Plan to finish forgotten Woollahra train station and build 10,000 homes won’t combat Sydney’s affordability crisis, critics say

Published on August 26, 2025 at 01:56 AM
Plan to finish forgotten Woollahra train station and build 10,000 homes won’t combat Sydney’s affordability crisis, critics say

‘If this just becomes a very high-end market development … it’s not going to do anything,’ University of Sydney academic says

A New South Wales Labor plan to boost housing density in Sydney’s wealthy eastern suburbs after completing a train station half-built in the 1970s has been criticised by locals worried about the area’s “beauty” being impacted – and planning experts who argue it won’t combat the city’s affordability crisis.

Woollahra and Edgecliff boast tree-lined streets, grand manor homes and art deco apartment blocks just a stone’s throw from the CBD.

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