Construction Traffic Management Plans for Woollahra Council DAs.
PWZ-qualified CTMPs built to the published Application for CTMP form, lodged to records@woollahra.nsw.gov.au. Heritage Conservation Area aware. Edgecliff Precinct ready. Fast turnaround so your Construction Certificate doesn't stall.
Does Woollahra Council require a Construction Traffic Management Plan?
Yes — Woollahra Council conditions a Construction Traffic Management Plan (CTMP) on most multi-unit, mixed-use, commercial and substantial residential DAs across its 12 km² LGA. The plan is emailed to records@woollahra.nsw.gov.au on the published Application for CTMP form (TRIM SC5750-06, version V01/25, effective July 2025 to June 2026), with a Council application fee of $729 covering the standard processing window of 6 to 8 weeks. A fast-track option ($516 extra) is available where less than two weeks' notice is given.
Woollahra fits 55,175 residents and a high-value renovation pipeline into 12 km² of harbour foreshore, heritage village centres and apartment-dense ridge suburbs — at 4,500 people per km². Around 78% of dwellings are medium or high density, and the LGA is on the edge of major change: the NSW Government's state-led rezoning around Edgecliff and the proposed new Woollahra Station (announced 24/08/2025) covers approximately 18.85% of the LGA and signals up to 10,000 new homes — half of them within Heritage Conservation Areas. A template CTMP will not clear Woollahra's traffic team.
Found this in your Woollahra Notice of Determination?
Most builders land here after reading a consent condition they don't fully follow. Here's the wording Woollahra typically uses — and exactly what it means for your start date.
What it actually means
Your Construction Certificate cannot issue — so you cannot legally start work — until the CTMP is written, lodged on Council's form, paid for and approved. It's not optional, and the builder cannot solve it on site. Once approved, the CTMP is a contractually binding document for the life of the build.
Watch for the partner approvals that almost always sit alongside it on a Woollahra consent: a Works Zone (formerly Construction Zone) application assessed by the Woollahra Local Traffic Committee, a separate Permit to Stand Plant for any oversize vehicle (longer than 7.5 m or heavier than 4.5 tonnes — including cranes, concrete pumps and pile rigs), a Road Opening Permit if you're excavating in the road or footpath, and for any work on a State Road a TfNSW Road Occupancy Licence (ROL). All are separate processes from the CTMP itself.
What to send us
Email your Notice of Determination (full conditions list), your DA number, and your architectural and site plans. We read the exact wording, tell you which documents Woollahra actually needs — CTMP, Works Zone, Permit to Stand Plant, ROL, or any combination — and quote on the spot. No charge to confirm.
Heritage Conservation Area site? Steep narrow lane? Edgecliff Precinct DA? Each adds scope. Send your conditions across and we'll tell you straight which documents you need.
What's different about a CTMP for Woollahra Council
A generic template will not pass Woollahra's traffic team. These are the local rules we build into every Woollahra plan — the things that get plans bounced when they're missing.
Published fees on the application form
Woollahra is one of the few NSW councils that prints its CTMP application fees on the lodgement form. Current rates (FY2025–2026, form V01/25): $729 standard application (includes processing), $202 per hour for additional assessment beyond three hours, $485 resubmission fee where a significant revision is required, and a $516 fast-track fee for less than two weeks' notice. Confirm current rates with Council before submission.
Six to eight week assessment — plan early
Council's published processing window is 6 to 8 weeks, longer than most NSW councils. A late CTMP is the single most common reason a Woollahra Construction Certificate slips. Send the conditions the day the DA is approved — not when the builder is ready to start.
Heritage Conservation Areas — half the LGA
Paddington, Woollahra Village, Bellevue Hill, Centennial Park and large parts of Double Bay, Edgecliff and Vaucluse sit within Heritage Conservation Areas under the Woollahra Local Environmental Plan. Council's NSW Government-led rezoning data confirms ~50% of the Edgecliff–Woollahra rezoning area is within HCAs. CTMP detail on heritage-fabric protection, sandstone kerb treatment, hoarding aesthetics and tree protection lifts accordingly.
Permit to Stand Plant at 7.5 m or 4.5 t
Per Woollahra's published CMP guidance, any oversize vehicle operating on Council property — including a Council-approved Works Zone — must attain a Permit to Stand Plant on each occasion. The threshold is explicit: longer than 7.5 m or heavier than 4.5 tonnes. Cranes, concrete pumps and pile rigs fall straight into this. The CTMP must call it out.
