Planning for Growth in Nowra-Bomaderry

A Draft Local Infrastructure Development Contributions Plan for Badagarang, a new suburb north of Nowra, will be on public exhibition from Wednesday 5 August to Friday 4 September 2026.

The plan for the Moss Vale Road North Urban Release Area outlines the roads, bridges, drainage, parks, playgrounds and other infrastructure needed to support around 2,500 future homes. It will also outline how developer contributions will help fund this community infrastructure, estimated to cost $127 million.

You can review the draft plan and make a submission on our Documents on Exhibition page. The document can also be viewed in-person at Council’s Nowra and Ulladulla offices.

Submissions open 5 August and close at 5pm on 4 September.

Council has secured almost $1 million in NSW Government funding to enhance sporting infrastructure in recognition of its strong performance on development assessment turnaround times.

The NSW State Government yesterday announced that Council received the funding for beating the 110-day benchmark for development assessment times for 2024-25.

The funding will be used to upgrade tennis, hockey and sports infrastructure to meet growing community demand and improve safety. Bernie Regan Sporting Complex in North Nowra and Narang Rd Tennis Complex in Bomaderry will receive upgrades.

Shoalhaven is one of 30 high-performing Councils that has received a grant through the NSW Planning Minister’s, 'Faster Assessments Incentive Program'.

Round one of the program provides $54 million in grants to help deliver the roads, parks, sporting facilities, and community infrastructure needed to support housing growth.

Having met the Minister’s expectation of assessing DAs within the 105-day benchmark for 2025-26, Council is now also being considered for round two of the program, with $67 million available for NSW councils that met or surpassed the target and improved assessment times last financial year.

Shoalhaven Council is seeking feedback on two draft planning documents proposed to guide the development and delivery of a future new residential area.

The 266-hectare site is located in the new suburb of Badagarang, north of Nowra, and is known as the Moss Vale Road North Urban Release Area.

It will provide land for between 2,000 and 2,500 new homes, as well as a local shopping centre, parks and supporting road infrastructure, over the next decade.

The draft Development Controls and proposed Local Infrastructure Contributions Framework have now been prepared to complete the initial planning work necessary to guide and enable the development of the new urban release area.

• The draft Development Controls will guide design of subdivisions and dwellings, the street network, protection of the environment as well as management of flooding and bushfire.
• The Local Infrastructure Contribution Framework identifies essential infrastructure and potential ways to fund and deliver it.

Both documents can be found on the right-hand panel under Document Library.

Have Your Say:

The two draft documents are on exhibition from Monday 26 August until Monday 23 September 2024.

To make a submission visit Council's Documents on Exhibition web page.

Work on the $32.8M Far North Collector Road network project has progressed well, with the main alignment largely completed and asphalt laid.

Work on the Moss Vale Road Roundabout has been slowed by poor ground conditions requiring extensive foundation improvement. This has pushed the road completion toward the end of 2023.

Following extensive community consultation, the new suburb name and boundary of Badagarang will be formally gazetted on Friday 24 February 2023.

Badagarang is an Aboriginal word in the local Dharawal language group, meaning Eastern Grey Kangaroo (a Dharawal totem). Listen to the pronunciation of Badagarang here.

Badagarang runs along both sides of Moss Vale Road between Bomaderry and Cambewarra Village. The area, outlined below, is located across the two existing rural localities of Cambewarra and Meroo Meadow.

Council considered the outcomes of the recent public exhibition of the Planning Options for Taylors Lane, Cambewarra (soon to be renamed Badagarang), at the Ordinary Council Meeting on 5 December 2022.

Council resolved (MIN22.933) to defer the matter and receive a briefing from staff to consider options suggested in a public deputation.

The report considered by Council and its resolution is available for viewing on Council’s Agendas and Minutes web page.

Council will provide further updates as the matter progresses.

The NSW Geographical Names Board (GNB) considered community feedback on the proposed suburb arrangements (name and boundary) at its September 2022 Board Meeting. At this meeting, the Board resolved to endorse the name of Badagarang for approval.

The GNB have now made a formal recommendation to the NSW Minister for Customer Service and Digital Government for approval of the new suburb arrangements. A further update will be provided once the decision of the Minister is known.

Council is exhibiting the Review of Planning Options for Taylors Lane, Cambewarra (Badagarang), until Friday, 4 November 2022.

The review considers options for the future of Taylors Lane as part of the realisation of the Moss Vale Road South Urban Release Area (URA) within which it is located, specifically:

• how the existing trees that are considered a feature of the current local landscape can feasibly be retained and successfully integrated into future urban development the existing zones allow
• how the required upgrade of Taylors Lane can still be delivered
• potential changes to planning controls on the adjoining land that may support the long-term retention of the trees.

The review also considers the ongoing appropriateness and potential changes to the existing urban zones at the eastern end of Taylors Lane.

Council initiated the review in June 2020 (MIN20.419) when it resolved to ‘defer’ a decision on the upgrade of the eastern section of Taylors Lane as part of the Far North Collector Road project. Earlier in 2020 Council had exhibited several options for the road upgrade, all of which would impact on the existing trees to varying extents and received objections from the community.

Key documents in the review that has now been undertaken include the initial Options Report (Studio GL) that was considered by Council in September 2021, and a Strategic Options Assessment Report (Stantec) that provides a fuller assessment of the indicative costs, technical feasibility and environment/cultural heritage impacts of the options.

Council is now seeking community feedback on the options before deciding the next steps/actions in this regard.

Interested persons are encouraged to view the review documents and have their say on the potential options. For more information about the exhibition, and how to make a submission, visit Council's Documents on Exhibition web page.

August - September 2022 Update

• Package 1: Moss Vale Road Southern (MVRS) Urban Release Area URA Wastewater (WW) Infrastructure
  • MVRS rising main installed
  • MVR Southern URA gravity trunk main installed
  • MVRS sewer pump station (SPS) construction and installation commenced
• Package 2: Moss Vale Road (MVR) – Sewer Pumping Stations (SPS)
  • MVRN SPS access road continued
  • MVRN SPS property settlement completed
• Package 3: Moss Vale Road (MVR) Urban Release Area (URA) – Pipelines
  • MVRS gravity trunk main installation continued
  • MVRS rising main installed
  • SPS23 rising main diversion continued
  • MVRN rising main installation continued
  • MVRN rising main highway under bore works commenced.

Images: Waste Water Pipeline and Shorage box

August - September 2022 Update

• Package 1: Stage 1 Water Main Lead-in Work (Completed 2021)
  • Package 1 works completed 2021.
• Package 2: Illaroo Road Water Pumping Station Upgrade
  • Detailed design completed June 2022, with procurement activities to follow 2022/2023.
  • Pre-work vegetation removal undertaken
  • Power supply works undertaken.
• Package 3: Stage 2 Water Mains (new and upgrades)
  • Detailed design completed April 2022, with procurement activities to follow 2022/2023.
• Package 4: New Water Reservoir Cambewarra
  • Detailed design completed March 2022, with procurement activities currently in progress.

Image: Water Pipeline