What your council decided, written from its meetings and published agendas.
Georges River
Councillors carried an amended motion on the former Oatley Bowling Club site and voted for a shopfront improvement program for Penshurst. A heritage enforcement reporting motion was lost.
28 September 2026
North Sydney
North Sydney Council will examine traffic at the Grosvenor-Young street intersection to address conflicts between pedestrians and cyclists.
28 September 2026
Sydney
The local planning panel has approved a development on Hickson Road at Millers Point after residents raised concerns about music and patron noise. The panel says extra conditions will provide checks and balances.
23 September 2026
Inner West
Inner West Council has deferred the Leichhardt Park Wharf project to consider cheaper design options and approved $814,092 for 76 local community projects.
22 September 2026
Ku-ring-gai
Ku-ring-gai Council met to consider the North Turramurra Recreation Area grandstand and Norman Griffiths Oval projects, a decision that will shape local sporting facilities.
21 September 2026
Georges River
A boarding house at 54 and 54A Noble Street in Allawah went before the local planning panel, with a neighbour objecting and the applicant arguing it matches an earlier approval for the site.
17 September 2026
Sydney
The Central Sydney Planning Committee refused a mixed-use concept plan for 7-19 Coulson Street, 5 Goddard Street and 23 Eve Street after a voluntary planning agreement could not be finalised, leaving promised street and park works unresolved.
17 September 2026
Inner West
Councillors voted to separate St Peters from a broader package of planning amendments before going into confidential session on a second item.
15 September 2026
Ku-ring-gai
Council voted to ask the NSW planning and heritage ministers for new protections for heritage-listed homes, and approved a $2.8 million contribution management system to overhaul developer contributions.
15 September 2026
Georges River
Georges River councillors backed a concept design to upgrade the Quarry Reserve tennis facilities and add pickleball courts after community consultation.
14 September 2026
Sydney
The City of Sydney will adopt new outdoor dining guidelines and roll out permanent footpath extensions, replacing temporary on-street dining. It also endorsed the proposed scope for a major renewal of heritage-listed Paddington Town Hall.
14 September 2026
North Sydney
North Sydney councillors voted to prepare an affordable housing contribution scheme and to push ahead with a second stage of site assessments for a harbour swimming site at Badangi Reserve. The decisions shape what gets built and where residents might one day swim.
14 September 2026
Georges River
Georges River councillors elected Councillor Borg as mayor until September 2028 and Councillor De Moski as deputy mayor until September 2027 at an extraordinary meeting. The same meeting filled the council's committee chairperson and delegate positions.
2 September 2026
Sydney
The local planning panel has asked the minister to consider removing an affordable housing contribution condition at 21-25 Codrington Street, Darlington.
2 September 2026
North Sydney
The local planning panel heard a year-old development application for 47 East Crescent Street, with three residents and the applicant speaking before the panel closed the meeting to deliberate.
2 September 2026
Inner West
Inner West Council deferred a planning proposal at 75-85 Crown Street and 116 Princes Highway, St Peters to its next meeting after questions over traffic, deep soil and affordable housing. It carried the final Tourism Action Plan update before running out of time and deferring everything left to 22 September.
25 August 2026
Georges River
Georges River councillors voted to continue the Mortdale centre planning proposal and seek grant funding for extra studies, and decided to deal with a contested right of way over Taylors Reserve later in the meeting.
24 August 2026
Sydney
Sydney council has voted to complete the Oxford Street East cycleway and ask staff to review pedestrian safety outside Redfern Station's southern entrance.
24 August 2026
Georges River
A Georges River local planning panel meeting heard three items, with the chair stepping aside from the Stoney Creek Road matter and the panel retiring to decide.
20 August 2026
Sydney
The Central Sydney Planning Committee heard a post-exhibition planning proposal for 150 Day Street. The report recommends that the committee approve it.
20 August 2026
Ku-ring-gai
Councillors voted to adopt the Climate Change Policy, protect potential heritage items from complying development, and back the Ryde to Pymble Pipeline Upgrade, while keeping legal advice confidential.
18 August 2026
Sydney
The City of Sydney has approved a planning proposal to add office space at 580 George Street, and also backed a road budget increase and a new naming proposal.
17 August 2026
Georges River
The Sports Advisory Committee heard that ADCO Constructions will build the Carss Park Aquatic Facility, with a temporary car park starting next Wednesday. The committee also carried updates on sports capital works and a $500,000 defibrillator program.
13 August 2026
Sydney
The local planning panel approved two developments at its August meeting, including a proposal at 17 Randle Street in Surry Hills and another at 14 and 16 Trinity Avenue in Dawes Point, both subject to conditions of consent.
12 August 2026
Georges River
Georges River Council has put its draft playspace strategy 2026 to 2046 out for public exhibition, while a councillor warned a separate rezoning proposal for 22-storey towers on King Georges Road would create a wind tunnel in Beverly Hills.
10 August 2026
North Sydney
North Sydney Council has deferred a decision on the Neutral Bay to Mosman street upgrade project, calling for further studies and community consultation before any work proceeds on the route.
10 August 2026
North Sydney
Residents and cycling advocates raised concerns about a street upgrade that would reroute traffic, ahead of the council's consideration.
