Mosman voted 7 to 0 for its preferred masterplan. Here is what was actually decided.

On 30 June, seven Mosman councillors voted for the preferred masterplan resolution and none voted against.

At an extraordinary meeting, they endorsed a preferred masterplan for the Military Road and Spit Road corridor. The authenticated minutes state approximate headline figures of 4,700 dwellings and 950,000 square metres of gross floor area, concentrated along one spine. They do not provide a dwelling-by-dwelling or site-by-site breakdown; the resolution calls for a further staff report in August.

Why council did this

The masterplan is Mosman's proposed alternative to the NSW Low and Mid-Rise Housing Policy. Council endorsed a preferred corridor plan of approximately 4,700 dwellings and 950,000 square metres of gross floor area; it remains a proposal requiring the state plan-making process before it can become a planning control.

What happens next, and when

Council's 30 June resolution calls for a further report in August 2026. The official minutes do not specify an exact day, so the article does not present one as a council-confirmed milestone.

The further August report will seek Council approval to submit the planning proposal for Gateway Determination. If Council approves submission and the state Gateway allows the proposal to proceed, formal public exhibition and finalisation follow. Only after the amendment is finalised and made, the NSW Department of Planning's term for what is commonly called gazettal, would any new controls take effect. The preferred masterplan is therefore a proposal, not a current planning control.

Meanwhile, the applications have not waited

Council's current register lists 15 applications lodged under the state policy, ranging from two to nine storeys. The scoreboard remains one approval at 30 Muston Street, one deferred commencement consent at 27 to 29 Heydon Street, and one refusal at 34 Redan Street under appeal. Eight matters are before the Land and Environment Court, seven as deemed-refusal appeals, a procedural step available when council does not decide within the statutory timeframe. It is not a finding about the merits.

Council's State Significant Development page, updated 27 July, lists ten undetermined projects. At 494 to 500 and 516 Military Road, the current exhibited scheme is a five-storey building and a ten-storey tower with 100 dwellings. It is on exhibition from 22 July to 19 August 2026. For the 63-apartment proposal at 40 to 56 Ourimbah Road, Mosman Council lists 23 July to 5 August 2026, while the NSW Planning Portal lists 22 July to 5 August 2026. The official sources disagree on the opening date and agree that submissions close on 5 August.

In our view, that is the detail most coverage skips: the masterplan draws lines, but state pathways can cross them.

What this means if you own in Mosman

Three questions are worth answering now, whatever you intend to do. Which rules apply to your property today. Whether the preferred plan touches your street. And what the realistic timeline is: the August report will first seek Council approval to submit; if submission is approved and a Gateway allows the proposal to proceed, exhibition and finalisation follow before any new control can take effect.

Owning here does not oblige you to do anything. But there is no downside to knowing exactly where your property stands.