Waverley Council has adopted a Master Plan to reshape Bondi Junction into a cultural, civic, and commercial hub in Sydney’s east.
The long-term blueprint establishes four focus pillars: destination creation, transit connectivity, urban greening, and managed development.
Transformation efforts centre around two primary catalyst projects designed to anchor urban renewal across the precinct.
The first catalyst project introduces a revamped Oxford Street Mall featuring a 1,500-square-metre public square and an upgraded entry plaza for Bondi Junction station.
The second establishes a Civic Precinct offering 10,000 square metres of community infrastructure, including space for a performance theatre, a relocated library, and creative studios.
To support population growth, the plan delivers 9,000 square metres of new public space, including an expanded Clementson Park, tree plantings, and new walking trails. It also paves the way for 3,000 new dwellings, with 10 per cent designated as affordable housing.
Infill development will be concentrated in high-density pockets near existing transport links, led by Oxford Street Mall with 1,250 dwellings and the Bondi Road East Gateway with 770 dwellings.
The Civic Precinct with 520, Bronte Road Village with 340, and West Oxford Street Village with 120 will absorb smaller-scale, stepped housing additions to preserve established streetscapes and surrounding heritage values.
Waverley Mayor Will Nemesh noted that the blueprint sets a structured path forward after years of piecemeal growth.
“The most significant density is focused around the mall and train station and bus interchange, which is closest to services, employment, transport and civic activity,” said Waverley Mayor Will Nemesh.
“From there, building scales and heights reduce in order to balance growth with amenity and liveability.”
Council will now commence formal amendments to the Waverley Local Environmental Plan and Development Control Plan. The execution phase will incorporate traffic modelling, wind assessments, and infrastructure funding frameworks alongside ongoing community consultation.
“For too long, this crucial centre has been overlooked and left to develop in a piecemeal and directionless fashion. Finally, at long last, Bondi Junction has a bright future built on strategic principles that deliver for the whole community,” Nemesh said.