Edgecliff–Woollahra Station rezoning
Announced by the NSW Premier on 24/08/2025 — a state-led rezoning around the existing Edgecliff Station and the proposed new Woollahra Station (the 1970s "ghost station" being completed for 2029). It covers approximately 18.85% of the LGA and enables up to 10,000 new dwellings within 400 m of Edgecliff and 800 m of Woollahra Station. Public exhibition of the rezoning is expected in the second half of 2026.
Local Traffic Committee — first Tuesday monthly
The Woollahra Local Traffic Committee (LTC) meets the first Tuesday of each month at 10am in the Thornton Room, 536 New South Head Road, Double Bay. It is open to the public and members of the community can address the committee. Agenda papers are published from 3pm the Thursday before. Works Zones and most construction traffic matters go through it — we time submissions to land on agenda before your CC is needed.
Oxford Street — split jurisdiction
Oxford Street runs straight through the Paddington / Woollahra heart of the LGA but is one of Sydney's quirkiest road-management cases. The northern footpath and kerb is Woollahra's responsibility; the southern side is City of Sydney; the road itself is State Government-owned (TfNSW). A site fronting Oxford Street can trigger a CTMP to Woollahra and a TfNSW Road Occupancy Licence. The plan needs to address both.
Four State Roads — and they cross the LGA
The TfNSW-controlled corridors through Woollahra are New South Head Road (Edgecliff to Vaucluse), Old South Head Road (Bellevue Hill to Watsons Bay via Rose Bay), Oxford Street (Paddington to Bondi Junction), and Syd Einfeld Drive (the Bondi Junction bypass). Site frontage to any of these triggers a TfNSW Road Occupancy Licence on top of the Woollahra CTMP.
Council processes, fees and committee schedules change — we confirm the current Woollahra requirements against your specific consent before drafting, so nothing on the page is stale by the time it matters.
What's in MK's Woollahra CTMP
Built to back the published Woollahra Application for CTMP (form V01/25) and the Local Traffic Committee process. The most common rejection cause is an inadequate swept-path on a narrow Paddington or Bellevue Hill street — so that's modelled properly on every plan.
- Project & consent detailsSite address, DA number, principal contractor, project duration and Council-approved construction hours.
- Surrounding traffic environmentState Roads (New South Head Road, Old South Head Road, Oxford Street, Syd Einfeld Drive), regional / local network, bus routes, cycleways, harbour foreshore and beach pedestrian flows.
- Truck routesState and Regional Road haulage routes mapped, with narrow heritage lanes (Underwood Street, Glenmore Road, Cascade Street, Heeley Street) and one-way restrictions clearly excluded for oversize movements.
- Largest design vehicleSized to a Woollahra-compliant rigid vehicle for narrow eastern-suburbs streets, modelled to AS 2890.2 and Austroads templates.
- Swept-path turning diagramsForward-direction entry and exit modelled at site driveway, tight heritage street geometry, kerb returns and any required Works Zone footprint.
- Works Zone application supportPlan formatted to back a separate Works Zone application to the Woollahra Local Traffic Committee (first Tuesday monthly), with the standard signage and permit framework.
- Permit to Stand Plant trigger flaggedAny vehicle over 7.5 m or 4.5 tonnes — cranes, boom pumps, pile rigs — identified with the separate Permit to Stand Plant referenced and timing aligned with delivery dates.
- Frequency of truck movementsDaily movement counts mapped to demolition, excavation and build phases.
- Worker & sub-contractor parkingOff-street strategy referencing Woollahra's Resident Parking Permit scheme so adjoining heritage streets aren't burdened.
- Pedestrian & cyclist managementFootpath protection, signed detours and cycleway interface — written for narrow heritage footpaths and harbour-walk pedestrian volumes.
- Heritage Conservation Area treatmentWhere the site sits within a HCA under Woollahra LEP 2014, the CTMP addresses sandstone kerb protection, heritage tree protection and hoarding aesthetic where Council's heritage controls apply.
- TfNSW ROL / Road Opening referencesWhere the site fronts a State Road or requires road / footpath excavation, the CTMP references the separate ROL and Road Opening Permit.
- TCP / TGS deploymentWork-zone schemes referenced to AS 1742.3 and the TfNSW Traffic Control at Work Sites Technical Manual Issue 6.1.
