Planning Proposal for the future Moama Police Station

Consultation has concluded

8 October 2021

Planning Proposal adopted

On Monday 8 October 2021, this planning proposal was adopted and published onto the NSW Legislation website. The land has been:

  • rezoned from R1 General Residential to SP2 Infrastructure for the purposes of an ‘emergency services facility’ and ‘public administration building’; and
  • reclassified from ‘community land’ to ‘operational land’.

Thank you to everyone who took the time to share their thoughts and ideas about the proposal. 

For any questions about this project, please contact our Senior Town Planner  Llyan (Lil) Smith

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11 May 2021

Public Hearing Report available! 

On Monday 10 May 2021, we received a copy of the Public Hearing Report produced by the independent facilitator of the Public Hearing. We have made a copy of the report available in the 'Key Documents' tab to your left, and have also uploaded it to Council's website. It will also feature in the Agenda for the Council meeting being held on 25 May 2021. To view a hard copy of the report, please pop in to Council's Moama office and speak with one of our customer service team (a copy of the report has been placed at the Counter for inspection).

For any questions relating to the Public Hearing Report, please chat with our Senior Town Planner, Llyan (Lil) Smith.

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Planning Proposal effecting part Lot 56 DP1220883, 216 Cobb Highway 

The construction of a new Police Station in Moama has been on our agenda for a number of years, and after lengthy talks with the Minister of Police and NSW Police Force, we finally have the go ahead to help make this a reality! To facilitate this exciting project, Council has prepared a Planning Proposal which seeks to provide a central location for our emergency service providers at 216 Cobb Highway, Moama. This Council owned community land (Lawry Park) is south of the existing Moama Rural Fire Service Station and is temporarily being used as part of the new Moama/Echuca bridge project. If approved, the planning proposal will achieve the following:

  • Rezone part of Lot 56 DP1220883, 216 Cobb Highway, Moama from R1 General Residential to SP2 Infrastructure for the purposes of an ‘emergency services facility’ and ‘public administration building’;
  • Reclassify part of 56 DP1220883 from ‘community land’ to ‘operational land’.

Council is required to undertake a number of formal processes, which have been detailed in the Planning Proposal. All the documents and information associated with the Proposal are available in the 'key documents' panel to your right. You will see that no designs for the new police station have been included in the Planning Proposal, as they do not form part of this process. This aspect of the project will be be carried out under a separate development application which will be submitted to Council for evaluation at a later date.


8 October 2021

Planning Proposal adopted

On Monday 8 October 2021, this planning proposal was adopted and published onto the NSW Legislation website. The land has been:

  • rezoned from R1 General Residential to SP2 Infrastructure for the purposes of an ‘emergency services facility’ and ‘public administration building’; and
  • reclassified from ‘community land’ to ‘operational land’.

Thank you to everyone who took the time to share their thoughts and ideas about the proposal. 

For any questions about this project, please contact our Senior Town Planner  Llyan (Lil) Smith

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11 May 2021

Public Hearing Report available! 

On Monday 10 May 2021, we received a copy of the Public Hearing Report produced by the independent facilitator of the Public Hearing. We have made a copy of the report available in the 'Key Documents' tab to your left, and have also uploaded it to Council's website. It will also feature in the Agenda for the Council meeting being held on 25 May 2021. To view a hard copy of the report, please pop in to Council's Moama office and speak with one of our customer service team (a copy of the report has been placed at the Counter for inspection).

For any questions relating to the Public Hearing Report, please chat with our Senior Town Planner, Llyan (Lil) Smith.

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Planning Proposal effecting part Lot 56 DP1220883, 216 Cobb Highway 

The construction of a new Police Station in Moama has been on our agenda for a number of years, and after lengthy talks with the Minister of Police and NSW Police Force, we finally have the go ahead to help make this a reality! To facilitate this exciting project, Council has prepared a Planning Proposal which seeks to provide a central location for our emergency service providers at 216 Cobb Highway, Moama. This Council owned community land (Lawry Park) is south of the existing Moama Rural Fire Service Station and is temporarily being used as part of the new Moama/Echuca bridge project. If approved, the planning proposal will achieve the following:

  • Rezone part of Lot 56 DP1220883, 216 Cobb Highway, Moama from R1 General Residential to SP2 Infrastructure for the purposes of an ‘emergency services facility’ and ‘public administration building’;
  • Reclassify part of 56 DP1220883 from ‘community land’ to ‘operational land’.

Council is required to undertake a number of formal processes, which have been detailed in the Planning Proposal. All the documents and information associated with the Proposal are available in the 'key documents' panel to your right. You will see that no designs for the new police station have been included in the Planning Proposal, as they do not form part of this process. This aspect of the project will be be carried out under a separate development application which will be submitted to Council for evaluation at a later date.


