Housing & planning · Waverley Council
Waverley defers submission on Edgecliff-Woollahra rezoning
A proposed submission on the Edgecliff-Woollahra Precinct rezoning was held over after the council deferred remaining business to 17 November.
Reporting from public council minutes. How this article was prepared
Waverley Council deferred consideration of a submission on the Edgecliff-Woollahra Precinct State-Led Rezoning Proposal, according to unconfirmed minutes of its 20 October meeting.
The submission was listed as item CM/7.13/26.10. The proposed motion said the council would approve a submission to the NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure, but the item was deferred rather than decided.
The minutes record the Chair’s decision at 11.42pm to defer all remaining business because of the lateness of the hour. The item was deferred to the council meeting on 17 November 2026.
The minutes do not set out the submission’s detailed arguments or the planning changes it supports. They also do not establish any specific effects of the rezoning proposal on Bondi Junction, transport, infrastructure or housing.
The proposed submission therefore remains undecided in the record of the 20 October meeting.
What deserves a closer look
The item's recorded motion states the proposed action, while the minutes separately record that the item was deferred. The supplied record therefore does not establish that the submission was adopted at this meeting.
The supplied minutes do not state the submission's detailed planning position or identify specific impacts of the rezoning proposal on Bondi Junction, transport, infrastructure or housing.
The description of Woollahra as immediately adjacent to Waverley appears in a proposed amendment at P61 that was declared lost at P62. It has been removed as an asserted council finding and as support for the article's geographic claims.
Questions for follow-up reporting
What position does the attached submission take on the Edgecliff-Woollahra rezoning proposal?
Will councillors approve, amend or reject the proposed submission at the 17 November meeting?
What happens next
The item was deferred for consideration at the council meeting on 17 November 2026; the supplied record does not establish the outcome of that future consideration.
Check the record
These passages were matched to the source text. Read them in context in the original minutes.
The record identifies the meeting as Waverley Council's meeting held on 20 October 2026.
Minutes of Council Meeting 20 October 2026 This is page 1 of the minutes of the Council meeting held on 20 October 2026 MINUTES OF THE WAVERLEY COUNCIL MEETING HELD AT THE BOOT FACTORY, SPRING STREET, BONDI JUNCTION ON TUESDAY, 20 OCTOBER 2026 Present: Councillor Steven Lewis (Mayor) (Chair) Hunter Ward Councillor Keri Spooner (Deputy Mayor) Waverley Ward Councillor Ludovico Fabiano Waverley Ward Councillor Dov Frazer Hunter Ward Councillor Paula Masselos Lawson Ward Councillor Margaret Merten Bondi Ward Councillor Will Nemesh Hunter Ward Councillor Joshua Spicer Waverley Ward Councillor Michelle Stephenson Bondi Ward Councillor Lauren Townsend
Meeting title and opening
Open original minutes ↗The Edgecliff-Woollahra Precinct State-Led Rezoning Proposal submission, item CM/7.13/26.10, was deferred by the Chair to the 17 November 2026 council meeting.
3. Officers prepare a report to Council on the outcome. CM/7.13/26.10 Edgecliff-Woollahra Precinct State-Led Rezoning Proposal - Submission (A12/0147) The item was deferred by the Chair to the Council meeting on 17 November 2026.
CM/7.13/26.10
Open original minutes ↗The motion recorded for the item proposed approving the submission attached to the report to the NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure on the Edgecliff-Woollahra Precinct State-Led Rezoning Proposal.
MOTION That Council approves the submission to the NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure attached to the report (Attachment 1) on the Edgecliff-Woollahra Precinct State-Led Rezoning Proposal.
CM/7.13/26.10 — proposed motion
Open original minutes ↗The minutes record that at 11.42pm, because of the lateness of the hour, the Chair deferred all remaining items to the 17 November 2026 council meeting.
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.
Meeting proceedings
Open original minutes ↗Source record
Reporting from Waverley Council’s unconfirmed minutes for the council meeting held on 20 October 2026, reviewed 26 October 2026.
Key facts from the minutes
- The Edgecliff-Woollahra rezoning submission was item CM/7.13/26.10 at the 20 October 2026 Waverley Council meeting.
- The item was deferred to the 17 November 2026 council meeting.
- The proposed motion would approve a submission to the NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure.
- The minutes do not record a final vote on the rezoning submission at the 20 October meeting.
Why it matters
- The deferral leaves the proposed submission undecided at the 20 October meeting, while the supplied minutes do not disclose its detailed planning position.