10 August 2026
Georges River
The local planning panel has heard resident concerns and applicant support for three development applications, including a contentious proposal at 2-2A Lancelot Street, Allawah.
6 August 2026
North Sydney
The local planning panel has heard a proposal to turn a heritage-listed Neutral Bay boarding house into a single dwelling with a new two-storey building at the rear, a change that would alter the neighbourhood.
5 August 2026
Ku-ring-gai
An attempt to rescind an earlier decision on the Norman Griffiths Oval Project failed on a casting vote at an extraordinary Ku-ring-gai Council meeting. The project's future remains as previously decided.
29 July 2026
Georges River
Georges River Council has voted to put the draft Cogra Strategic Centre Master Plan on public exhibition, giving residents a chance to respond to the plan shaping the area's future. Councillors also moved on shade at a Mortdale Heights playground, heavy vehicle parking rules and a community innovation pilot.
27 July 2026
North Sydney
North Sydney Council heard residents' concerns about its plan to manage vantage points at Cremorne Point this New Year's Eve.
27 July 2026
North Sydney
North Sydney Council voted to seek state funding for managed access to Luna Park for the 2026 New Year’s Eve event.
27 July 2026
Georges River
Georges River Council will run a six-month off-leash dog park trial at Progress Park from September, while a push for pedestrian safety fences on Railway Parade went down eight votes to five.
13 July 2026
Sydney
The City of Sydney's local planning panel has granted development consent for a changeable advertising sign at 4-6 York Street, Sydney, with an added condition to protect a nearby street tree.
1 July 2026
Sydney
The City of Sydney has adopted its 2026/27 budget and a First Nations strategy, decisions that set rates, services and spending for the year ahead. Councillors also advanced plans for the Piccadilly Centre and Oxford Street heritage.
29 June 2026
North Sydney
North Sydney Council heard from residents about the future of Kelly's Place Children's Centre and Hume Street Park Stage 2, with speakers asking for the childcare centre to be retained and integrated into the park.
29 June 2026
North Sydney
North Sydney Council has carried a motion on Hume Street Park Stage 2 and Kelly's Place Children's Centre, confirming the park expansion that includes demolition of the building housing the centre. The precinct has the lowest ratio of open space in the North Sydney local government area.
29 June 2026
Sydney
The Central Sydney Planning Committee approved an 11-storey affordable housing block in Alexandria and a seven-storey co-living building in Waterloo, both subject to voluntary planning agreements.
25 June 2026
Sydney
City of Sydney councillors sent two major waste items to next Monday's meeting without a recommendation, delaying decisions on food organics collection and domestic waste collections.
22 June 2026
Georges River
Georges River Council will audit every playground in the area and will close equipment it finds unsafe, after a child was seriously injured at the Princess Park playground. Councillors also called on the state government over lost bus services in the south-west.
22 June 2026
Inner West
Inner West Council will allow organised sport in Mackie Park later into the evening and review a resident parking scheme around South Marrickville after 12 months.
16 June 2026
Sydney
The City of Sydney has scrapped the code of meeting practice it adopted in December 2025 after the state regulation behind it was disallowed, reverting to its 2024 rules.
15 June 2026
Sydney
A residential development at 16-22 Cooper Street was approved subject to extra conditions, including one aimed at protecting an accessible room. The panel also approved a related application at 41 and 43 Albion Street.
10 June 2026
Georges River
Council will proceed with the original East Street Blakehurst footpath plan after narrowly rejecting an amendment to consult first and losing a move to remove the design component.
9 June 2026
North Sydney
The local planning panel met on 3 June 2026 to hear submissions on six development applications across North Sydney, including proposals in Neutral Bay, Kurraba Point, McMahons Point, North Sydney and Cremorne. No outcomes were recorded in the available excerpts.
3 June 2026
Georges River
Georges River councillors voted to proceed with the Beverly Hills Master Plan, a decision that shapes the future of the town centre. Council also carried a motion on the Peakhurst West Public School swimming pool after an amendment failed.
25 May 2026
North Sydney
North Sydney Council has reaffirmed its position that the former Waverton Bowling Club site should stay as public recreation land, and will keep pushing for the State Government to buy it.
25 May 2026
Sydney
The local planning panel refused two development applications and approved one at its May meeting, with the Woolloomooloo refusal drawing dozens of resident submissions.
20 May 2026
Inner West
Inner West Council has delayed new design excellence planning rules to get more detail in June, while adopting an expanded EV charging strategy and unanimously endorsing the next stage of the long-delayed Lilyfield cycleway.
19 May 2026
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Kogarah. Photo: FlyingKoala, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; North Sydney. Photo: MDRX, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Millers Point. Photo: Bidgee, CC BY-SA 3.0 au, via Wikimedia Commons; Allawah. Photo: J Bar, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Erskineville. Photo: J Bar, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Sydney. Photo: Benh LIEU SONG (Flickr), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Darlington, New South Wales. Photo: Muzzawb, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Marrickville. Photo: FlyingKoala, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Beverley Park, New South Wales. Photo: J Bar, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Surry Hills. Photo: Sardaka, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons; Oatley, New South Wales. Photo: J Bar, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Waterloo, New South Wales. Photo: J Bar, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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