Waverley extends Bondi Junction plan exhibition to 10 July

Waverley Council has extended the public exhibition of the Bondi Junction Master Plan to 10 July 2026, after resolving to wait for 3D modelling and shadow diagrams to be produced. The council made the decision at its 16 June meeting at the Boot Factory in Spring Street, Bondi Junction.

The extension sits alongside a broader run of Bondi Junction business at the meeting. Nine members of the public addressed council on the Bondi Junction Vision and Master Plan, and councillors also dealt with a separate motion on public land valuation, governance and transparency.

That second Bondi Junction motion asked for a report on public land valuation, governance and transparency for the Bondi Junction Vision and Master Plan. It was initially lost, then carried on the Chair’s casting vote. Councillor Dominic Wy Kanak declared a less than significant non-pecuniary interest in the item because he is a customer of businesses in the area, and said he would not vote.

The minutes say the extra exhibition time was needed so the community could be properly informed before the precinct plan progresses. The master plan sits within a planning process that can affect height, density and the shape of development in the town centre.

The same meeting also dealt with a dual-occupancy planning proposal and a draft amendment to the Waverley Development Control Plan 2022. Council endorsed the proposal for construction and subdivision of dual occupancies on land zoned R2 Low Density Residential, forwarded it to the NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure for Gateway determination, and ordered it to be publicly exhibited once those conditions are met.

Councillors also approved submissions to the department on variations and changes to complying development, and on the Low-Rise Housing and Targeted Assessment discussion paper. Those matters sit alongside the Bondi Junction work as part of the council’s wider planning agenda.

The Bondi Junction exhibition extension is one of several consultation steps flagged in the meeting. Council asked officers to bring back a report after exhibition on the dual-occupancy proposal, and the Bondi Junction public land report will return as a separate item after the casting-vote decision.

For Bondi Junction residents, the key change is that the exhibition remains open for longer, with the modelling and shadow diagrams to be prepared before the consultation closes.