{"id":61391,"date":"2026-07-30T04:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T04:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/61391\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T04:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T04:28:09","slug":"stockland-recasts-university-land-as-1-9bn-sydney-suburb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/61391\/","title":{"rendered":"Stockland Recasts University Land as $1.9bn Sydney Suburb"},"content":{"rendered":"

Almost 100ha of Western Sydney University land once identified as having capacity for 6000 jobs is being recast as a $1.89-billion, 1500-home suburb.<\/p>\n

Stockland and Western Sydney University\u2019s proposed Werrington precinct would replace a business park framework with housing, a town centre and public open space about 6km east of Penrith.<\/p>\n

The state-led rezoning\u2014on exhibition until August 20\u2014spans the university\u2019s Werrington North and South campuses on either side of the Great Western Highway.<\/p>\n

It provides for 900 low and 100 medium-density homes, and 500 apartments, with buildings from two to seven storeys.<\/p>\n

Hassell prepared the masterplan, which includes about 12,000sq m of retail, commercial and community floorspace.<\/p>\n

The project is forecast to accommodate about 3930 residents and generate 1070 direct ongoing jobs, plus another 801 indirectly across the broader economy.<\/p>\n

Construction would span an estimated seven years and support 381 direct and 539 indirect jobs at its peak.<\/p>\n

\"An\u25b2 A concept rendering shows Stockland and Western Sydney University\u2019s vision for the proposed Werrington precinct. <\/p>\n

The rezoning represents a marked shift for land zoned for enterprise development since 2017.<\/p>\n

Project documents argued the business park failed to attract investment after the Sydney Metro-Western Sydney Airport alignment moved east and omitted a station near Werrington.<\/p>\n

They also cite Penrith\u2019s Employment Lands Strategy, which identified theoretical capacity for 6000 jobs across the precinct.<\/p>\n

An earlier state pre-exhibition listing said the redevelopment could enable up to 2000 homes, 500 more than the exhibited scheme.<\/p>\n

Of the current yield, about 45 homes\u2014or 3 per cent\u2014are earmarked as affordable rentals in perpetuity.<\/p>\n

Delivery is anticipated during stage three, mainly around the town centre, with the homes to be managed by a community housing provider.<\/p>\n

But the exhibited documents allow viability testing to determine whether an equivalent monetary contribution could replace on-site delivery.<\/p>\n

Plans identify 18.4ha of public open space, although 5.4ha comprises two proposed sports fields at Western Sydney University\u2019s separate Kingswood campus.<\/p>\n

\"An\u25b2 An aerial plan shows the proposed Werrington North and South precincts on either side of the Great Western Highway.<\/p>\n

About 13ha would be delivered at Werrington.<\/p>\n

Conservation land would increase from 10.2ha to 12.5ha, while a 3ha investigation site has been reserved for a primary school accommodating up to 1000 students.<\/p>\n

If education authorities decide a school is unnecessary, the land could instead carry low and medium-density housing.<\/p>\n

Heritage-listed Frogmore House would be retained and potentially adapted as a community facility.<\/p>\n

NSW planning minister Paul Scully said the proposal would make \u201cbetter use of well-located land\u201d and could create \u201ca new mixed-use neighbourhood with housing, open space, shops and community facilities\u201d.<\/p>\n

Deputy Premier Prue Car said housing needed to be delivered \u201calongside local infrastructure\u201d as Western Sydney grows.<\/p>\n

\"An\u25b2 An concept rendering shows the proposed Werrington precinct with tree-lined streets, low-rise housing and landscaped public spaces.<\/p>\n

The surrounding estate has previously accommodated vineyards, bloodstock, a golf course, motorcycle racing and an airstrip.<\/p>\n

It later became a government-run residential home for boys with intellectual disability before entering university use in 1989.<\/p>\n

Surveys undertaken in August, 2025 to inform future kangaroo management recorded up to 138 eastern grey kangaroos across the Werrington North and South campuses, according to a scoping document prepared by AMBS Ecology & Heritage.<\/p>\n

Retention, translocation, fertility control and humane culling are among options under investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Almost 100ha of Western Sydney University land once identified as having capacity for 6000 jobs is being recast…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61392,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[854,1210,2547,856,12416,10158,355,15800,857,6154,7874,1093,3035,2975,1002,5461,859,16298,12418,247,6959,15801,265,860],"class_list":["post-61391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sydney","tag-community-engagement","tag-development","tag-government","tag-heritage-protection","tag-land-communities","tag-landscape-architecture","tag-new-south-wales","tag-placemaking","tag-planning-approvals","tag-project","tag-project-announcement","tag-public-transport","tag-real-estate","tag-residential","tag-retail","tag-social-affordable-housing","tag-social-community","tag-social-infrastructure","tag-sustainability-environment","tag-sydney","tag-transport-mobility","tag-urban-design","tag-western-sydney","tag-zoning-density"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}