Consultation has concluded

  • Planning Proposal adopted

    8 October 2021

    On Monday 8 October 2021, this planning proposal was adopted and published onto the NSW Legislation website. The land has been:

    • rezoned from R1 General Residential to SP2 Infrastructure for the purposes of an ‘emergency services facility’ and ‘public administration building’; and
    • reclassified from ‘community land’ to ‘operational land’.

    Thank you to everyone who took the time to share their thoughts and ideas about the proposal.

    For any questions about this project, please contact our Senior Town Planner Llyan (Lil) Smith

  • Public Hearing Report available

    CLOSED: This discussion has concluded.

    On Monday 10 May 2021, we received a copy of the Public Hearing Report produced by the independent facilitator of the Public Hearing. We have made a copy of the report available in the 'Key Documents' tab of this page, and have also uploaded it to Council's website. It will also feature in the Agenda for the Council meeting being held on 25 May 2021. To view a hard copy of the report, please pop in to Council's Moama office and speak with one of our customer service team (a copy of the report has been placed at the Counter for inspection).

  • Registrations for Public Hearing open!

    CLOSED: This discussion has concluded.

    The extended public consultation period for the planning proposal has now concluded. Thank you to all those who have shared their thoughts with us.

    The next step is to hold a Public Hearing to continue the conversation about the reclassification of the community land associated with this planning proposal. We will be holding the Hearing on Monday 19th April 2021 at 6pm in the Tataila Room of the Rich River Golf Club. This forum will be chaired by an independent facilitator who is not associated with or employed by Council. This is an opportunity for you to share your feedback specifically on the reclassification "Lawry Park" with someone external to Council. The facilitator will seek your thoughts at the forum and then complete a report with their findings. Their report will then be submitted to Council, and we will make that report available to the community within 4 days of receiving it. The hearing will be conducted in a fairly informal manner and attendees will be encouraged to actively participate in the forum. In addition, if you would like the opportunity to formally present at the Hearing, that option is also available. If you wish to present, please select that option when prompted as part of your registration.

    All information regarding this proposal is available in the documents menu to your right and we have also compiled an 'information pack' to provide some background on the role of a Public Hearing.

    To ensure community safety is the top priority, the forum will be conducted in a COVID safe manner and adhere to ‘one person per 2m2’ social distancing requirements. Attendance will be capped at 100 and all attendees will be required to comply with the Rich River Golf Club’s requirements for entry, and COVID safe distancing protocols at all times.

    To attend this Hearing, you must first register, so please use the tool below, call Council on 1300 087 004, or send an email to admin@murrayriver.nsw.gov.au requesting to be registered for the public hearing. Registrations for the hearing will close at 4pm Friday 16th April 2021. We will be unable to accept any registrations passed that time.

    As places will be capped, priority will be provided to the first 100 people to register. Council will be in contact to confirm your registration has been successful. Please note that each person in attendance requires a separate registration.

    To comply with our COVID safe requirements, we will not be admitting any person on the night who has not received a confirmed registration, so please be sure to register your interest if you wish to attend.

    We may digitally record the event (for our records only- it will not be publicly released) and we may also be taking some photos on the night.

  • Consultation period extended!

    CLOSED: This discussion has concluded.

    Based on feedback we have received so far we have chosen to extend the consultation period on this planning proposal for a further two weeks to give our community more time to put their thoughts forward. If you'd like to provide us with any comments, the consultation period will now be open until Monday 15th March 2021.

    We also heard from some community members that the site of the planning proposal was unclear- to help remedy this we have also included below a mapping excerpt (taken directly from the Planning Proposal - available in the 'key documents' to your right) to clearly identify where this land is located. This proposal effects 'Lawry Park'- Council owned park land to the south of the Rural Fire Service Building on Cobb Highway.

    We have updated our 'key dates' (to your right) to give you an idea of how we are tracking with the timeline for this project.

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    CLOSED: This discussion has concluded.

    Consultation is now open on this Planning Proposal! Please use the 'Q&A' or 'Make a submission' tabs to share your thoughts, or contact us to have a chat.

    Please ensure you provide your feedback by 4pm 22 February 2021 so that we have time to incorporate your thoughts into our Council reports for this proposal. To meet the requirements of the Local Government Act 1993 which enable us to reclassify this community land, we will be hosting an independently-chaired public hearing to seek community feedback on the reclassification. The date and location of the Public Hearing is yet to be set, however we will advertise details of the meeting for at least 21 days before it is held. More details to come in the near future!

    Due to current COVID-19 restrictions, social distancing will be required and pre-registration of attendance will be necessary. The safety of our community is our top priority.