What the council is working on
Recent deliveries, what's underway now, and what's planned next — drawn from the council's own plans, budgets and project pages. We report what the council has publicly said it's doing; every item links to its source.
The council's stated direction
Burwood Council's direction is set out in its Burwood2036 Community Strategic Plan and a Delivery Program 2025–2029 with an annual Operational Plan and budget, shaped heavily by high-density growth and the arrival of Sydney Metro West at Burwood North.
The council manages local roads, waste, libraries, parks and planning across one of NSW's smallest and densest LGAs, anchored by the Burwood town centre (a NSW Government-designated Major Centre) and Burwood Westfield. Its Delivery Program is the elected council's statement of commitment for its term.
The Delivery Program funds the council's annual capital works program, including town-centre and open-space projects part-funded through the NSW Government's WestInvest program.
Underway now
Burwood North Precinct Masterplan & Sydney Metro West
Masterplan adopted May 2024; alternate option Jan 2025; NSW Government leading rezoning from 2025Planning for high-density renewal around the future Sydney Metro West station at Burwood North. The council adopted a Burwood North Precinct Masterplan in May 2024 and, at an Extraordinary Meeting in January 2025, resolved to adopt an alternate option after the NSW Government announced it would lead rezoning of the Burwood North Metro Precinct.
Burwood Culture House
Stage 1 site works from mid-2025The council is transforming the Burwood Library carpark into 'Burwood Culture House' — an urban park, arts and cultural centre planned to include a theatre, studio and community spaces, café, green lawn, public art, water-play features and an underground carpark. Part-funded through the NSW Government's WestInvest program.
Source: Participate Burwood — projects
Burwood town-centre transformation (WestInvest)
WestInvest funding announced; delivery over the Delivery Program termA program of town-centre projects part-funded by the NSW Government's WestInvest grants, including the Burwood Road main-street transformation and the Dean Street precinct, aimed at making the Burwood Major Centre a food, culture and public-space destination.
Source: Burwood Council — News and Media