by the name on the submission, so a name spelt two ways may count twice. No submitter is named on this page; every letter is public on Council’s portal.
Who prepared this. The group of Manly residents who run savemanlybeach.com. We object to the application, so we have shown both sides on the same terms, and every figure can be checked against the letters on Council’s portal. If you think something here is wrong, email contact [at] savemanlybeach [dot] com and we will check it and correct it.