UNDA Development · Waverley, NSW · data to May 2026
Waverley, decision by decision.
Every development application on Waverley Council's register since 2002, and every Local Planning Panel decision since 2017, read and summarised. This is what the public record shows across the eastern suburbs, and one recent decision in full.
Precedent, not prediction.
Bondi Junction · seven new dwellings
Every decision, in plain English
Pages of resolution and conditions. Five lines you can use.
Each Panel decision comes with an officer's report, a resolution and dozens of conditions. UNDA reads them with AI and writes each one up the same way: what was asked, what was decided, why, and the conditions attached. Every summary links back to the source.
The Panel's resolution · minutes, 22 Apr 2026DA-578/2025
RESOLUTION: The Waverley Local Planning Panel, exercising the functions of Council as consent authority, is satisfied that the matters required to be addressed under clause 4.6(3) of Waverley LEP 2012 have been demonstrated and that consent may be granted to the development application that contravenes the floor space ratio development standard … as: (a) compliance with the development standard is unreasonable or unnecessary in the circumstances, and (b) there are sufficient environmental planning grounds to justify the contravention …
The Panel approves the development application in accordance with the recommendations in the Planning Officer's report, subject to the following conditions to be included or modified:
4. Arborist site supervision and reporting (a) A qualified Arborist (minimum AQF Level 5) must oversee various stages of work within the Tree Protection Zone(s) … (b) The Arborist must undertake monthly inspections …
7. AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONTRIBUTION … The contribution of $1,816,271.10 payable for the provision of affordable housing shall be paid in one complete payment to Waverley Council prior to the issue of any Occupation Certificate …
For the RESOLUTION: 4 · Against the RESOLUTION: Nil
UNDA summaryDA-578/2025
Seven new dwellings in place of a decommissioned Telstra building in Bondi Junction, above the floor space standard: approved, 4–0.
Summaries are written by AI from the public record and link to their source. Names of property owners, applicants and objectors are never shown. Data to May 2026.
The Local Planning Panel
How 853 panel decisions ended.
Every Waverley Local Planning Panel decision UNDA holds, from February 2017 to April 2026, read from the Panel's minutes. Larger, contested and varied applications go to the Panel, so this is where the hard calls are made.
Panel decisions
Each with the outcome, the vote and the Panel's reasons.
Feb 2017 – Apr 2026Approved
Including 265 the Panel approved with its own changes to the conditions.
Waverley Local Planning PanelRefused
Refusals stay in the record, with their reasons, so you see both sides of the precedent.
A further 27 deferred or withdrawnLodgement to decision
Median across 11,089 applications on the council register, Panel and staff decisions alike.
Waverley DAs, 2002 – May 2026| Development type | Decisions | Approved | Refused | With Clause 4.6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houses, semis and terraces | 394 | 293 | 89 | 253 |
| Other residential (units, dual occupancy, multi-dwelling) | 218 | 172 | 38 | 134 |
| Modifications of an existing consent | 84 | 74 | 9 | 0 |
| Commercial and retail | 46 | 36 | 9 | 13 |
| Other or not yet classified | 111 | 75 | 31 | 29 |
How past decisions ended, not a forecast: each application turns on its own merits, and the Panel decides on the assessment in front of it. Approved includes approved with modifications.
Clause 4.6
When a standard is varied.
Half of Waverley's Panel decisions involve a request to vary a development standard. UNDA records which standard, what the officer said about it, and how the Panel decided.
Clause 4.6 decisions
Panel decisions on an application asking to vary at least one standard.
399 approvedFloor space ratio
Requests to exceed the floor space ratio; 274 were approved.
Waverley LEP 2012Height of buildings
Requests to exceed the height standard; 180 were approved.
Waverley LEP 2012Officer and Panel agreed
Of 826 approvals and refusals, the Panel followed the officer's recommendation in 809.
Feb 2017 – Apr 2026| Suburb | Decisions | Approved | Refused | Floor space variations | of which approved |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bondi Beach | 160 | 128 | 28 | 57 | 52 |
| Bronte | 122 | 89 | 29 | 40 | 35 |
| North Bondi | 104 | 75 | 25 | 34 | 31 |
| Dover Heights | 103 | 84 | 15 | 46 | 43 |
| Bondi Junction | 78 | 61 | 15 | 26 | 23 |
| Tamarama | 76 | 57 | 15 | 32 | 29 |
| Bondi | 74 | 51 | 21 | 27 | 24 |
| Waverley, Rose Bay, Vaucluse and Queens Park | 136 | 105 | 28 | 38 | 37 |
Suburbs as recorded in the Panel's minutes. Rose Bay and Vaucluse here are the Waverley side of those suburbs.
Around one decision
Floor space variations in Bondi Junction.
Before April 2026, the Panel had decided 25 Bondi Junction applications that asked to exceed the floor space ratio, and approved 22. A selection is below: the precedent an applicant in that suburb would want in front of them.
| Decided | Application | Proposal | Standards varied | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | DA-319/2025 | Terrace: rear addition and attic conversion | Floor space | Approved |
| Aug 2025 | DA-167/2025 | Terrace: rear dormer and skylight | Floor space | Approved |
| Dec 2024 | DA-332/2024 | House: alterations, additions and pool | Height, floor space | Approved |
| Nov 2024 | DA-391/2024 | Terrace: attic level and rear dormer | Floor space | Approved |
| May 2024 | DA-91/2024 | Terrace: alterations and additions | Floor space | Approved |
| Apr 2024 | DA-388/2023 | Terrace: front and rear dormers | Height, floor space | Approved with modifications |
| Apr 2024 | DA-378/2023 | Attached dwelling: attic level and rear dormer | Floor space | Approved |
| Sep 2022 | DA-157/2022 | 14-storey shop-top housing | Height, floor space | Refused |
The seven most recent, and the most recent refusal, from the 25. The full list is in UNDA Development. Application numbers are from the Panel's public minutes. UNDA does not publish the names of property owners or applicants.
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