Shaping the Caringbah Place Plan

This consultation has closed. We are reviewing feedback and will provide an update soon.

Our town centres play a vital everyday role as places where our community lives, shops, works, relaxes and connects.

Located at the intersection of two major roads and serviced by a railway station, Caringbah Town Centre is an important hub for retail, health and leisure services, as well as housing, for our community.

We want to strengthen the centre’s vibrancy and make it a better place to visit and call home. Place Plans play an important role in this process, helping to set a clear vision for how our town centres grow and change over time.

We are in the early stages of preparing a draft Place Plan for Caringbah which will provide a clear and coordinated framework to guide future growth and infrastructure opportunities.

A key focus of the plan is identifying opportunities for additional housing, and more jobs, alongside the right infrastructure to support this change.

The plan will build on feedback from previous community consultation completed in late 2021 about the future of Caringbah. Through that consultation, the community highlighted opportunities to:

  • create safe, clean, vibrant and inviting spaces
  • redevelop key commercial sites
  • enhance the library and pool precinct
  • modernise buildings
  • support some increase in density within the town centre.

The proposed Place Plan will bring together these comments, along with new ideas and feedback collected through this process, to shape a shared vision for Caringbah’s future.

📢 Have your say 📢

We want to understand your vision and aspirations for Caringbah, including any big ideas you have for how the area could grow and evolve over time. Your feedback will help guide the development of the draft Place Plan.


You can have your say until 22 June 2026:

📝 Online by taking the survey or commenting on our interactive map
📧 Email feedback to urbanfutures@ssc.nsw.gov.au
📍 In person by dropping into one of our information stalls:

  • Sunday 31 May 2026, 8am – 1pm, Caringbah Rotary Markets
  • Thursday 11 June 2026, 2pm - 6pm, Caringbah Shopping Village

✍ In writing to Urban Futures, Sutherland Shire Council, Locked Bag 17, Sutherland 1499.

Next steps

Following consultation, we will review and consider what we’ve heard and use this to prepare a draft Place Plan for Caringbah. The draft plan will be shared with the community for further feedback in early 2027.

This consultation has closed. We are reviewing feedback and will provide an update soon.

Our town centres play a vital everyday role as places where our community lives, shops, works, relaxes and connects.

Located at the intersection of two major roads and serviced by a railway station, Caringbah Town Centre is an important hub for retail, health and leisure services, as well as housing, for our community.

We want to strengthen the centre’s vibrancy and make it a better place to visit and call home. Place Plans play an important role in this process, helping to set a clear vision for how our town centres grow and change over time.

We are in the early stages of preparing a draft Place Plan for Caringbah which will provide a clear and coordinated framework to guide future growth and infrastructure opportunities.

A key focus of the plan is identifying opportunities for additional housing, and more jobs, alongside the right infrastructure to support this change.

The plan will build on feedback from previous community consultation completed in late 2021 about the future of Caringbah. Through that consultation, the community highlighted opportunities to:

  • create safe, clean, vibrant and inviting spaces
  • redevelop key commercial sites
  • enhance the library and pool precinct
  • modernise buildings
  • support some increase in density within the town centre.

The proposed Place Plan will bring together these comments, along with new ideas and feedback collected through this process, to shape a shared vision for Caringbah’s future.

📢 Have your say 📢

We want to understand your vision and aspirations for Caringbah, including any big ideas you have for how the area could grow and evolve over time. Your feedback will help guide the development of the draft Place Plan.


You can have your say until 22 June 2026:

📝 Online by taking the survey or commenting on our interactive map
📧 Email feedback to urbanfutures@ssc.nsw.gov.au
📍 In person by dropping into one of our information stalls:

  • Sunday 31 May 2026, 8am – 1pm, Caringbah Rotary Markets
  • Thursday 11 June 2026, 2pm - 6pm, Caringbah Shopping Village

✍ In writing to Urban Futures, Sutherland Shire Council, Locked Bag 17, Sutherland 1499.

Next steps

Following consultation, we will review and consider what we’ve heard and use this to prepare a draft Place Plan for Caringbah. The draft plan will be shared with the community for further feedback in early 2027.

  • Consultation results available

    Thank you to everyone who provided feedback to help us prepare a Place Plan for Caringbah.

    We consulted with our community between 18 May and 22 June 2026 to understand its centre vision, preferences for development and most supported public domain and transport improvements. In June-July 2026, we also held three workshops with community members, businesses and stakeholders to build on community feedback.

    A summary of the consultation results can be found here.

    The feedback has been carefully considered and used to develop draft principles to guide preparation of the Caringbah Place Plan.

    “These draft principles, along with a comprehensive overview of feedback received, are being considered at Council's 21 September Planning Committee meeting and 12 October Council meeting.

    Access the report to the 21 September committee meeting here.

    Thank you to everyone who provided feedback to help us prepare a Place Plan for Caringbah.

    We consulted with our community between 18 May and 22 June 2026 to understand its centre vision, preferences for development and most supported public domain and transport improvements. In June-July 2026, we also held three workshops with community members, businesses and stakeholders to build on community feedback.

    A summary of the consultation results can be found here.

    The feedback has been carefully considered and used to develop draft principles to guide preparation of the Caringbah Place Plan.

    “These draft principles, along with a comprehensive overview of feedback received, are being considered at Council's 21 September Planning Committee meeting and 12 October Council meeting.

    Access the report to the 21 September committee meeting here.

Page last updated: 14 Sep 2026, 03:23 PM