Randwick City Council’s 20-year vision for local land use and its plan to manage growth and change was endorsed at last night’s Council meeting, Tuesday 25 February 2020.

The Local Strategic Planning Statement (LSPS) and Housing Strategy, also known as the Vision 2040 plan, sets out planning priorities and actions to guide and manage growth across the City over the next 20 years.

“The Vision 2040 plan ensures that the needs and wants of our community remain the guiding principles for the future of Randwick City,” explained Randwick Mayor Danny Said.

The Vision 2040 Plan was developed after extensive community feedback and includes diverse housing choice, increased tree canopy, sustainable development and diverse social infrastructure that will meet the community’s social and cultural needs.

Vision 2040 … at a glance

• More housing choice for families
• Small lot housing such as low-rise terraces and townhouses permitted in some parts of Coogee, Randwick Kingsford and north Maroubra
• Minimum lot sizes reduced from 400m² to 325m²
• New housing to have access to jobs, services and public transport
• New housing to be aligned around transport and other significant investment
• 10% of all new housing to be social and affordable housing
• Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Study
• Introduce new local character development provisions
• Arts & Cultural Strategy
• Recreational Needs & Open Space Study
• Integrated transport study
• Council to seek exclusion from the State Government Low Rise Medium Density Housing Code and other State Planning Policies on boarding houses and senior housing

Council will now submit the LSPS to the Greater Sydney Commission and the Housing Strategy to Department of Planning, Industry and Environment for endorsement. Once legislated, the LSPS will form a key part of Council’s integrated Planning and Reporting Framework and review of the Randwick Local Environmental Plan.