Penrith City Council publicly exhibited amendments to the Mamre Road Precinct Contributions Plan from 5 May 2025 until 2 June 2025.

Penrith City Council endorsed the amended Plan on 25 August 2025. Amendment 1 Mamre Road Contributions Plan 2022 is in force from 1 September 2025.

For all enquiries regarding this matter, please contact Natalie Stanowski, City Planner Coordinator on 4732 7403.

Amendments to Mamre Road Precinct Contributions Plan

Amendments to the Contributions Plan were required to ensure the plan remains up to date, accurate, and to reduce financial risk to Council. The amendments to the CP and the effect of each amendment are summarised below:

  • Remove 20 Aldington Road, Kemps Creek from the works schedule as this land will now be acquired by Transport for NSW, not Council. The associated CP maps will also be updated.

  • Update the Net Developable Area (NDA) calculation to reflect land that has been rezoned by DPHI from C2 Environmental Conservation to IN1 General Industrial and vice versa at 788-824 Mamre Road, Kemps Creek.
  • Remove certain RE1 Public Recreation zoned land which will be rezoned to SP2 Infrastructure (Stormwater) and acquired by Sydney Water from the schedule and costs of works. The associated CP maps will also be updated. Approximately 3.2 Ha of RE1 land has been removed from the plan.
  • Update NDA calculations to exclude IN1 General Industrial zoned land which will be rezoned to SP2 Infrastructure (Stormwater) and acquired by Sydney Water. The associated CP maps will also be updated.
  • Update the indexation method for land costs from Established House Price Index (EHPI) to Consumer Price Index (CPI), as EHPI has been discontinued. This amendment will ensure a consistent approach to existing and proposed planning agreements within the Mamre Road Precinct. The base CPI will be updated for works costs as well to ensure consistency between both calculations. The new rate reflects the indexation difference between 2021 and today.
  • Simplify the definition of ‘Net Developable Area’ by making clear it includes all land zoned IN1 General Industrial except for land that is:

– An existing road at the time development consent is granted,

– Land required for the provision or upgrade of any road to be provided under the CP,

– An arterial road or land for the widening of an arterial road.

  • A specific clause for exempt development will be introduced for clarity. Land uses and public infrastructure which are currently exempt from paying a contribution will continue to be exempt (e.g. emergency services facilities, public open space, drainage reserves).
  • Undertake minor housekeeping amendments, such as updating legislative references and zoning changes, updating maps, removing duplication and making typographical corrections.

Plan Cost Changes

The cost of the CP changed as a result of the amendment. In the table below, the base costs represent the cost of the plan at commencement. Updating the indexation of land to CPI increases the CP rate, however, the removal of certain land and works from the CP due to the stormwater scheme and other legislated changes reduced the total cost of the plan. Overall, the plan has increased approximately by 4% (between the current indexation and NDA and the proposed indexation and NDA). Current and proposed costs are detailed in the table below.

Current Plan

(base costs)

Current Plan

(current indexation)

Amendment

(new indexation)

NDA (ha)

725.3

724

Transport works

$130,375,587

$151,526,369

$150,823,541

Transport Land

$159,339,690

$178,933,666

$202,570,900

Open Space works

$20,904,288

$24,295,583

$21,300,043

Open Space land

$121,757,975

$136,730,533

$137,166,300

Plan admin

$2,269,198

$2,637,329

$2,581,854

Total

$434,646,738

$494,123,480

$514,442,638

Rate per ha NDA

$599,225

$681,223

$710,571

The Draft Mamre Road Precinct Contributions Plan was adopted by Council on 28 March 2022 and is effective from 4 April 2022.

The Mamre Road Precinct (the precinct) is located within the Western Sydney Employment Area (WSEA) and the Western Sydney Aerotropolis. The Western Sydney Aerotropolis Plan (WSAP) identified the intended planning outcomes for the precinct as a warehousing and logistics precinct, as it is connected to the proposed Western Sydney Freight Line, affected by aircraft noise and is not suitable for noise sensitive land uses. In June 2020, land within the Mamre Road Precinct was rezoned and this resulted in approximately 850 hectares of industrial land which could provide about 5,200 construction jobs and 17,000 ongoing jobs when fully developed. In the period since the first exhibition, a significant change to the quantum of contributions in respect to land values (50%) and construction costs (23%, plus design and contingency) was experienced and these costs differed from the first exhibited plan. In addition, amendments to the plan are required in respect to the road network and trunk drainage system, for consistency with the Mamre Precinct Development Control Plan (DCP), which was prepared by the Department of Planning and Environment (DPE).

The draft plan enables the collection of funds from development to meet the costs of providing local infrastructure, which will include:

  • Open space works and land acquisition
  • Transport works and land acquisition

Council invited the public to review and comment on the proposed changes when the draft Mamre Precinct Development Contributions Plan was publicly re-exhibited from Thursday 9 December 2021 to Thursday 27 January 2022.

The public exhibition has finished and the deadline for written submissions has passed.