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Late finish leaves Waverley Council’s remaining business for November
Housing, school-capacity, local business and Bondi Junction planning proposals were deferred to 17 November during the 20 October meeting, which closed at 11.47pm.
Reporting from public council minutes. How this article was prepared
Proposals on housing, school capacity and payment costs were deferred to Waverley Council’s 17 November meeting after the Chair deferred all remaining items at 11.42pm on 20 October, citing the lateness of the hour, according to the unconfirmed minutes.
The deferred business included proposals to review protections for existing affordable and low-cost housing, assess whether 65 Ebley Street in Bondi Junction warrants further investigation as a possible vertical public high school site, and seek a report on card-payment costs for Council and local businesses.
Other matters sent to November included proposals concerning the Housing, Sustainability and Resilience, and Women’s Equity, Participation and Safety advisory committees; solar and battery upgrades for Council buildings; funding advocacy for the Bondi to Bronte Coastal Walk; streetscape photographs for development applications; restrictions on wearable recording devices; and a proposed digital media centre at the former Cinesound building, now Spotlight, at 65 Ebley Street. The Edgecliff-Woollahra rezoning submission was also deferred.
The delay followed a procedural motion carried at 11.31pm to extend the meeting to 11.45pm. The minutes record that proceedings had earlier been adjourned from 9.51pm to 9.55pm because of disorder during consideration of the Bondi Junction Vision and Master Plan. The meeting closed at 11.47pm.
The Master Plan was dealt with separately from the late deferral. The minutes record that Council carried an amended motion responding to 830 written submissions and 470 survey responses, directing further work on building heights, shadows, open space, transport, sustainability and affordable housing. Under the resolution, officers are due to report on the refinements and modelling in December, while a rescission motion is listed for 17 November. The amended plan is also to be put on public exhibition after the December consideration.
What deserves a closer look
The record distinguishes between items decided separately and proposals deferred to the November meeting.
The delayed items cover several policy areas, but the common source-supported consequence is that they were not determined on 20 October.
The Master Plan was not part of the remaining business deferred at 11.42pm; its amended resolution was recorded as carried and called for further reporting, modelling and public exhibition.
Questions for follow-up reporting
Will all of the deferred items be determined at the 17 November meeting, or will any be deferred again?
If Council adopts the proposed preliminary assessment of 65 Ebley Street, what recommendations would officers make about further investigation of a possible public high school site?
What financial effects would the proposed card-payment report identify for Council and local businesses?
What happens next
Council is scheduled to consider the deferred proposals at its 17 November 2026 meeting; their proposed actions have not been adopted through these deferred items.
Under the recorded Master Plan resolution, officers are to report in December 2026 on how the refinements have been incorporated and on detailed modelling.
The Bondi Junction Master Plan rescission motion is scheduled for consideration on 17 November 2026.
Check the record
These passages were matched to the source text. Read them in context in the original minutes.
The Chair deferred all remaining items at 11.42pm to the 17 November 2026 meeting because of the lateness of the hour.
Minutes of Council Meeting 20 October 2026 This is page 2 of the minutes of the Council meeting held on 20 October 2026 At 11.42 pm, following the consideration of urgent business, and due to the lateness of the hour, the Chair deferred all remaining items to the Council meeting on 17 November 2026.
Minutes, page 2
Open original minutes ↗A procedural motion to extend the meeting to 11.45pm was declared carried at 11.31pm.
At 11.31 pm, during the consideration of item CM/7.8/26.10, a procedural motion to extend the meeting to 11.45 pm, moved by Cr Frazer and seconded by Cr Spicer, was put and declared carried.
Minutes, page 1
Open original minutes ↗The meeting is recorded as closing at 11.47pm.
13. Meeting Closure THE MEETING CLOSED AT 11.47 PM. ............................................................. SIGNED AND CONFIRMED MAYOR 17 NOVEMBER 2026
Meeting Closure, page 37
Open original minutes ↗The dwelling-density and affordable-housing item was deferred to 17 November 2026; its motion proposes revisiting work on protections for existing affordable and low-cost dwellings.
N Soloman (on behalf of Larcombe and Solomon Architects), K Lunoe, K Ruddock, G Vaughan and G Holloway (on behalf of A McLaughlin) addressed the meeting. CM/6.3/26.10 Retaining Dwelling Density and Protections for Existing Affordable Housing (PP-3/2023) The item was deferred by the Chair to the Council meeting on 17 November 2026. MOTION That Council: 1. Revisits previous Council work into retaining dwelling density in well-located areas and strengthening protections for existing affordable and inherently low-cost dwellings, noting that these types of dwellings help to maintain local population diversity (including essential workers, young people, aging populations), community resilience and social cohesion.
CM/6.3/26.10
Open original minutes ↗The Vertical Public High School in Bondi Junction item was deferred to 17 November 2026.
THE MOTION WAS PUT AND DECLARED LOST. CM/8.2/26.10 Vertical Public High School in Bondi Junction (A14/0170) The item was deferred by the Chair to the Council meeting on 17 November 2026.
CM/8.2/26.10
Open original minutes ↗The proposed preliminary assessment would examine whether 65 Ebley Street warrants further investigation as a future public high school site, including whether a vertical school model could be feasible.
Officers, in considering the future use of 65 Ebley Street, prepare a preliminary assessment of whether 65 Ebley Street warrants further investigation as a potential future public high school site, in consultation, where possible, with the NSW Department of Education and School Infrastructure NSW (such as by providing relevant site and planning information), including: (a) Whether a vertical school model could be feasible.
CM/8.2/26.10, proposed clause 5
Open original minutes ↗The Housing Advisory Committee terms-of-reference and councillor-appointments item was deferred to 17 November 2026.
CM/7.9/26.10 Housing Advisory Committee - Terms of Reference and Councillor Appointments (A10/0353) The item was deferred by the Chair to the Council meeting on 17 November 2026. MOTION That Council: 1.
CM/7.9/26.10
Open original minutes ↗The Sustainability and Resilience Advisory Committee terms-of-reference and councillor-appointments item was deferred to 17 November 2026.
CM/7.10/26.10 Sustainability and Resilience Advisory Committee - Terms of Reference and Councillor Appointments (A26/1203) The item was deferred by the Chair to the Council meeting on 17 November 2026.
CM/7.10/26.10
Open original minutes ↗Source record
Reporting based on the supplied, unconfirmed minutes of Waverley Council’s meeting held on 20 October 2026.
Key facts from the minutes
- The unconfirmed minutes record that all remaining items were deferred at 11.42pm to the 17 November 2026 Council meeting because of the lateness of the hour.
- The meeting is recorded as closing at 11.47pm after a motion to extend proceedings to 11.45pm had been carried at 11.31pm.
- Deferred proposals concerned housing density, a possible vertical public high school, a digital media centre, card-surcharge impacts and several advisory committees.
- The Bondi Junction Vision and Master Plan amended motion was recorded as carried separately, with further officer reporting due in December and a rescission motion listed for 17 November.
Why it matters
- Several proposals affecting Bondi Junction planning, housing, school capacity, local businesses and Council facilities were not determined on 20 October and are scheduled for consideration at the 17 November meeting.