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Randwick councillors reject bid to extend paid parking feedback deadline
A motion to push the community consultation end date for the beach visitor paid parking proposal out to 30 April was defeated 8 votes to 7 at an extraordinary council meeting.
Randwick City councillors have voted down a bid to extend the public feedback period for the council's paid parking consultation, leaving the current timetable in place.
At an extraordinary meeting on 14 April, councillors considered a notice of motion seeking to extend community consultation on paid parking to 5pm on 30 April 2026. The motion was lost after a recorded division, with seven councillors voting for it and eight against, the public minutes show.
The vote means residents did not get an extended deadline through this motion. The meeting minutes do not record any alternative change to the consultation period, so the existing schedule remains in effect following the meeting.
The same meeting also included an update on the scale of consultation for the Beach Visitor parking scheme. In a response to a question with notice, council said that as at 9 April it had received 7,041 online surveys and about 3,500 paper surveys, and that the process was on track to become the largest community engagement exercise it had undertaken.
Council's update said the program had included a mailout to 53,760 households, a representative telephone survey of 600 residents, visitor intercept surveys, and pop-up information sessions at Coogee Beach and Maroubra Beach. Staff had also attended or scheduled meetings involving precincts and local groups in places including Clovelly, Coogee, Maroubra, Randwick and Bays & Beaches.
For residents, the practical change from this meeting is limited but clear. The consultation on the paid parking proposal continues, but without the later closing date sought in the failed motion.
Next steps set out in the meeting material were for consultation to continue under the existing timetable, with council continuing to collect responses and proceed with planned precinct and stakeholder meetings in mid-April.
Reference minutes
Based on Randwick City Council's public minutes for the Extra Ordinary Council meeting held on 14 April 2026.
Key facts from the minutes
- A notice of motion sought to extend the paid parking community consultation to 5pm on 30 April 2026.
- The motion was lost after a recorded division, with 7 votes for and 8 against.
- The meeting was an extraordinary council meeting held on 14 April 2026.
- Council said that as at 9 April 2026 it had received 7,041 online surveys and about 3,500 paper surveys on the Visitor Pay Parking Community Consultation.
- The consultation update said 53,760 letters had been mailed to residential properties as part of the engagement program.
- The update listed pop-up sessions at Coogee Beach and Maroubra Beach and meetings involving precincts and local groups in Clovelly, Coogee, Maroubra, Randwick and Bays & Beaches.
Why it matters
- Residents who wanted more time to comment on the paid parking proposal did not get an extension at this meeting, while the consultation itself remains active and has already drawn a large response across Randwick.