Council decisions and development applications for Georges River Council. Written from the public record. Every claim links to its source.
Council meeting
The Georges River Local Planning Panel heard four development applications on Thursday, including three co-living and mixed use proposals already before the Land and Environment Court. The panel's determinations will be published on council's website, and the court will make the final call on the three court matters.
7 October 2026
Council meeting
Georges River councillors backed a concept design to upgrade the Quarry Reserve tennis facilities and add pickleball courts after community consultation.
7 October 2026
Council meeting
The local planning panel has heard resident concerns and applicant support for three development applications, including a contentious proposal at 2-2A Lancelot Street, Allawah.
7 October 2026
Council meeting
The Sports Advisory Committee heard that ADCO Constructions will build the Carss Park Aquatic Facility, with a temporary car park starting next Wednesday. The committee also carried updates on sports capital works and a $500,000 defibrillator program.
7 October 2026
Council meeting
A Georges River local planning panel meeting heard three items, with the chair stepping aside from the Stoney Creek Road matter and the panel retiring to decide.
7 October 2026
Council meeting
Council will proceed with the original East Street Blakehurst footpath plan after narrowly rejecting an amendment to consult first and losing a move to remove the design component.
7 October 2026
Council meeting
Georges River councillors voted to proceed with the Beverly Hills Master Plan, a decision that shapes the future of the town centre. Council also carried a motion on the Peakhurst West Public School swimming pool after an amendment failed.
7 October 2026
Council meeting
Georges River Council will audit every playground in the area and will close equipment it finds unsafe, after a child was seriously injured at the Princess Park playground. Councillors also called on the state government over lost bus services in the south-west.
7 October 2026
Council meeting
Georges River Council's Sports Advisory Committee moved a report on its sports lighting consultation, which will help shape how $4 million in field lighting upgrades is prioritised across the area.
7 October 2026
Council meeting
Georges River Council will run a six-month off-leash dog park trial at Progress Park from September, while a push for pedestrian safety fences on Railway Parade went down eight votes to five.
7 October 2026
Council meeting
Georges River Council carried a Mortdale streetscape upgrade with extra planter boxes and trees, and adopted a draft verge management policy setting who maintains nature strips. Both decisions affect how local streets are cared for.
7 October 2026
Council meeting
Residents will face no rate rise in the 2026-27 financial year after councillors voted to freeze rates, while pensioners will also see a council-funded rebate reinstated.
7 October 2026
Council meeting
Georges River Council has voted to put the draft Cogra Strategic Centre Master Plan on public exhibition, giving residents a chance to respond to the plan shaping the area's future. Councillors also moved on shade at a Mortdale Heights playground, heavy vehicle parking rules and a community innovation pilot.
7 October 2026
Council meeting
Georges River Council has put its draft playspace strategy 2026 to 2046 out for public exhibition, while a councillor warned a separate rezoning proposal for 22-storey towers on King Georges Road would create a wind tunnel in Beverly Hills.
7 October 2026
Council meeting
Georges River councillors voted to continue the Mortdale centre planning proposal and seek grant funding for extra studies, and decided to deal with a contested right of way over Taylors Reserve later in the meeting.
7 October 2026
Council meeting
Councillors carried an amended motion on the former Oatley Bowling Club site and voted for a shopfront improvement program for Penshurst. A heritage enforcement reporting motion was lost.
7 October 2026
Council meeting
Georges River councillors elected Councillor Borg as mayor until September 2028 and Councillor De Moski as deputy mayor until September 2027 at an extraordinary meeting. The same meeting filled the council's committee chairperson and delegate positions.
7 October 2026
Council meeting
A boarding house at 54 and 54A Noble Street in Allawah went before the local planning panel, with a neighbour objecting and the applicant arguing it matches an earlier approval for the site.
7 October 2026
Council meeting
Georges River Council wants the state government to give councils more say before heritage homes are knocked down, after a Park Street cottage in Carlton was demolished under a private certificate. A separate motion on State Significant Developments also passed, asking the state to reconsider 20 storey proposals in six storey zones.
7 October 2026
Council meeting
Georges River Council's sports committee heard the Carss Park Aquatic Facility remains on schedule and is about to go to tender, with new images released to the public this week.
7 October 2026