With submissions on the demolition of three Yorktown Parade apartment buildings about to close, attention is turning to what could replace them: around 84 social homes in a seven-storey development beside Coral Sea Park.
Homes NSW has outlined the concept for 8–30 Yorktown Parade as residents prepare for the 11 September deadline on the separate demolition proposal. The current Planning Portal exhibition covers removal of the existing buildings, site works and trees — not approval of the proposed seven-storey replacement.
Nearby, another Homes NSW redevelopment at 40–64 Yorktown Parade and 195–213 Fitzgerald Avenue has already been approved for 144 social and affordable homes. If the new concept proceeds in its current form, the two projects would deliver around 228 homes along this section of Yorktown Parade.
Yorktown Parade Has Been Here Before
Questions about how much development the street can carry surfaced during consultation on the neighbouring 144-home project.
Maroubra resident Alison Smith told planners Yorktown Parade was “not wide enough to handle even more traffic”, pointing to congestion when sport is underway at Coral Sea Park. Nearby property owner Craig Blackstone said he was “generally supportive” of affordable housing redevelopment but raised concerns about height, density, building bulk, privacy and road infrastructure.
Their submissions related to the neighbouring project rather than the new seven-storey concept, but they show that some of the issues now being raised were already on the record.
Other Submitters Wanted More Housing
The earlier consultation was not uniformly opposed to greater density. Phillip Balding supported the neighbouring development, arguing that proximity to parks, shops, cycling infrastructure and public transport made the location suitable for additional homes.
“I strongly support more housing here, especially social and affordable,” he wrote.
Randwick City Council also supported increasing social and affordable housing when assessing that project, while scrutinising height, setbacks, overshadowing and pedestrian safety. Council ultimately accepted some additional height after considering its location within the development and the resulting impacts.
That history is relevant to claims circulating locally that the area simply has a three-storey limit. State housing provisions can allow development beyond underlying local controls, although the impacts of additional height still have to be assessed.
Demolition Deadline Comes First
For now, the formal process concerns demolition. Application P5-2026-246 covers three residential buildings, associated site works and tree removal, with submissions closing on 11 September.
Homes NSW will hold a community drop-in session at Lionel Bowen Library five days later, from 4pm to 6.30pm on 16 September, to discuss the proposed 84-home redevelopment.
Seven-Storey Proposal Comes Next
The detailed case for the replacement building is still to come, and more planning material will be needed before its height, parking, setbacks and shadow impacts can be properly assessed.
But with Homes NSW already outlining a seven-storey concept, the next phase of the Yorktown Parade discussion is taking shape. Once the demolition exhibition closes, attention is likely to shift towards what would replace the existing buildings and how another substantial housing project would sit beside Coral Sea Park.
Published 9-September-2026
