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Kensington

2 decisions2 topicsUpdated 21 May 2026

Mentions

  • Location of DA/1198/2025 at 1 Roma Avenue
  • Included in the motion on protecting residential and retail space along the Anzac Parade corridor.
  • Bowral Street VPA and broader co-living planning settings
  • Affects nearby residents in Kensington through privacy, landscaping, drainage, access and construction controls for a major residential development.
  • Affects planning outcomes and local public domain delivery in Kensington.
  • These changes affect drainage, runoff, access arrangements and the built form of the Kensington site.

Decisions

DA/1198/2025 approved - 1 Roma Avenue, Kensington

The panel supported the application for a part two and part three storey residential dwelling ancillary to the Sacred Heart Monastery, subject to amended conditions. Changes included stronger privacy screening, revised window treatment, no works on Council land without a formal civil works application, permeability and drainage-related changes, deletion of certain terrace/retaining wall works, clarification of room uses, and approval of landscape documentation by Council.

Affects nearby residents in Kensington through privacy, landscaping, drainage, access and construction controls for a major residential development.

Voluntary Planning Agreement for 6-10 Bowral Street, Kensington

Council agreed to enter into the VPA, authorised minor drafting changes, and received an update on delivery of public domain and open space works linked to the development.

Affects planning outcomes and local public domain delivery in Kensington.

Topics

Civil works, permeability and drainage amendments

The panel required no works on Council land without a formal civil works application, changed hardstand paving to deep soil or permeable paving, and required relocation of tanks and deletion of some terrace/retaining wall works to improve permeability.

These changes affect drainage, runoff, access arrangements and the built form of the Kensington site.

Development contributions applied to Kensington proposal

Condition 5 was amended to require a Section 7.12 levy based on a development cost of $6,834,826, with a levy of $68,348.25 payable before a construction certificate is issued.

Shows the development’s financial contribution to local infrastructure, which can support services in the area.

Meetings

Randwick Local Planning Panel (Electronic) - 21 May 2026

The panel approved two development applications in Kensington and South Coogee, with significant condition amendments covering privacy, landscaping, civil works, land permeability and development contributions.

Ordinary Council - 24 Mar 2026

Council approved a mix of community donations, cycleway consultation steps, greening actions, a heritage investigation for 5 Dutruc Street, and several resident-focused motions on stormwater, affordable housing amenity, and a temporary Men’s Shed site.

Ordinary Council - 24 Feb 2026

Council approved a mix of donations, advocacy positions, planning controls, infrastructure works and service changes, with the most notable items covering co-living/student housing, battery disposal, shared e-bikes, bridge renewal and responses to hate-based intimidation and the Bondi terror attack.