Council is responsible for providing land for an upgraded Rural Fire Service Station in Mulgoa. The NSW Government and the RFS have provided $1.2 million in funding to upgrade the current, inadequate station.   

The station will be built on the current RFS site following changes to the State Environment Planning Policy (SEPP).    

In late 2018 and early 2019, Council consulted with the Mulgoa community on options for the site of the upgraded fire station, including Mulgoa Park North, the Mulgoa Community Centre and Gow Park. However, the changes to the SEPP mean that an emergency facility cannot be developed in RE1 or E3 zones – leaving the existing site as the only compliant option.    

Council would like to thank the community for its feedback during the consultation period and assure respondents that while Mulgoa Park North was the community’s first preference, the existing option also had strong support.    

A previously lodged Development Application for the Mulgoa Park North site has been withdrawn and a new design created. This will be determined under part 5 of the SEPP. You can view the design in the document library to the right.    

To build a larger station it is necessary to permanently close an access road between The Straight and Mulgoa roads. Council and the Roads and Maritime Services are progressing a Traffic Management Plan for approval to permanently close the road. Traffic modelling has shown there will be minimal impact from the closure.    

Work on the upgraded station will start once the access road is permanently closed and will then be completed within 12 months. The RFS station will be closed during the construction period.    

During this time, Mulgoa RFS appliances will be moved to the Regentville RFS headquarters and Brigade members’ homes. The Mulgoa Brigade will remain on call and responsive to emergencies.    

We invite your comments on the closure of the access road.   

COB Sunday 2 August