An application for a State Significant Development has been formally lodged for 13-17 Oxford Street and 2 Verona Street, Paddington 2021. The proposal is for a mixed-use development with some infill affordable housing, while including the demolition of existing structures and retaining the two storey façade at 17 Oxford Street.[...]

The Sydney Dance Company was conceived in Paddington by dancer Suzanne Musitz and her husband Frank Davidson. The couple bought their small terrace at 1 Norfolk Street, Paddington in 1967 as the suburb was rapidly becoming a home for the arts. Many streets were still working-class while others were filling[...]

Woollahra Municipal Council supports and encourages footway dining as a means of creating vibrant streetscapes and creating opportunities for businesses to grow and prosper. Businesses with existing Footway Approval for footway dining can apply to use kerbside parking space for additional footway dining. This reallocation of kerbside parking to footway[...]

Clover Moore The Lord Mayor of Sydney presented a Minute at the CoS Council meeting on October 27th 2025 addressing housing quality and affordability. The CoS states that NSW Government’s Environmental Planning and Assessment (Planning System Reforms) Bill 2025 is the most consequential change to the planning system in a[...]

Update 28 October 25 Moore Park South Draft plans released The Minns Labor Government has unveiled draft plans for the new 20 hectare park in Moore Park South, giving Sydney its first preview of the proposed public space, community and sporting facilities and the reconfigured Moore Park Gold Course. The[...]

In July and August 2025, the Heritage Council of NSW invited public submissions on Woollahra Council’s proposal to build a Youth Recreation Area (Skate Park) in Rushcutters Bay Park listed on the State Heritage Register. The idea has been under discussion for more than a decade. In 2012, Woollahra Municipal[...]

Woollahra Municipal Council (WMC) seeks to conserve buildings in our Local Government Area (LGA) that have heritage significance. This includes buildings dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries, as well as outstanding buildings from more recent times as an important part of the heritage of our local areas.  In[...]

Have you ever wondered about the E.J. Ward Community Centre on Underwood Street? Read about Dorothy Ward's reminisces about life in Paddington, and her father Eddy Ward, the member for East Sydney who represented the electorate for more than 30 years and held ministerial posts under Prime Ministers John Curtin and Ben Chifley [...]