- PWZ-qualified preparationPrepared and signed by personnel holding current Work Zone Traffic Management qualifications from a SafeWork NSW-approved RTO.
- Council Application for CTMP cover formCompleted Woollahra Application for CTMP form (V01/25) attached, ready for email lodgement to records@woollahra.nsw.gov.au.
Woollahra CTMP Cost — Estimate
Indicative MK design-fee ranges by job type. Council's published application fees are separate — $729 standard, $516 fast track, $485 resubmission, $202 per hour for additional assessment over three hours.
Send us a written competitor quote and we'll beat it by 10%. No catch.
These figures are estimates only for MK's design fee and depend on staging, vehicle volumes, Local Traffic Committee referral, Heritage Conservation Area requirements and swept-path complexity. They are not a fixed quote. Woollahra Council's published CTMP application fees ($729 standard / $516 fast track / $485 resubmission / $202 per hour additional), Permit to Stand Plant fees, Works Zone fees and TfNSW Road Occupancy Licence fees are charged separately under their respective fee schedules — confirm current rates with Council. Send us your DA conditions for an exact, written quote.
How we get your Woollahra CTMP approved
Most CTMPs go through one round of Council comments before approval. We build yours to clear it first time and keep your Construction Certificate on track.
Send DA & Site Details
Email your DA number, Notice of Determination conditions, and architectural and site plans. We read the exact wording, identify whether you also need a Works Zone, Permit to Stand Plant or TfNSW ROL — and quote same day.
We Design Your Plan
Our PWZ-qualified designers assess the local road network and any State Road or Heritage Conservation Area interface, model swept paths for a Woollahra-compliant rigid vehicle, map staging and haulage, and draft the full CTMP against AS 1742.3, AS 2890.2 and Council's published Application for CTMP requirements.
Lodge & Approve
You receive a Council-ready PDF and completed Application for CTMP form (V01/25) to email direct to records@woollahra.nsw.gov.au. Council's published review window is 6 to 8 weeks (fast-track available for an additional $516). If Council returns comments, we handle the revision — minor changes are free.
Woollahra LGA suburbs we prepare CTMPs for
We design Construction Traffic Management Plans across the full Woollahra Municipal Council area — from the harbourfront mansions to the heritage terraces.
Paddington & Woollahra Village
Oxford Street, Glenmore Road, Underwood Street, Heeley Street, Queen Street, Moncur Street — Heritage Conservation Area terraces, shop-top builds and high-end residential additions on tight streets.
Double Bay & Point Piper
New South Head Road, Bay Street, Cross Street, Knox Street, Wolseley Road — premium apartment renovations, mixed-use builds and waterfront residential redevelopment.
Edgecliff & Darling Point
New South Head Road, Edgecliff Road, Darling Point Road, Mona Road, Greenoaks Avenue — Edgecliff Precinct rezoning area, harbour-edge towers and the proposed new Woollahra Station footprint.
Bellevue Hill & Rose Bay
Old South Head Road, Victoria Road, Drumalbyn Road, New South Head Road, Wentworth Street — large heritage homes, ridge-line apartments and the Rose Bay seawall foreshore.
Vaucluse & Watsons Bay
Old South Head Road, New South Head Road, Wentworth Road, Hopetoun Avenue, Robertson Place — substantial single-dwelling rebuilds, harbour-edge sites and steep coastal streets.
Centennial Park frontage
Paddington and Woollahra streets that back onto Centennial Parklands — Robertson Road, Lang Road, Holdsworth Street, Ocean Street — heritage residential and parkland interface.
Developing somewhere else in the LGA? If it's a Woollahra Council DA, we prepare the plan. Send us the address and DA conditions and we'll confirm same day.
Which document does your Woollahra DA actually need?
A CTMP is the umbrella plan for the whole build. The diagrams below are the operational schemes deployed inside it. Not sure which your consent requires? Send us the conditions.
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Woollahra CTMP FAQs
Direct answers to what Woollahra developers, builders and project managers ask us most.
Does Woollahra Council require a CTMP for my DA?
Usually, yes. Woollahra conditions a Construction Traffic Management Plan on most multi-unit, mixed-use, commercial and substantial residential DAs in its 12 km² LGA, and on smaller works where truck movements or works affect a Council road, footpath or heritage streetscape. There is no fixed dollar threshold — read your Notice of Determination, or send it to us and we'll confirm which document you need at no cost.
