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
Cumberland's direction is set out in its Community Strategic Plan 2025–2035 (adopted 18 June 2025) and delivered through a four-year Delivery Program 2025–2029 and annual Operational Plans, with capital works funded at a scale reflecting a fast-growing, densely populated Western Sydney LGA formed by the 2016 council merger.
The council delivers roads, waste, libraries, parks, town-centre renewal, aquatic facilities, planning and community services across one of Sydney's most densely populated and culturally diverse LGAs. Its Delivery Program is the elected council's statement of commitment for its term, allocating close to $400 million in capital works over four years, including about $92 million in 2025–26.
The Delivery Program 2025–2029 allocates close to $400 million in capital works over four years, with about $92 million planned for 2025–26 — including projects like the Guildford Swim Centre modernisation and the universal three-bin service rollout completed in 2026.
Underway now
Guildford Swim Centre Modernisation
DA approved Dec 2024 — construction targeted to complete ~March 2027A modernisation of the Guildford Swim Centre, with development approval granted in December 2024 and construction targeted to complete around March 2027.
Source: Cumberland City Council — Guildford Swim Centre Modernisation Project
Delivery Program 2025–2029 capital works ($92M in 2025–26)
2025–26 (of a ~$400M four-year program)About $92 million in capital works for 2025–26 under the Delivery Program 2025–2029, part of a four-year program of close to $400 million across roads, parks, aquatic facilities and community infrastructure.
Source: Cumberland City Council — Monthly Community News, August 2025
Recently delivered
Universal three-bin kerbside service
Rollout completed; collections began 6 July 2026Every free-standing house in the Cumberland LGA is now entitled to the full three-bin kerbside set (general waste, recycling, garden organics) — standardising a service that wasn't universal across the LGA following the 2016 council merger.