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A proposed seven-storey social housing development beside Coral Sea Park is drawing a sustained community push for changes before Homes NSW submits the project for formal planning assessment.

Homes NSW is proposing around 84 social homes at 8–30 Yorktown Parade, with the current concept including shared outdoor areas, a community room, bicycle storage, about 47 resident parking spaces and one visitor space. The agency is preparing a State Significant Development Application, but the seven-storey proposal has not yet been lodged or approved.

Concern has continued following a Homes NSW drop-in session at Lionel Bowen Library on 16 September. Community organisers said turnout was strong and have since urged residents to keep pressing for a lower-rise design and changes to the scale of the project.

Seven Storeys Beside Coral Sea Park

Parking, traffic and the building’s relationship with Coral Sea Park are among the concerns being raised. Residents have questioned whether around 47 parking spaces for approximately 84 homes could place additional pressure on Yorktown Parade and surrounding streets. Community material has also raised emergency and service vehicle access, privacy, building bulk and the potential loss of sunlight to the neighbouring park.

Homes NSW says parking is determined by the size and type of housing rather than providing one space for every dwelling. The agency says its data indicates most social housing residents do not own a car and an independent specialist will assess traffic and parking impacts during the planning process.

Privacy measures could include screening, landscaping and greater separation between buildings, according to Homes NSW. Community campaign material has repeatedly stated that the concern is not opposition to social housing, but whether seven storeys and 84 homes represent an appropriate scale for the site.

Pressure is also being considered alongside a separate Homes NSW project at 40–64 Yorktown Parade and 195–213 Fitzgerald Avenue, where 144 social and affordable homes have already been approved. If the latest concept proceeds in its current form, the two projects would account for about 228 homes along the immediate section of Yorktown Parade.

Yorktown Parade Housing — *Photo Credit: NSW Gov*

Residents Organise Beyond First Consultation

The campaign moved beyond the Homes NSW drop-in session with a Maroubra Precinct Meeting scheduled for 7pm on Monday, 28 September at The Juniors Maroubra on Anzac Parade. Community organisers encourage residents to attend and continue raising concerns about height, parking, traffic, privacy, overshadowing and the cumulative effect of increased housing density in the precinct.

Residents also still have a direct avenue to comment on the proposal. Homes NSW is accepting feedback by phone and email until 7 October 2026, before it finalises the design and prepares the SSDA. Homes NSW says all feedback will be reviewed and responded to, with design changes made where possible before the application is submitted.

Formal Submissions Will Come Later

The next planning stage will give the public another opportunity to respond. Homes NSW expects to lodge the SSDA with the NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure in late 2026. Once submitted, the application will be placed on public exhibition and residents will be able to make formal submissions directly to the department.

A separate Part 5 process has already dealt with demolition of the three existing residential buildings at 8–30 Yorktown Parade, associated works and tree removal. Earlier community concerns around that process included hazardous materials, heavy vehicle movements, neighbouring properties and tree protection.

Homes NSW expects existing tenants to relocate before demolition begins in early 2027. A decision on the proposed seven-storey redevelopment is anticipated around mid-2027, with construction starting later that year if approval is granted.

Published 18-September-2026

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