suburb/centre · 5 meetings
Rose Bay
Mentions
- Identified for housing growth and collaboration with Woollahra Council.
- Proposed tennis-centre lease at 550 New South Head Road.
- Area identified as facing cumulative traffic, groundwater, settlement and flooding concerns from multiple developments.
- Location of the refused development application.
- Potential paid parking and revised timed-parking restrictions will be consulted on.
- The school field will not receive the proposed Council-supported after-hours access arrangement at this stage.
Decisions
Rose Bay Secondary College public access agreement declined
Council decided not to enter a joint-use agreement for after-hours public access to the school playing field because of substantial financial and resource impacts. It will continue supporting the Department of Education’s Share Our Space program and advocacy for shared school facilities.
The school field will not receive the proposed Council-supported after-hours access arrangement at this stage.
Long-term tennis centre lease recommended for approval
The committee recommended that Council seek the Minister for Local Government’s consent for a proposed 10-year lease, with two further five-year options, over community land at 550 New South Head Road, Rose Bay, to Tennis Nation by Rod Fahey for tennis and permitted multisport use.
The proposal would establish a long-term commercial tennis-centre arrangement on Council community land, subject to ministerial consent.
Rose Bay development objection
Council resolved to object to the Minister for Planning and Public Spaces regarding approval of SSD-86122958 at 2-16 Spencer Street, Rose Bay. The motion raised concerns about traffic, parking, affordability, groundwater, settlement, flooding, basement excavation and the cumulative impact of other developments.
The approved nine-storey, 54-unit development and related cumulative impacts may affect traffic, parking, construction risks and surrounding properties in Rose Bay.
Development application refused at 78 Newcastle Street, Rose Bay
The Panel refused development consent to DA87/2026/1 for extinguishment of the existing strata plan and Torrens title subdivision into two lots. The refusal relied on the adopted reasons in Attachment 2. The recorded vote was 4–0 against the motion to approve/refuse wording is partially corrupted in the extract, but the final decision is clearly refusal.
The proposed two-lot subdivision will not proceed under this application, subject to any future review or amended application.
Rose Bay parking measures to proceed to community consultation
Council resolved to consult on paid parking at the Wilberforce Avenue and Ian Street car parks, with one hour free parking, and tighter timed parking around Rose Bay Centre: maximum one-hour parking within approximately 200 metres and two-hour parking within approximately 400 metres.
Residents, visitors and businesses may see changes to parking costs, time limits and parking turnover, but the measures are not yet final.
Topics
The Sydney Plan and housing growth
Council welcomed the August 2026 regional plan and noted Waverley’s five-year target of 2,400 homes to June 2029, a requirement for at least 30 years of feasible housing capacity, and directions for additional growth in Bondi Junction, Rose Bay, suburban areas, Bronte Road and Bondi Beach. Council also noted a 3,000-dwelling target in the Bondi Junction Master Plan.
Future planning controls, development capacity, housing supply, infrastructure and neighbourhood character may be affected. Officers must prepare a report on the implications and sequencing of the required work.
Residential subdivision refusal
DA87/2026/1 sought to extinguish an existing strata plan and Torrens title subdivision into two lots at 78 Newcastle Street, Rose Bay. The Panel refused consent after considering the site inspection, submissions, late correspondence and Council officers’ assessment report.
Residents near the site will not see the proposed subdivision proceed on the basis of this application.
Lyne Park Tennis Centre tender and community petition
A petition with 1,058 signatures asked Council to reject the Tennis Nation tender and negotiate with the existing operator. An amendment proposing negotiations with the existing operator was lost, and Council approved the Tennis Nation lease.
The decision changes management of a major Rose Bay recreational facility despite significant community petition support.