Randwick Local Planning Panel (Electronic) - 8 Oct 2026

Topics

• Kensington student accommodation must solve waste collection onsite
  The Panel rejected collection from Addison Street and required the student-accommodation proposal to prove that waste vehicles and bins can be managed wholly onsite.
  The requirement could reduce bin presentation and waste-vehicle conflicts in the public domain, while placing new design and operational obligations on the developer.
• Kensington project locked to student accommodation with new ground-floor commercial space
  The Panel required the development to be used only for student accommodation while removing the ground-floor co-living gymnasium and manager’s room for retail, commercial and/or business use.
  The condition defines the building’s future resident population and may change activity, services and foot traffic at ground level.
• Kensington development adds e-bike charging and expanded cycle parking requirements
  The amended plans must provide 37 bicycle and e-bike spaces, including at least three charging points, alongside 19 motorcycle spaces.
  The requirement affects how residents and visitors access the proposed student accommodation and signals stronger micromobility provision in a major development.

Decisions

• 12 Pitt Street, Randwick development application
  The Panel accepted the applicant’s request to vary the Randwick Local Environmental Plan 2012 building-height standard, finding compliance unreasonable and unnecessary and identifying sufficient environmental planning grounds for the variation. The resolution text provided is incomplete, so the full conditions and outcome are not available in the extract.
  The decision may allow a building-height variation at 12 Pitt Street; the extract does not provide the approved height or detailed impacts.
• 153-157A Anzac Parade and 7 Addison Street, Kensington
  The Panel required amended plans and operational conditions for the development, including at least 19 motorcycle spaces, 37 bicycle and e-bike spaces with at least three charging points, an acceptable wholly onsite waste-collection arrangement, specified bin capacity and revised ground-floor uses. The development must be used only for student accommodation under proposed condition 135A.
  The conditions affect parking, waste movements, building use, ground-floor commercial space and the operation of the student accommodation development. Waste collection from Addison Street and bin presentation in the public domain are not supported.
• 48-60 Belmore Road, Randwick development application
  The Panel determined the application with conditions addressing heritage conservation, acoustic performance, mechanical ventilation and operational requirements. The extract records the decision as carried unanimously but does not state the full resolution wording.
  The conditions are intended to manage heritage and amenity impacts for nearby residents and adjoining properties.
• 4 Mears Avenue, Randwick development application
  The Panel imposed heritage-protection conditions requiring the retained fireplace and adjacent false walls to align with the chimney breast and prohibiting solid-fuel burning in the retained fireplace. The decision was carried unanimously.
  The conditions protect heritage fabric and prevent potential smoke, fire and amenity impacts from solid-fuel use.

Discussion

• Onsite waste collection and bin storage
  The Kensington development must demonstrate how bins move between storage and collection areas, how vehicles enter, manoeuvre and exit, and how collection occurs wholly onsite. The loading bay must accommodate an 8.8-metre MRV vehicle or an alternative arrangement must be supported by an amended Operational Waste Management Plan and swept-path analysis.
  Residents are less likely to experience bins placed on Addison Street or in other public areas, subject to Council’s satisfaction with the final arrangement.
• Student accommodation conditions
  The Kensington development is to be used only for student accommodation. The amended plans must provide specified parking, waste capacity and operational arrangements, and convert the ground-floor co-living gymnasium and manager’s room into retail, commercial and/or business space.
  The decision sets the permitted use and may change the building’s ground-floor activity, parking demand and waste arrangements.
• Heritage and amenity controls
  The Panel recorded conditions relating to heritage conservation, acoustic performance and mechanical ventilation at 48-60 Belmore Road, and specific fireplace protection at 4 Mears Avenue.
  Nearby properties may benefit from controls on building character, noise, ventilation and alteration of heritage features.

Impacts

• The Kensington proposal must provide at least 37 bicycle and e-bike spaces, including three e-bike charging points, and 19 motorcycle spaces.
• Waste bins for the co-living component must be stored and collected through an approved onsite arrangement; collection from Addison Street and bin presentation in the public domain are not supported.
• The Kensington development must operate only as student accommodation, with ground-floor space converted to retail, commercial and/or business use.
• Heritage conditions apply to 48-60 Belmore Road and 4 Mears Avenue, including a ban on solid-fuel burning in the retained fireplace at 4 Mears Avenue.

Places

• 12 Pitt Street, Randwick (development site)
  Development application involving a variation to the building-height standard.
• 153-157A Anzac Parade, Kensington (development site)
  Student accommodation development with parking, waste, ground-floor-use and onsite collection conditions.
• 7 Addison Street, Kensington (road and development site)
  The development must not rely on waste collection from Addison Street or present bins in the public domain.
• 48-60 Belmore Road, Randwick (development site)
  Development application with heritage, acoustic, ventilation and operational conditions.
• 4 Mears Avenue, Randwick (development site)
  Development application with conditions protecting a retained fireplace and chimney-breast enclosure.

Next

• Submit amended architectural plans, documentation and waste-management material for the Kensington development to Council’s satisfaction.
  Before the relevant construction certificate, as specified in the conditions.
• Provide swept-path analysis and demonstrate either MRV access to the loading bay or an acceptable alternative onsite waste-collection arrangement.
  Before the relevant construction certificate and before operation, subject to the applicable consent conditions.
• Implement the approved student-accommodation use, parking, bin capacity and ground-floor amendments at the Kensington site.
  As required by the development consent and operational conditions.
• Provide construction-certificate details for the fireplace enclosure at 4 Mears Avenue and ensure the retained fireplace is not used for solid-fuel burning.
  Construction-certificate stage for the enclosure; ongoing prohibition for fireplace use.

Extract

This is of the Minutes of the Randwick Local Planning Panel (Electronic) meeting held on 8 October 2026 MINUTES OF RANDWICK LOCAL PLANNING PANEL (ELECTRONIC) MEETING HELD ON THURSDAY, 8 OCTOBER 2026 Present: Chairperson: Sue Francis Expert Members: Stephen Alchin & Stephen Davies Community Representatives: Heather Cappie-Wood Council Officers present: Manager Development Assessment Mr F Ko Coordinator Fast Track Mr M Rivera Coordinator Major Assessments Mr F Macri Declarations of Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary Interests A) Nil The Panel deliberated and voted on each matter via an electronic meeting. The resolutions, reasons and voting outcomes for each item on the agenda are detailed below: Ge...