Notification of Public Hearing for Planning Proposals for Property Review and Reclassification of Council Land
Council recently publicly exhibited the following two Planning Proposals.
Planning Proposal for the Review of Council Landholdings (PP-2025/3)
This Proposal was exhibited between 17 February and 31 March 2026.
The Proposal seeks to reclassify the following sites from Community Land to Operational Land and rezone some of the sites:
| Lot details | Description |
|---|---|
| Lot 11 DP 707453 | Public Reserve Wonson Avenue, Coniston |
| Lot 16 DP 206479 | Willow Grove Park, Corrimal |
| Lot 139 DP 740156 | Public Reserve Rickard Road, Cordeaux Heights |
| Lot 65 DP 806321 | Public Reserve Halyard Street, Berkeley |
| Lot 66 DP 806321 | Public Reserve, Pennant Crescent, Berkeley |
| Lot 18 DP 233592 | Lot 18 Brown Avenue, Dapto |
| Lot 239 DP 203414 | Scott Road Park Laver Road, Dapto |
| Lot 2021 DP 850609 | Reserve Honeyeater Close, Farmborough Heights |
| Lot 416 DP 14939 | Illawarra Street Park Illawarra Street, Port Kembla |
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Lots 11, 12, 13 & 14 Sec 4 DP 8703 Note: Lot 13 is already Operational land | NES Hall Park Keira Street, Port Kembla |
| Lot 403 DP 1128781 | Part 1A Denison Street, Wollongong |
Planning Proposal for the Reclassification of Council owned land (PP-2025/11)
This Proposal was exhibited between 3 March and 31 March 2026.
The proposal seeks to reclassify Lot 105 DP 814045 – 135 Corrimal Street, Wollongong and Lot 13 DP 37759 – 13 Stewart Street, Wollongong from Community Land to Operational Land.
Public Hearing
The next step in the process for both of these Planning Proposals is for Council to hold a Public Hearing.
Anyone is welcome to attend the Public Hearing to hear a presentation on the proposed reclassification and rezoning of the above sites from Community to Operational land.
The Public Hearing also provides an opportunity to ask questions or make comments about the proposal and the reclassification and rezoning processes. This Public Hearing will be conducted by an Independent Chairperson who will provide Council with a Public Hearing Report after the meeting.
The details of the Public Hearing are as follows:
Date and time: Tuesday 21 April 2026, 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Location: Level 9 Function Room, Council Administration Building, 41 Burelli Street, Wollongong
If you wish to attend the Public Hearing, please register your interest by calling Council’s Land Use Planning Team on (02) 4227 7111 no later than Friday 17 April 2026.
Please note:
- A list of attendees will be provided to the Independent Chairperson before the meeting date.
- Any questions, comments or concerns raised on the evening will be documented.
- Council will make a copy of the Public Hearing Report available for inspection by the public after the hearing.
- The feedback received through the exhibition process and the hearing will be discussed in a Post Exhibition report prepared for Council’s consideration on the respective Planning Proposals.
- Should Council resolve to finalise the Planning Proposal(s), Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 2009 Schedule 4 – Classification and reclassification of public land will be amended and the land reclassified from Community Land to Operational Land.
Please call Council’s Land Use Planning Section on 4227 7111 for more information.