Scentre Group has a proposal to create a more connected, walkable and vibrant town centre. It is planned to be delivered in multiple stages over 20 years.

Northern Beaches Council identified Brookvale as the Northern Beaches’ strategic centre; a place for future housing, employment and community space that is already supported by jobs, transport and services.

Scentre Group’s proposal to create a new town centre at Westfield Warringah Mall supports that vision.

It’s a blueprint for transforming land that is mostly used for car parking and retail into a community hub that includes new homes, a town square, three new parks, a multi-purpose community facility, businesses and public infrastructure alongside the existing Westfield Warringah Mall.

As an existing community destination, Westfield Warringah Mall is uniquely positioned to help deliver significant urban renewal while preserving the broader lifestyle locals love:

• Long Term Commitment: As the long-term owner and operator of Westfield Warringah Mall, Scentre Group has a strong interest in the long-term success of the new town centre and its contribution to the wider community.
• Located in the heart of Brookvale: The site is located within 400 metres walking distance of the B-Line interchange and local bus stops, providing opportunities for more people to live closer to jobs, services, shops and everyday destinations.
• Transforms underutilised land: The site provides an important opportunity to support the Council’s plan and create the Brookvale town centre in a location that builds on existing infrastructure and services.

The new town centre will sit alongside Westfield Warringah Mall and the centre would remain operational while the proposal is being delivered.

The starting point for this proposal was formulating the blueprint that guides how the town centre would be developed at Westfield Warringah Mall. The blueprint guides the placement and built form of new buildings, parks, streets, housing, community facilities, transport and utility infrastructure on the site.

The blueprint will become a statutory plan pending its approval by the NSW Government. Under NSW planning legislation, the blueprint is called a Concept Plan. The Concept Plan provides certainty for the Northern Beaches Community about how future development will look while putting in place the planning controls that will allow for its development.

Scentre Group’s vision for the town centre is to create a vibrant, connected, walkable and liveable neighbourhood. As at 27 July 2026 the plan provides for:

• Transformation of 3.9 hectares of the Westfield Warringah Mall site redeveloped into the town centre.
• Up to 7 buildings ranging in height from 12 to 39 storeys.
• More than 7,000 m2 of ‘high street’ retail, dining, health, wellbeing and small businesses.
• 6,500 m2 of public open space delivered across three new parks.
• A new Town Square
• 2,300 m2 multi-purpose community facility.
• A new main street connecting Dale Street and Condamine Street.
• 1,600 new public and private car parking spaces across basement levels and podiums.
• A network of pedestrian and bicycle connections, together with bus stop upgrades.
• Up to 1,300 new homes by 2046, including 5% affordable housing for essential workers with capacity for an additional 300 homes beyond 2046.
• Financial support for Northern Beaches Council-led road and bikeway network upgrades.
• A 20-year delivery timeframe across multiple development stages.

Westfield Warringah Mall is a landlocked site. Scentre Group has explored a range of built forms, including above the Northern Beaches Council’s proposed 25-storey height control for the following reasons:

• Sculptural building forms that range in height from 12 to 39 storeys allow the maximum amount of land area at ground level to be set aside for parks and public spaces.
• Adopting a range of building heights across the site does not alter the traffic modelling outcomes. Taller buildings do not increase traffic. All height models considered were based on the same number of new homes. The optimum outcome is one that provides extensive parks and public spaces between buildings where people can gather and connect.
• The site’s location adjacent to Pittwater Road and its north-south orientation needs to be considered to ensure parks and public spaces have a high amenity for their users.
• The extensive network of stormwater culverts under Warringah Mall mean that parking must be accommodated above ground in the podiums of the buildings adding additional storeys.

The new town centre will bring housing diversity and contemporary coastal living to the Northern Beaches. A range of apartment sizes will be provided catering for families, young professionals, renters, owner-occupiers, essential workers and downsizers.

When Northern Beaches Council first adopted the Brookvale Structure Plan in 2023 it was thought 1,300 new homes could be accommodated in the Brookvale Centre. At this time, Northern Beaches Council allocated 290 homes to the Westfield Warringah Mall site.

In July 2026, Northern Beaches Council revised the Brookvale Structure Plan and set a new housing target of 2,900 homes for the Brookvale Centre.

Traffic modelling undertaken in August 2025 by Northern Beaches Council using the Brookvale Traffic Simulation Model identified a number of road and intersection upgrades to ensure minimal impact to traffic flows.  Scenario 5 of the Transport Strategy demonstrates 1,300-1,400 new homes are allocated to Westfield Warringah Mall.

At a later stage, after 2046, development consent for an additional 300 homes may be sought if is supported by the Council’s traffic strategy and modelling.

Providing a greater range of housing choices helps to support a more diverse and inclusive community.

Affordable housing is rental housing provided at a below-market rent to moderate-and low-income households who can afford to pay rent but struggle to compete in the private rental market.

Key characteristics are:

• It is usually delivered through voluntary planning agreements, government programs, or by Community Housing Providers (CHPs).
• Rent is generally set at:
  • Up to 75% of market rent, or
  • A rent level that does not exceed 30% of a household’s gross income (depending on the scheme).
  • Tenants are not required to be on the social housing waiting list.
• It is intended for working households who earn too much for social housing but not enough to comfortably afford market housing.
• Typical occupants can include:
• Nurses
• Teachers
• Aged care workers
• Hospitality workers
• Essential service workers
• Retail service workers
• Single-income families
• Key workers

Scentre Group’s proposal to build up to 1,300 new homes by 2046, includes 5% affordable housing for essential workers.  The 5% threshold is consistent with economic and demand modelling undertaken by Northern Beaches Council. This will contribute between 65-80 affordable new homes for Northern Beaches essential workers conveniently located at Westfield Warringah Mall.

