Shoalhaven Community and Recreational Precinct (SCaRP)

The Bomaderry Basketball Stadium project has been placed on pause, in accordance with Council Meeting MIN24.143 (25/03/2024), until Council’s financial position improves.

For more information about the work we are doing to improve our financial sustainability, please visit our Financial Sustainability Program webpage.

Development consent for the refurbishment of the Bomaderry Basketball Stadium was received on 19 May 2023.

Receipt of construction certificate approval is anticipated by December 2023.

Shoalhaven City Council is inviting community members to provide feedback on the concept design for the Shoalhaven Indoor Sports Centre Extension (this was previously referred to as the redesign of the original Bomaderry Basketball Stadium). Council aims to provide the community with a multiuse facility that will cater to a range of sports well into the future.

The design is based on community consultation undertaken throughout August 2021. The concept design was informed by feedback and information gathered from groups and individual with a variety of interests and from thorough discussions with a diverse range of stakeholders.

Please view the Concept Design for Shoalhaven Indoor Sports Centre Extension and provide your feedback via the below survey.

The Concept Design is on exhibition from 20 October to 20 November 2021.

To find out more, visit the SCaRP - Shoalhaven Indoor Sports Complex Extension (SISC) Get Involved web page.

Shoalhaven City Council has secured $8 million to upgrade Artie Smith Oval in Bomaderry thanks to Stage 1 of the Bushfire Local Economic Recovery Fund, co-funded by the Australian and NSW governments. The upgrade is part of Shoalhaven Community and Recreation Precinct (SCaRP) project in Bomaderry.

Council has allocated funding towards the delivery of this aspect of the project and to progress the planning and investigations for future stages of the broader SCaRP precinct.

Council has been working with the user groups and state sporting bodies to develop the plans for this great facility.

Council expects plans will go out to tender in late August with works to get underway late 2021. The project is expected to be completed by first half of 2023.

The new Artie Smith Oval will provide a state-level standard facility:

• New AFL/Cricket with 5 turf pitches, lighting, irrigation drainage, picket fencing electronic scoreboard, sight screens, and spectator seating/mounding
• AFL/Cricket Clubhouse and amenities
• Cricket Practice facility (4 X Synthetic pitches, 4 X turf pitches, storage shed)
• Four croquet courts
• Croquet clubhouse and amenities
• Onsite car parking
• Open space embellishments (pathways, landscaping, furniture, etc.)
• Perimeter security fencing

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Image: Artist impression of the Shoalhaven Community and Recreational Precinct

To find out more about this component of the SCaRP project, visit the Artie Smith Oval Development Get Involved web page.

At the Strategy and Assets Committee Meeting on 20 July 2021 it was resolved that Council:

1. Accept the update on the Shoalhaven Community and Recreation Precinct (SCaRP) Project for information.
2. Endorse the progression to tender for the detail design and staging plan of the Northern Section of SCaRP in line with the endorsed Master Plan (attached) including:

- Pavilion - Community Hub, 50 Metre indoor pool, learn to swim pool, water play pool features, gym and fitness facilities
- Synthetic Athletics Track
- Rugby League Fields
- Associated infrastructure (carparks, pathways and landscaping)

View the Strategy and Assets Committee Meeting, 20 July 2021 minutes on Council's Agendas and Minutes web page.

Council is working with design architects, Conybeare International Pty Ltd (CM+) and community to redesign the original Bomaderry Basketball Stadium located on Cambewarra Road.

The redesign will be based on previous investigations created in 2019 by Edmiston Jones and take into consideration community feedback gathered through a community survey open from today, and from the project Working Group.

The stadium will be designed in line with the neighbouring Shoalhaven Indoor Sports Centre (SISC) which forms part of the greater Shoalhaven Community and Recreation Precinct (SCaRP).

The design architects will deliver detail design documentation, and once finalised, Council will exhibit the designs for public comment through the Development Application (DA) approval process.

To find out more, visit the SCaRP - Shoalhaven Indoor Sports Complex Extension (SISC) Get Involved web page.

Shoalhaven City Council has finalised the development application ready designs for the Southern Section of the Shoalhaven Community and Recreation Precinct (SCaRP). This follows Council's endorsement of the plans in January 2020.

The extent of the upgrade work on the Southern Section (Artie Smith Oval) constitutes the southern portion of the recently master-planned Shoalhaven Community and Recreation Precinct and adjoins the Shoalhaven Indoor Sports Centre.

Interested community members are encouraged to view the plans in the Artie Smith Oval Upgrade – DA Ready Design Report.

The upgrades to Artie Smith Oval will provide a state level standard facility with major elements including:

• New AFL/Cricket with 5 turf pitches, lighting, irrigation drainage, picket fencing electronic scoreboard, sight screens Spector seating/mounding
• AFL/Cricket Clubhouse and amenities
• Cricket Practice facility (4 X Synthetic pitches, 4 X turf pitches, storage shed)
• Perimeter security fencing
• Four croquet courts
• Croquet clubhouse and amenities
• Onsite car parking
• Open space embellishments (pathways landscaping furniture etc)

Council is now progressing with development of the construction ready plans. These plans will go out to tender for construction later in the year and Council is anticipating construction to commence mid-October 2021.

To find out more about this component of the SCaRP project, visit the Artie Smith Oval Development Get Involved web page.

The development of the SCaRP project is to provide a multipurpose community facility which is efficient and sustainable to meet today’s local and regional community needs with spaces to deliver health, fitness, education and wellbeing services. It will boost sporting activities in the area including hosting events, such as the Koori Knockout October 2021, which is a national rugby league sporting event. This facility will provide a space for local, state and national sporting communities and will bring much-needed tourism dollars to the area and assist in the recovery from the recent bushfires.

In recent months the following project milestones have been achieved:

The first stage of the SCaRP project has already been completed with the official opening of the Shoalhaven Indoor Sports Centre (SISC) on 15 November 2019. Since the opening of the SISC it has been very successful hosting many sporting activities and receiving positive feedback as a well-appointed facility that can host sporting events at a National level. The facility is a public space and can accommodate indoor sports such as basketball, netball, futsal, badminton, cricket, facilities for conferences and meetings and a successful café that can cater for individuals and groups.

Take a look at the facility images in the Photo gallery on this Get Involved web page.

20 December 2018

A status update regarding stage one and two of the Shoalhaven Community and Recreation Precinct (SCaRP) was provided to Council at the Ordinary Meeting on 18 December 2018.

View the report in full.

It was resolved that Council:

View the meeting's minutes in full.