DOSSIER / ACTORLOCAL COUNCIL
Randwick City Council
Status Local · tracked
An eastern-Sydney council whose Kensington-to-Kingsford corridor has filled with student beds, and whose planning agreements trade height for cash.
- Last on record
- 2026-09
- Named in
- 5 articles
- Across
- 3 cases
Named in 5 articles across 3 cases 9 connections: mechanisms 5, councils and panels 3, courts 1
Key figure on file
4 May and 15 May 2026
Both applicants appealed before the panel ever sat. The second, on 15 May 2026, was lodged under section 8.7 of the Environmental Planning and Assess…
Fig. 01 / Where this name appears
Randwick4 May and 15 May 2026Both applicants appealed before the panel ever sat. The second, on 15 May 2026, was lodged under section 8.7 of the Environmental Planning and Asse…3 articles →Shellharbour11 article →Waverley11 article →
Fig. 01Source: article scan · every article naming itAs of 2026‑09Auto-assembled
Fig. 02 / On the record
- 4 May and 15 May 2026Both applicants appealed before the panel ever sat. The second, on 15 May 2026, was lodged under section 8.7 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, and the business paper records the matter as before the Court as Greenfort Project Developments Pty Ltd v Randwick City Council (LEC 2026/201070). The same report notes that a request for further information was issued, and that "No amended plans addressing these matters were submitted prior to the commencement of Court proceedings."Accepted in principle, refused in public →
- 9 September 2026The NSW Online Registry court list, retrieved on 3 September 2026, shows case 2026/00201070, Greenfort Project Developments Pty Ltd v Randwick City Council, in the Land and Environment Court, listed for 12.00pm on 9 September 2026 as an online court event requiring a request, court room unassigned. The listing carries an online court active flag, with a last activity timestamp of 17 August 2026, four days after the panel refused the application. The court title spells the applicant "Developments"; the panel business paper spells it "Development".Accepted in principle, refused in public →
Fig. 02Source: figures on file for this name, each tied to the article it came fromAs of 2026‑09Auto-assembled
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Fig. 03Source: article scan · articles naming bothAs of 2026‑09Auto-assembled
02 / Connected in the graph
Mechanisms 5
The Housing SEPPPLANNING INSTRUMENT · 4Deemed RefusalMECHANISM · 4Voluntary Planning AgreementsMECHANISM · 4The Democratic BypassMECHANISM · 4Suppression OrdersMECHANISM · COURTS · 1Councils & panels 3
Sydney Eastern City Planning PanelSTATE PLANNING PANEL · 3Waverley CouncilLOCAL COUNCIL · 2Shellharbour City CouncilLOCAL COUNCIL · 1Courts 1
The Land and Environment CourtCOURT · 403 / The evidence chain
Randwick
01Beds, not homesRANDWICK · 02Buying storeys: how Anzac Parade developers pay for height, and the affordable-housing return is banked as cashRANDWICK · 03Accepted in principle, refused in publicRANDWICK · Shellharbour
02'Backroom decisions': Shellharbour widens CEO oversightSHELLHARBOUR · Waverley
02Deemed-refusal drift: nine-figure projects decided by the court, not the council residents electedWAVERLEY ·