Randwick Junction Town Centre
Current view looking south down Belmore Road, the main street of the town centre
Randwick Junction Town Centre Strategy
The Randwick Junction Town Centre (RJTC) Strategy was endorsed by Council in August 2020 and has guided the preparation of the RJTC Urban Design Report and the RJTC Planning Proposal. The planning review has been informed by stakeholder consultation with businesses, institutions, and schools, and feedback received directly via the project webpage from the broader community. The consultation informed the preparation of the RJTC Review Issues Paper and the RJTC Strategy. The Strategy identified public benefits including improvements to the town centre’s public domain, promoted key laneway activation, and identified sustainable strategies for environmental conservation and design.
A copy of the RJTC Strategy (2020) can be found here.
Randwick Junction Town Centre Urban Design Report
The Urban Design Report describes Council’s strategic planning and urban design approach for the town centre for the next 15-20 years. The report identifies the most appropriate built form response to the town centre’s valued heritage significance and ‘fine grain’ scale, and to the changing context of new public transport infrastructure, new health facilities currently under construction, and the expected population and employment growth. The report was informed by specialist consultant input, including expertise in heritage, financial viability, traffic and transport, and flooding, and provides the urban planning justification in support of the RJTC Planning Proposal.
Draft Randwick Junction Town Centre Planning Proposal - Post Gateway (June 2025)
The draft Planning Proposal received Gateway Determination, with conditions, from the Minister for Planning on the 16 February 2025. The Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure (DPHI) has requested several changes to the planning proposal before it can proceed to the community consultation stage. To address the Gateway Determination conditions, Council undertook a review of the 3D built form modelling to determine the potential for additional uplift in the RJTC. The post gateway planning proposal changes have been informed by revised technical studies including built form and urban design modelling, heritage conservation, development feasibility, flooding and contamination studies.
The proposed changes include revised heights and FSRs, revised affordable housing rates, removal of three sites from the zone boundary adjustments, removal of active street frontage provision from secondary streets and laneways, and removal of the proposed competition requirement from the design excellence provisions.
Ordinary Council Meeting - Tuesday 17 June 2025
The draft Randwick Junction Planning Proposal will be considered at the 17 June Ordinary Meeting, with a recommendation that it be placed on public exhibition. Following the six week exhibition period, a report detailing the results of the community consultation will be returned to Council for consideration. You can view the 2025 draft Randwick Junction Planning Proposal (Post Gateway) report tabled at the June 2025 Council Business paper here.
The draft Planning Proposal and supporting documents can be viewed via the links below:
Randwick Junction Planning Proposal 2025 Post Gateway
Appendix A
Attachment 1_Randwick Junction Town Centre Strategy 2020
Attachment 2_Randwick Junction Town Centre Urban Design Report 2023
Attachment 3_Randwick Junction Heritage Conservation Review 2015
Attachment 4_Heritage Assessment Randwick Junction Town Centre 2023
Attachment 5_Draft Randwick Junction Town Centre Affordable Housing Plan
Attachment 6_RJTC Planning Proposal Flooding Assessment_Draft
Attachment 7_Randwick Junction Draft Contamination Study
Appendix B
Attachment 1_Boundary Extension Datasheets 2025
Attachment 2_Contributory buildings - no change
Appendix C
Attachment 1_Existing and Proposed Zoning Map 2025
Attachment 2_Existing and Proposed Floor Space Ratio 2025
Attachment 3_Existing and Proposed Height of Building Map 2025
Attachment 4_Heritage Map 2025
Attachment 5_Proposed Special Provisions Map (Affordable Housing) 2025
Attachment 6_Proposed Active Frontages Map 2025
Attachment 7_Proposed Minimum Non Residential FSR Map 2025
Attachment 8_Existing and proposed FSR Short Street Anomaly 2025
Attachment 9_Existing and proposed HOB Short Street Anomaly 2025
Attachment-10_Existing-and-proposed-RE1-Zoning-Waratah-Plaza-2025
Appendix D
Attachment 1_Randwick Junction Planning Strategy consultation outcomes
Timeline
The following is an indicative timeline for the implementation of the various stages of the RJTC Planning Proposal:
Previous Planning Proposal
Randwick Junction Town Centre Planning Proposal (2023)
The Planning Proposal explains and outlines amendments to the Randwick LEP 2012 planning controls that apply to the town centre including the rezoning of specific sites at the periphery of the town centre to encourage laneway activity and to rationalise the business zone, to increase the density (FSR) and permitted building height for certain properties in the town centre to encourage renewal and heritage restoration, to introduce a new minimum non-residential FSR requirement to preserve employment in the town centre, and requirements for active frontages for the main streets and laneways of the town centre, to ensure street vibrancy, liveliness and pedestrian safety.
A range of public benefits or place-based outcomes have been identified as part of the planning review including the provision of affordable housing, pedestrian through-site links, new plazas, the widening of footpaths, the redevelopment of detracting buildings (identified by the Heritage Assessment) and the restoration of heritage and contributory buildings.
You can view the Planning Proposal report and supporting documents tabled at the May 2023 Council Business paper here.