We advocate for more affordable housing, better active transport and vibrant town centres.
As a council we need to strongly advocate for more affordable housing, and we understand the importance of balancing this need with preserving the character of our heritage suburbs, as well as maintaining and providing access to our extensive green spaces.
We advocate for modern, sustainable, and community-focused integration in new developments. This includes prioritising community facilities such as public recreation spaces, incorporating energy-efficient designs like solar panels, green roofs, and battery storage, and ensuring active transport connections are integrated. We also support the inclusion of accessible public spaces, improved pedestrian and cycling links, design excellence, and design features that enhance local character while meeting the needs of residents.
Appropriate urban development
Revitalised town centres
Peaceful Bayside has actively worked to breathe new life into local town centres.
In Rockdale, we’ve pushed for the Rockdale Cultural Festival, laneway activations, the installation of fairy lights, new public art, live performance, and ongoing events to improve vibrancy. In Brighton-Le-Sands, we’ve instigated a masterplan review for a new community hub, library upgrades, and partial or full pedestrianisation of Bay Street. In Brighton-Le-Sands, Rockdale and Ramsgate, we’ve also backed fairy light installations to brighten streetscapes and encourage evening visitation, and improve safety and streetscape aesthetics.
Heritage protections
Peaceful Bayside has taken proactive steps to protect and celebrate Bayside’s heritage and local character.
Our Councillors have initiated a Heritage Review and Local Character Assessment to identify significant sites, structures, and precincts across the area, while liaising with groups such as the Botany Historical Trust and St George Historical Society. We’ve also supported motions to preserve heritage, honour notable local figures, and ensure heritage considerations inform future development, all aimed at safeguarding Bayside’s unique cultural and historical identity.
Active transport
We have worked consistently to improve active transport—walking and cycling—across Bayside. We spearhead the Kamay Greenway, a shared walking and cycling corridor in Bayside, connecting parks, town centres, and key destinations to provide safer, more convenient routes for commuting, shopping, and recreation.
We’ve also advocated for safer pedestrian bridges, better east-west commuter connections, and secured commitment for the Active Transport Forum. More active transport options make it easier for people to walk or cycle to shops, or even take longer trips like commuting to work in neighbouring parts of Sydney.
We have actively worked to improve community hubs and libraries across Bayside.
We’ve instigated a masterplan review for Brighton-Le-Sands to explore a new community hub and library upgrades, ensuring these spaces meet local needs. We’ve also promoted rooftop public recreation spaces and prioritised community facilities in new developments, creating accessible spaces for learning, leisure, and social connection. These efforts aim to provide residents with modern, inclusive, and welcoming hubs that support education, recreation, and community engagement.
Places to go
We have worked to strengthen arts, culture, music, and nightlife across Bayside by supporting public art, murals, and laneway activations to showcase local creativity.
We have championed cultural festivals, including the Rockdale Cultural Festival and Nepalese music events, celebrating our community’s diversity, and promoted live performances and interactive music in public spaces to make town centres more vibrant. We also encourage initiatives like fairy lights in Rockdale, Brighton-Le-Sands, and Ramsgate, and support programs like ‘Renew Bayside’ to reduce empty shops, restore town vibrancy, and encourage locals to stay in Bayside to eat, drink, celebrate, and shop.