Unburnt wildlife refuge to be sacrificed for homes

A NSW South Coast community has fought for years to block the proposed housing development. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

The NSW government is under pressure to reconsider a housing development that will flatten a wildlife refuge that was spared in the Black Summer bushfires.

Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has just approved a 153-home estate that will clear most of a mature forest on the NSW South Coast.