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FOKE
Friends of Ku-ring-gai Environment
Welcome to FOKE
Friends of Ku-ring-gai Environment is a community group dedicated to the conservation and protection of Ku-ring-gai’s built and natural environment. On behalf of residents we work for the maintenance of Ku-ring-gai’s built and natural heritage and the enhancement of its existing character and amenity.
Don’t sell Hillview
Protect Ku-ring-gai’s heritage — say NO to selling Hillview Hillview is too significant to lose. For generations, Ku-ring-gai residents have valued and fought to protect Hillview and its remarkable heritage.
Community angry
Over 100 residents expressed their concern, indeed anger, at the Extraordinary Meeting motion on Monday 21 September 2026.
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19-25 College Street, St Ives – SSD 98363228
Montefiore Seniors Housing 19-25 College Crescent & 15-19 Link Road, St Ives - READ FOKE's SUBMISSION
Important dates
Time to register Iconic trees in your area of Ku-ring-gai!
If you want to protect the trees important to you, now is the time.
Ku-ring-gai Council is establishing an Iconic Tree register to help conserve our important trees.
The be eligible, a tree must be:
- Over 5 metres tall, or
- Have a trunk more than 15 cm wide at ground level
The trees are assessed on four key criteria:
- Contributing to the landscape character of your area, such as its prominence and canopy spread
- Its age and maturity. Older, mature trees are important to our history
- Social value, such as historical, community or cultural significance
- Rarity, distinctiveness and biodiversity value. Is it unusual or distinctive or provides exceptional habitat for wildlife?
The determining Panel will assess the trees based on these criteria with 20 trees to be recommended for inclusion each round.
The more information you can provide the better the chances that your recommendations will be registered as an Iconic Tree.
See here for more information on how to apply.
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Friends of Kuringgai Environment
(opens in a new tab)FOKE is a community group with a focus across the Ku-ring-gai area, defending our natural heritage and opposing inappropriate overdevelopment.
The Hon Rachel Merton MLC is recorded as stating what every State MP should be saying regarding Labor's high density housing policies..... (see her quote below).The abuse of the ‘State Significant Development’ power by the Minns Labor Government for the building of high-end luxury apartments is a disgrace. My opinion piece in today’s Daily Telegraph.Community consultation has become a farce as local communities and democratically-elected Councils are swept aside as Labor imposes its high-density, overdevelopment agenda. SSDs have become the bulldozer for developers to fast track residential developments with as little consultation and community oversight as possible. The flimsy excuse that SSDs were about more “affordable housing” has furthermore been exposed as a sham to justify a reduction in transparency.The SSD definitions need to be urgently tightened for residential projects so only developments with clear and demonstrable Statewide importance qualify. #Planning #Sydney #Overdevelopment #auspol #nswpol See lessT
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www.foke.org.au/foke-e-news-july-News-2/FOKE's July eNews
www.foke.org.au/fokes-presidents-report-2-2/FOKE's AGM 2026 President's Report now posted on website.
Please sign this important petition by a Ku-ring-gai resident.
www.change.org
Stop overdevelopment in a Heritage Conservation Area and Environmental Damage
petitions.getup.org.au/petitions/protect-wolseley-road-lindfield-from-over-development?source=raw...Please sign and share. Wolseley Road Lindfield is now under real threat from overdevelopment with two multi-unit multi-storey developments.
Protect Wolseley Road, Lindfield from over development - deadline Aug 13th
petitions.getup.org.au
The residents of Lindfield deserve to protect the very beauty and historical significance their area symbolises for their community.