Your say on proposed planning control changes for 242-258 Young Street, Waterloo
This proposal will enable a 6-storey building comprising a K–12 independent school and an integrated film school.
Project Status: Open for feedback
We invite your feedback on this planning proposal.
Public consultation period to
Gibran Khouri
Specialist Planner
Kristina Argiropoulos
Cadet Planner
What we’re doing
We invite your feedback on proposed changes to planning controls for 242–258 Young Street, Waterloo. The proposal will enable a 6-storey building comprising a K–12 independent school and an integrated film school.
The proposed changes are to:
- increase the maximum building height from 15m to 25m
- increase the maximum floor space ratio from 2.2:1 (including bonuses) to 2.94:1 (including bonuses)
- require dedication of footpath widening setbacks to the City of Sydney
- require deep soil landscape setbacks and retention of trees
- require the building be used primarily for an educational establishment.
The documents open for comment include a planning proposal to amend the Sydney Local Environmental Plan 2012 and a draft design guide.
We also invite your feedback on a draft planning agreement, which includes 2 new pedestrian crossings on Young and Powell streets.
Proposal
How you can give feedback
Consultation closes at 5pm on Friday 7 March 2025.
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Complete our feedback form
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Email or post your feedback
You can give your feedback by email to [email protected] or post to:
Gibran Khouri
Specialist Planner
02 9265 9333
Level 22, 456 Kent Street
Sydney NSW 2000 -
Talk to us
Please quote ‘Reference X093892.007 – Planning Proposal, Draft Design Guide, and Draft Planning Agreement for 242-258 Young Street, Waterloo’.
Gibran Khouri
Specialist Planner
Kristina Argiropoulos
Cadet Planner
Feedback may be published in publicly available reports at the end of the consultation period. Your name or organisation’s name may appear in these reports with your feedback attributed. If you would like your feedback to be kept confidential, please let us know when making your contribution.
Other ways you can give feedback
Next steps
After the consultation period, we will consider all submissions and report the results to Council and the Central Sydney Planning Committee.
If Council approves this planning proposal after public exhibition, it can amend the Sydney Local Environmental Plan 2012 on behalf of the Minister for Planning and Public Spaces.
