Northbridge Plaza Car Park Reclassification
This engagement has closed. Thank you for your submission.
Update - November 2025
Council will consider a report including the engagement outcomes at its Meeting on Monday 17 November 2025 at 7.00pm
Read the Council report using this link:
General information - Public and Open Forums and Council Meetings | Willoughby City Council
It is agenda item 11.11
Should you wish to address Council on this issue, you can register to speak at the Open and Public Forum on Monday 10 November 2025 which takes place from 7.00pm.
To register, please follow the prompts on the website linked above and complete your registration by 12.00 midday on Monday 10 November 2025
Please note that there is no opportunity to address Council at the Meeting on 17 November 2025 when the item is being considered.
While submissions on this project are now closed, registrations for the public hearing are open until Friday 19 September.
Public Hearing – Report from Independent Facilitator
The public hearing was held at Northbridge Golf Club on Wednesday 24 September 2025.
The Meeting was chaired by an independent facilitator - Sandy Hoy of Parkland Planners.
The slide presentation made by Sandy Hoy and her final report on the public hearing can be viewed at the link below:
Slide Presentation 24 September 2025
The independent facilitator’s recommendations will be reported back to Council as soon as practical – likely to be the November 2025 meeting.
The report prepared by the Independent Facilitator can be viewed at the link below:
Facilitators Final Report 14 October 2025
Notice of Public Hearing – Northbridge Plaza Car Park
Council will be holding a public hearing into the Reclassification of Council land at Northbridge Plaza car park in accordance with the Local Government Act 1993. The hearing will provide community members with the opportunity to share their views about the Planning Proposal to amend Willoughby Local Environmental Plan 2012. The Planning Proposal seeks to reclassify various lots within the car park from Community land to Operational land.
The public hearing will be chaired by a person who is independent of Council. Community members will be able to make a short verbal presentation to the chairperson of the hearing.
Following the public hearing, the chairperson will prepare a report on the hearing, a copy of which will be made publicly available on this page.
- Date and time: Wednesday 24 September 2025 6.30pm to 8.00pm
- Location: Northbridge Golf Club 296C Sailors Bay Road, Northbridge
- RSVP: Please use this link to register your attendance and whether you wish to address the meeting.
Registration closes - Friday 19 September 5.00 pm
Council is proposing a change to how the land it owns at the Northbridge Plaza car park, is classified.
This applies to:
- The Council-owned car park behind Northbridge Plaza on Eastern Valley Way
- The vacant former Baby Health Clinic building within the car park
The proposal is to reclassify the land from Community to Operational Land. Reclassification would NOT permit the land to be redeveloped without further community consultation.
Click this link to read the public exhibition fact sheet
How to have your say
Read the Planning Proposal documents on this page and provide a submission in one of the following ways:
- Online using this form
- Emailing email@willoughby.nsw.gov.au Attn Jane Gibson, Strategic Planner
- Post to the General Manager at Willoughby City Council, PO Box 57 Chatswood NSW 2057, Attn Jane Gibson, Strategic Planner
Submissions closed on Tuesday 19 August 2025
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