Coogee serviced-apartment project faces management-plan hurdle before occupation

The Randwick Local Planning Panel granted deferred commencement consent for alterations at 161-167 Dolphin Street, but an updated plan covering noise, complaints, security and patron capacity must be approved before the development is occupied or used.

Council: Randwick City Council

Meeting: 10 Sep 2026

Recorded status: approved


BRIEF

The Randwick Local Planning Panel granted deferred commencement consent for serviced-apartment alterations at 161-167 Dolphin Street, Coogee. An updated plan of management must be approved before occupation or use, with measures covering noise, nearby residents’ amenity, complaints, anti-social behaviour, alcohol service, security and authorised patron capacity. The resolution was carried unanimously.


KEY FACTS

- The panel granted deferred commencement consent for DA/665/2026 at 161-167 Dolphin Street, Coogee, on 10 September 2026.

- The approved works include serviced-apartment alterations, communal-facility and roof-terrace upgrades, lift and plant changes, facade works and two ground-level signage zones.

- The panel accepted variations to the Height of Buildings and Floor Space Ratio standards in Randwick Local Environmental Plan 2012.

- An updated plan of management must be approved by Council’s Manager of Development Assessment before occupation or use.

- The plan must cover noise, residents’ amenity, complaints, anti-social behaviour, alcohol service, security, surveillance and authorised patron capacity.

- The resolution was recorded as carried unanimously.


ANALYSIS OF THE RECORD

- The minutes confirm the consent and the pre-occupation or pre-use management-plan condition, but do not record whether the plan has since been submitted or approved.

- The deferred commencement consent is also subject to the deferred commencement and standard conditions attached to the assessment report.


QUESTIONS FOR FOLLOW-UP REPORTING

- Has the updated plan of management been submitted to and approved by Council's Manager of Development Assessment?

- What authorised patron capacity applies under the consent?

- When, if at all, will occupation or use under the deferred commencement consent begin?


RECORDED NEXT STEPS

- The applicant must comply with the deferred commencement and standard consent conditions attached to the assessment report.

- An updated plan of management must be submitted to and approved by Council's Manager of Development Assessment before occupation or use.


SOURCE PASSAGES

The panel granted deferred commencement consent for alterations and additions to the serviced-apartment building at 161-167 Dolphin Street, Coogee, subject to deferred commencement and standard conditions and an amendment to Condition 15. The approved works include roof-terrace, communal-lounge, lift, plant, facade, roof-finish and signage changes.
"and • There are sufficient environmental planning grounds to justify the contravention of the relevant development standard. B. That the RLPP determines to grant "Deferred Commencement" consent under Section 4.16(3) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, as amended, to Development Application No. DA/665/2026 for Alterations and additions to existing building comprising serviced apartments, including demolition of internal walls and reconfiguration of ground floor and associated services, upgrade of the existing roof terrace at Level 6 to provide BBQ facilities and seating area under new canopy, facilitate an additional communal lounge in addition to an internal communal kitchen and toilet, upgrade of lift and provision of new lift platform, relocation of existing plant to the upper roof plant deck, new lift throughout the building, upgrades to the facades and roof floor finishes including 2x signage zones at the ground level, and other associated works, at No. 161-167 Dolphin Street, Coogee, subject to the deferred commencement and standard conditions attached to the assessment report, and subject to amendment of condition 15 Updated Plan of Management as set out below." (D64/26)

The panel was satisfied that the applicant's written requests to vary the Height of Buildings and Floor Space Ratio standards in the Randwick Local Environmental Plan 2012 demonstrated that compliance was unnecessary and unreasonable and that sufficient environmental planning grounds justified the contraventions.
"That the RLPP is satisfied that the applicant's written requests to vary the development standards relating to Height of Buildings and Floor Space Ratio in Clauses 4.3 and 4.4 of Randwick Local Environmental Plan 2012 have demonstrated that: • Compliance with the relevant development standard is unnecessary and unreasonable in the circumstances of the case; and • There are sufficient environmental planning grounds to justify the contravention of the relevant development standard. B. That the RLPP determines to grant "Deferred Commencement" consent under Section 4.16(3) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, as amended, to Development Application No." (D64/26)

Condition 15 requires an updated plan of management to be submitted to and approved by Council's Manager of Development Assessment before occupation or use, with measures covering noise, amenity, anti-social behaviour, complaints, alcohol service, security, surveillance and patron capacity.
"The Panel supports the application for the reasons given in the assessment report, subject to Condition 15 being amended as follows: 15. Updated Plan of Management An updated plan of management shall be submitted to and approved by Council's Manager of Development Assessment prior to occupation or use of the development, which details the measures to be implemented to: • ensure compliance with the relevant conditions of development consent and relevant approved acoustic reports. • ensure compliance with relevant noise criteria and minimise noise emissions and associated nuisances, • minimise the potential environmental and amenity impacts upon nearby residents, • effectively minimise and manage anti-social behaviour, • effectively manage and respond to resident complaints, • ensure responsible service of alcohol and harm minimisation, • provision of adequate security and surveillance, • ensure that the maximum number of patrons does not exceed the authorised capacity, in accordance with Council's consent Condition Reason: To protect the acoustic amenity of surrounding residents and minimise potential noise impacts associated" (Condition 15)


SOURCES

https://randwick.infocouncil.biz/RedirectToDoc.aspx?URL=Open/2026/09/PPE_10092026_MIN_4288_AT.PDF

https://minutesradar.com/news/randwick-infocouncil-randwick-local-planning-panel-electronic-10-sep-2026-10-sep-2026-minutes-coogee-serviced-apartment-project-faces-noise-8020454d57/


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