planning · Randwick City Council
12 Pitt Street height variation approved for Randwick apartment works
The Randwick Local Planning Panel unanimously approved alterations to the residential flat building after accepting a variation to the height standard in Clause 4.3 of the Randwick Local Environmental Plan 2012.
The Randwick Local Planning Panel has approved alterations and additions at 12 Pitt Street after accepting a request to vary the local building-height standard under Clause 4.3 of the Randwick Local Environmental Plan 2012.
The unanimous consent covers an existing residential flat building and includes demolition of an access ramp, balcony additions, privacy screens, new doors and windows, fencing and gate works, landscaping and changes to the existing strata subdivision.
The panel found that compliance with the height standard was unreasonable and unnecessary in the circumstances. It also found sufficient environmental planning grounds to justify the variation.
The works were approved under sections 4.16 and 4.17 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, subject to the conditions attached to the assessment report and amendments made by the panel.
Those amendments require the balcony and terrace edges to use bricks recycled from the building or matching bricks. Column faces must use recycled bricks or bricks matching the darker brick trim banding on the building’s principal elevation.
Details showing compliance with the brickwork requirements must be provided with the construction certificate. The panel said the conditions would help integrate the additions with the existing building and achieve an integrated presentation to the street.
In supporting the application, the panel said the proposal would provide for housing needs while enhancing the building’s aesthetic character and protecting the amenity of local residents. It also found the scale and design suitable for the site and compatible with the desired future character of the locality.
The approved height and the numerical extent of the variation are not specified in the available decision text.
The 12 Pitt Street application was one of four development applications determined by the panel on 8 October. The sitting also imposed parking, waste and student-accommodation conditions on a proposed 200-room co-living development at 153-157A Anzac Parade and 7 Addison Street, Kensington.
Reference minutes
Randwick City Council’s Randwick Local Planning Panel (Electronic) meeting on 8 October 2026 determined the application.
Key facts from the minutes
- The Randwick Local Planning Panel approved DA/702/2026 for alterations and additions at 12 Pitt Street, Randwick.
- The panel accepted a variation to the building-height development standard in Clause 4.3 of the Randwick Local Environmental Plan 2012.
- The works include balcony additions, privacy screens, new doors and windows, landscaping, fencing and changes to the strata subdivision.
- The panel required balcony and terrace edges and columns to use recycled or matching bricks.
- The brickwork details must be submitted with the construction certificate.
- The decision was carried unanimously.
- The available decision text does not specify the approved height or the numerical extent of the variation.
Why it matters
- The approval allows alterations at 12 Pitt Street to depart from the usual building-height standard. The panel also imposed brickwork requirements intended to integrate the balconies, terraces and columns with the existing building.