How do I lodge a Woollahra CTMP?
Email the completed Application for CTMP form (TRIM SC5750-06, V01/25) together with the CTMP itself to records@woollahra.nsw.gov.au. You can also lodge by post to PO Box 61, Double Bay NSW 1360 or in person at 536 New South Head Road, Double Bay. Council's published processing window is 6 to 8 weeks. The phone number for assistance is (02) 9391 7000.
How much does Woollahra Council charge for a CTMP application?
Per the published Application for CTMP form (V01/25, effective July 2025 to June 2026): $729 standard application fee (includes processing); $202 per hour for additional assessment beyond three hours; $485 resubmission fee where a significant revision is required; $516 fast-track fee in addition to the application fee where less than two weeks' notice is given. Confirm current fees with Council before submission.
How long does Woollahra take to assess a CTMP?
Council's published processing window is 6 to 8 weeks. This is longer than most NSW councils and is the single most common reason a Woollahra Construction Certificate slips. A fast-track option is available for an additional $516 where less than two weeks' notice has been given. The best path is to send the DA conditions as soon as the consent issues, not when the builder is ready to start.
When does my Woollahra CTMP have to be approved?
Before your Construction Certificate is issued. Woollahra's standard wording requires the CTMP prior to the issue of any Construction Certificate, so an unapproved plan blocks your CC and your start date. Given the 6 to 8 week assessment window, the right move is to send the conditions across as soon as your DA is approved — not when you're ready to build.
What does a CTMP cost in the Woollahra area?
As a guide, MK's design fee runs from around $1,800 for a heritage residential reno or dual occupancy in Paddington or Bellevue Hill to $7,000 or more for Edgecliff Precinct projects and State Road frontages. This is an estimate that depends on staging, swept-path complexity, Heritage Conservation Area requirements and whether the matter needs a Local Traffic Committee referral. Council application fees, Permit to Stand Plant fees and TfNSW ROL fees are billed separately. Send a written competitor quote and we'll beat it by 10%.
Which roads in Woollahra are State (TfNSW) roads?
The TfNSW-controlled corridors through the Woollahra LGA are New South Head Road (Edgecliff to Vaucluse), Old South Head Road (Bellevue Hill through Rose Bay to Watsons Bay), Oxford Street (Paddington through to Bondi Junction), and Syd Einfeld Drive (Bondi Junction bypass). If your site fronts or affects any of these, expect a TfNSW Road Occupancy Licence on top of the Woollahra CTMP. Oxford Street is particularly unusual — the road is State-owned but the northern footpath is Woollahra's responsibility.
Do I need a Works Zone in Woollahra?
Often, yes. Where your works occupy a Council kerb, you need a separate Works Zone (formerly Construction Zone) application, which is assessed by the Woollahra Local Traffic Committee. The LTC meets the first Tuesday of each month at 10am in the Thornton Room at 536 New South Head Road, Double Bay, and the agenda papers publish from 3pm on the Thursday before the meeting. We time submissions to land on the right agenda.
When do I need a Permit to Stand Plant in Woollahra?
Per Woollahra's published Construction Management Plan guidance, any oversize vehicle operating on Council property — including a Council-approved Works Zone — requires a Permit to Stand Plant on each occasion. The threshold is explicit: vehicles longer than 7.5 metres or heavier than 4.5 tonnes. Mobile cranes, concrete pumps, pile rigs, large delivery trucks and excavators usually trip this. We flag the trigger in the CTMP and align timing with delivery dates.
How does the Edgecliff–Woollahra Station rezoning affect new DAs?
The NSW Government announced a state-led rezoning on 24/08/2025 covering land within 400 metres of Edgecliff Station and 800 metres of the proposed Woollahra Station — approximately 18.85% of the Woollahra LGA — to enable up to 10,000 new homes. Around half of the rezoning area sits within Heritage Conservation Areas. Public exhibition is anticipated in the second half of 2026, with the new station expected to open in 2029. Sites in the precinct should expect CTMP scope to lift, particularly on staging, hoarding, heritage protection and pedestrian management.
Woollahra DA holding up your Construction Certificate?
Send us your Notice of Determination and site plans. We'll tell you exactly which documents Woollahra needs, quote within the hour, and turn the CTMP around fast.
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