Proposed works & maintenance

​​Your say on parking changes in Redfern​

We’d like to improve compliance by people who drive and open up spaces for residents.

Redfern

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What we’re doing

We propose to introduce 1P 8am-10pm Permit Holders Excepted Area 41 parking in Redfern.

The affected streets are Little Cleveland, Chelsea, Stanley, Bourke, Thurlow, Charles, Rennie, Mount, Maddison, Boronia and South Dowling Streets.

Goals for the proposal are to discourage commuter parking, improve compliance by people who drive and open up spaces for residents.

Why we’re doing this

Current parking restrictions are a mix of 1P Permit Parking, Loading Zone, 1/4P, 1/2P, 1P, Mobility Parking, Mail Zone, Authorised Car Share, Motor Bike and unrestricted parking.

Locals have raised concerns that commuters and visitors park in these streets due to their location near Moore Park stadiums or the newly opened Surry Hills Village, reducing spaces for residents.

In response to these concerns, we propose to reallocate all existing 2P permit parking and unrestricted parking spaces to 1P permit parking in this area.

The proposed parking changes would limit any vehicle that does not have an Area 41 parking permit to 1 hour of parking from 8am to 10pm, 7 days a week.

There are no changes proposed to current mobility parking restrictions in Stanley and Thurlow streets. Drivers with Mobility Parking Scheme (MPS) permits can continue to park in allocated spaces.

Plan Location Existing restriction Proposed restriction
1 Bourke Street west side between 348m to 354m, 391m to 411.5m, 448.5m to 460.5m and 500.5m to 517m south of Cleveland Street 2P 8am-6pm Permit Holders Except Area 41 1P 8am -10pm Permit Holders Excepted Area 41
1 Bourke Street east side between 380m to 407m and 412m to 422m south of Chelsea Street 
2 Bourke Street west side between 239m to 253.5m, 261.5m to 267.5m and 285m to 335m 
south of Boronia Street 
2 Bourke Street east side between 295m to 353m south of Thurlow Street   Unrestricted parking               1P 8am -10pm Permit Holders Excepted Area 41
2 Bourke Street east side between 239m to 267.5m south of Thurlow Street  
 
2P 8am-6pm Permit Holders Excepted Area 41 
 
 
 
2 Bourke Street west side between 118.5m to 229m 
3 Bourke Street east side 209m to 221m south of Telopea Street 
3 Bourke Street east side 118.5m to 157m south of Maddison Street   Unrestricted parking
4 Bourke Street west side between 20m and 70m and 95m to 118m south of Zamia Street  2P 8am-6pm Permit Holders Excepted Area 41
4 Bourke Street east side between 87m to 118.5m north of Zamia Street   Unrestricted parking
5 Maddison Street north side between 10m to 33m and Maddison Street south side between 10m to 33m east of Bourke Street 
9 Maddison Street north side between 49.3m to 70m and Maddison Street south side between 42m to 69m and 86m to 75m east of Bourke Street  2P 8am-6pm Permit Holders Excepted Area 41 
10 Little Cleveland Street, south side between 6m to 18m, west of Vaughan Place   
10  Little Cleveland Street, south side between 65m to 76.5m and 107.5m to 125m, west of Vaughan Place
 10  Stanley Street, east side between 6m to 25.5m north of Little Cleveland Street  2P 8am-6pm Mon-Fri, Permit Holders Excepted Area 41  
 11 Charles Street, north side between 10m to 31.8m, east of Bourke Street Unrestricted Parking
 12 Charles Street, south side between 88.6m to 98.1 and 110m to 124.1m, east of Bourke Street
 13 Charles Street, north side between 157.2m to 164m, east of Bourke Street
 14 Rennie Street, both sides between 6m to 16m north of Charles Street
 15 Mount Street, both sides between 6m to 16m north of Charles Street
 16 Stanley Street, east side between 10m to 23m north of Thurlow Street
 16 Stanley Street, east side between 3m to 30.3m north of Thurlow Street 2P 8am-6pm Mon-Fri, Permit Holders Excepted Area 41
 17 Thurlow Street, north side between 10m to 32m east of Bourke Street  Unrestricted Parking
 18,19,20 Thurlow Street, north side between 55.6m to 154.2m east of Bourke Street 2P 8am-6pm Mon-Fri, Permit Holders Excepted Area 41
 18,19,20  Thurlow Street, south side between 22m to 34m, 74.4m to 79.4m, 85.4m to 94.4m, and 110.6m to 168.5m east of Bourke Street
 21,22,23  Chelsea Street, north side between 16m to 28m, 43.8m to 122.5m, 134.4m to 162.8m east of Bourke Street
 21,22, 23  Chelsea Street, south side, between 10m to 28.2m, 40.9 to 75.5m, 88.5m to 136.7m and 148.7m to 164.1m, east of Bourke Street 2P 8am-6pm Mon-Fri, Permit Holders Excepted Area 41  1P 8am -10pm Permit Holders Excepted Area 41
 23  Chelsea Street, east side (dead end section) 2P 8am-6pm Mon-Fri, Permit Holders Excepted Area 41
 24  South Dowling Street, west side between 85.1m to 100.1m, 112.1 to 173.6m, 216.9m to 251m, and 270.2m to 347.8m south of Cleveland Street 2P 8am-6pm Mon-Fri, Permit Holders Excepted Area 41
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Next steps

We’ll consider all submissions and report the results to the Local Pedestrian, Cycling, Traffic Calming and Transport Forum (LPCTCTF) at its meeting on  on Thursday 21 May. The forum’s report will be available on our website after 5pm on Thursday 14 May.

You’re welcome to address the forum at 10am in the Sydney Town Hall Council Chamber at 483 George Street, Sydney. Register by close of business on Monday 18 May with Claudia Calabro on 02 9265 9648 or at [email protected].

If the proposal doesn’t go ahead, we’ll update everyone who provides feedback. If the committee endorses the proposal, we plan to install the new parking signs within about 4 weeks of the committee’s decision.

How you can give feedback

Feedback closes at 5pm Friday 3 April 2026.

  1. Complete our survey

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  2. Email or post your feedback

    You can give your feedback by email to [email protected] or post to:

    Terry Xu
    Senior Traffic Engineer
    City of Sydney
    456 Kent Street
    Sydney NSW 2000

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