The proposed town centre will be progressed across multiple stages over 20 years with an estimated completion date of 2046. Each stage will require development approval under a State Significant Development Application (SSD Application).

If the SSD Application for Stage 1 is approved, of its anticipated Stage 1 works would be delivered in or around 2031. Stage 1 currently comprises many of the community-focussed elements of the proposal, including community facilities, parks, public spaces and affordable housing.

We understand the community is concerned about traffic.

Traffic modelling undertaken in August 2025 by Northern Beaches Council using the Brookvale Traffic Simulation Model (Scenario 5) supports the development of 1,300 new homes in a new town centre at Brookvale and confirms there is capacity within the local road network, once upgraded, to accommodate the project.

Included in Scentre Group’s proposal is provision for contribution to funding local network upgrades as part of Stage 1. This includes upgrades to the Cross Street and Pittwater Road intersection.

Westfield Warringah Mall currently provides over 4,500 customer parking spaces and the centre will continue operating as a major retail and lifestyle destination throughout the redevelopment. The proposed new town centre would be delivered in stages over an approximate 20-year timeline, so it’s expected impacts to the car park would be limited.

In addition, the proposal includes dedicated parking built at each stage for residents and workers within the new town centre buildings. Stage 1, for example, includes approximately 370 parking spaces contained entirely within the building for its 310 apartments, community facility and retail tenancy. Future stages will follow the same approach, with parking for each block confirmed through its own detailed development application and transport assessment.

Parking utilisation will be formally monitored at defined staging milestones throughout delivery of the town centre, so arrangements can be adjusted if any pressures emerge.

The HDA is an initiative of the NSW Government to address housing supply shortages and National Housing Accord targets. It enables multi-unit housing projects over $60 million in value, that provide more than 100 dwellings to be considered and declared State Significant Development.

Scentre Group’s town centre proposal is of a significant scale and is proposed to deliver more than 1,300 new homes. As such it meets the HDA criteria.

The project was first declared State Significant Development under State Significant Declaration Order 2025 (3) in March 2025.

The SSD process is robust, considered and efficient. Importantly, it requires a comprehensive Environmental Impact assessment and includes an extensive 28-day public exhibition process. It provides for the assessment of the application by technical experts with relevant understanding and experience in their independent fields of inquiry. This project encompasses over 20 technical reports.

Importantly, the SSD Application process also enables a concept plan, rezoning proposal and Stage 1 development application to be considered concurrently.  This significantly reduces the statutory timeframe that would normally apply to the local assessment process by 12 months.

Scentre Group’s proposal includes $170 million in community benefits for the Northern Beaches Community. Much of the proposed investment, will be made in Stage 1. The community will not need to wait until the end of the project to enjoy these outcomes.

The community benefits that the proposal will deliver with the new town centre include:

• 5% affordable housing.
• Three new parks, the Town Square (Warringah Green), a multi-purpose community facility, upgrades to the B-Line and Warringah Mall bus stops to improve the user experience, investment in new footpaths and cycleways, stormwater upgrades to reduce localised flooding and public art installations.
• Significant contribution to Northern Beaches Council for local transport and traffic network upgrades and modifications, including for the two intersection upgrades to the Pittwater Road and Cross Street intersection

Scentre Group does not have development consent from the NSW Minister for Planning and Public Spaces at this stage. The State Significant Planning process has commenced. The proposal was declared State Significant Development by the NSW Minister for Planning and Public Spaces in March 2025. It has been given a reference number and entry on the NSW Planning Portal. It is referred to as SSD 83464714 Mixed Use Redevelopment and Rezoning at Warringah Mall.

The technical documentation that comprises the State Significant Development Application, is called an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and is currently being prepared. The community consultation is part of the EIS process.

Scentre Group anticipates lodging the EIS and SSD Applicatino in the coming months. Once it is lodged it will be placed on public exhibition by the NSW State Government.

SSD-83464714 seeks approval for the detailed design, construction and operation of a mixed-use development. It comprises:

• Concept approval for seven development blocks to facilitate a mixed-use development within Warringah Mall.
• Stage 1 works for the construction of a mixed-use building up to 36 storeys in height containing 310 apartments and a public park.

Rezoning amendments to the Warringah Local Environmental Plan 2011 are also being sought concurrently. Specifically, the project seeks to amend the Warringah LEP as follows:

• Amend the Land Zoning Map to rezone part of the site from E2 Commercial Centre and E4 General Industrial to MU1 Mixed Use
• Introduce a maximum height of building development standard ranging from 47 metres to 136 metres for land subject to the SSD Application
• Introduce a floor space ratio development standard ranging from 4.1:1 to 4.7:1 for the land subject to the SSD Application
• Introduce a local provision to ensure development on the land is carried out in accordance with a site-specific development control plan (DCP). The DCP is currently being prepared.
• Introduce residential accommodation as an additional permitted use on the land subject to the SSD Application