The Bondi Junction Vision and Master Plan reimagines Bondi Junction as a world-class cultural, civic and commercial town centre - with 3000 new homes, a revitalised mall with plaza and square, 9000sqm of extra public space and 10,000sqm of new community infrastructure.

The council said the additional housing would help diversify the area’s housing mix and contribute towards state and national housing supply targets.

The masterplan was approved despite concerns raised during the consultation process. The final version of the strategy incorporated feedback received during the public exhibition period before being considered at Tuesday’s council meeting.

Urban Taskforce Australia chief executive Paul Waterhouse welcomed the decision, saying it provided long-overdue direction for the strategic centre.

“Waverley Council’s newly approved Bondi Junction masterplan is a great step forward for a precinct that has been largely ignored,” he said. “Bondi Junction needs to be both a late-night and an early-morning destination. It should be somewhere people want to go, rather than a staging point for further travel. The precinct needs to recapture its past to embrace its future.”

Nemesh said the masterplan marked a turning point for Bondi Junction. “For too long, this crucial centre has been overlooked and left to develop in a piecemeal and directionless fashion. Finally, at long last, Bondi Junction has a bright future built on strategic principles that deliver for the whole community,” he said.