IPART has released the Final Report on the Review of Blacktown City Council’s revised Contributions Plan 21 Marsden Park (2026) for the Marsden Park and Marsden Park Industrial Precincts.
Developer contributions help fund services and amenities, like roads, parks and stormwater drainage, that are necessary to support development in both the Marsden Park and Marsden Park Industrial Precincts.
Marsden Park and Marsden Park Industrial Precincts cover around 2,352 hectares of net developable area, and the plan will provide essential infrastructure for an additional population of about 33,742 residents in approximately 11,536 additional dwellings. The commercial development in the precincts is expected to support 10,000 new jobs.
Marsden Park Precinct is mostly residential, with new roads, stormwater infrastructure, open space and land for community services being funded through the plan. Marsden Park Industrial Precinct is mostly for industrial use, bulky goods retail and business parks, with roads and stormwater management in this precinct included in the plan.
Our analysis of the revised Marsden Park contributions plan has found that the infrastructure in the plan is required, that costs are reasonable, and that community consultation has been undertaken. We have made 2 recommendations, to adopt Australian Bureau of Statistics Producer Price Indexes for the indexation of works costs in the plan moving forward and to correct several small errors to land acquisition costs the council identified in its works schedule following exhibition of the plan.
The Minister (or Minister’s nominee) will consider our recommendations and then advise the council on whether any changes are needed before it can adopt this revision of the contributions plan.