Erskine Park Urban Reinvestment

The Erskine Park Urban Reinvestment project is part of Council’s Open Space Reinvestment Project (OSRP), which commenced via a pilot in Erskine Park and St Clair in Oct 2015. The OSRP identified open space sites in Erskine Park that were underutilised or in need of an upgrade to meet resident’s expectations.

The Erskine Park Urban Reinvestment project provides the delivery mechanism to transform this land from underutilised public open space into residential land; with the funds raised returned to open space improvements.

As a result, six sites have been rezoned for residential development with the proceeds from the sale of this land going directly into improving targeted open space and public domain areas within Erskine Park. The selected improvements were identified during the community consultation phase of the OSRP and are outlined in the Erskine Park Open Space Masterplan Report.

It is anticipated that once complete, the project will inject approx. $5.6 million back into Erskine Park and contribute to Penrith City Council’s vision for creating a more attractive and safer place to live as well as adapting to the future needs of residents.

As part of the Open Space Reinvestment Project (OSRP), Council undertook a community engagement process to seek community feedback on where improvements could be made in the suburb, the types of upgrades and facilities needed, and which underutilised spaces might be used to fund these improvements.

To successfully close out the OSRP, Council will be delivering quality residential outcomes for the suburb through the Erskine Park Urban Reinvestment project to honour the community consultation commitments. It will also ​deliver the public domain and open space improvements in the locality, as promised from funds generated from the sale of the land.

In November 2019, the OSRP received two prestigious awards from the Planning Institute Australia (NSW) in the Best Planning Idea – Small Project and Hard-Won Victory categories. This is a testament to the extensive planning of the project to deliver the best public space outcomes for the community of Erskine Park.

For more information on the Rezoning Phase of the Open Space Reinvestment project click here.

We expect the subdivision construction phase to be complete in 2023, with dwelling construction anticipated for completion early 2024.

In early 2023, the majority of the sites will be marketed as house and land packages via a builder partnering agreement. Details of how you can secure your new home will be available closer to this time. For the limited sites that will be sold to market; these will be offered to the public via auction or an expressions or interest campaign. If you would like to register your interest in the house and land packages or vacant land, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

A development application will be lodged with Council seeking subdivision approval for the sites. The community will have an opportunity to provide comment and feedback on the proposed subdivision layouts as would be the case with any development application. Residents in the vicinity of the development sites will be notified of the development application in accordance with Council’s notification policy.

Penrith City Council worked closely with local residents and key stakeholders from 2015-2018 to shape the future redevelopment of these sites. Community engagement has included:

• Use of pre-engagement focus groups to establish project acceptance
• Consultation with key stakeholder groups including local schools, interest groups, government agencies and surrounding residents and businesses
• Extensive research to determine what sites the community valued
• A series of community and online forums to help shape the open space improvements in the suburb
• A public comment period for the open space draft master plan report
• Statutory consultation during the rezoning phase.

Preliminary traffic and parking modelling studies were prepared to support the rezoning phase of the project. These will be reviewed and updated to ensure the development can be supported using the existing road network into the future. The sites also provide easy access to several key bus routes, encouraging residents to reduce their reliance on cars.

As a show of good faith to the Erskine Park community, Council forward funded $2.65 million of open space and public domain improvements ahead of the sale of the reclassified and rezoned lands.

The recently announced plans for the re-development of Chameleon Reserve and Capella Reserve will bring exciting new improvements to these community spaces and for the Erskine Park locality including new walking and cycling paths, playspaces and passive and active green space.

The forward funded improvements included:

• Four kilometres of continuous footpaths along the Swallow and Peppertree loop road
• Redevelopment Pacific and Phoenix Reserve
• Redevelopment Spica Reserve Redevelopment Skylark Reserve
• Redevelopment Capella Reserve (to be delivered 2022)
• Amenity and storage building at Chameleon Reserve alongside the existing netball courts
• Chameleon Reserve masterplan development
• Chameleon Reserve co-funding of the Five Million Trees Grant in-line with the masterplan, which delivered $300k in tree planting

It is anticipated that the remainder of the funds generated from the sale of the land will be directed towards the implementation of the Chameleon Reserve masterplan.

The Erskine Park Urban Reinvestment project has been designed to fit in seamlessly with the surrounding community see here. Design guidelines have also been created for the residential buildings and open space to ensure consistency with the character of the suburb.

Penrith City Council has a responsibility to improve local amenity and housing diversity in the local government area for current and future generations. The sites at Erskine Park have been carefully considered for redevelopment to provide maximum value to the community, with minimal disruption to the neighbourhood.

There will be no commercial or retail opportunities available as part of this project.