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
Lithgow City Council's direction is set out in its Community Strategic Plan and a Delivery Program with an annual Operational Plan and budget, alongside its 'Our Place, Our Future' financial-sustainability work. A major theme is economic diversification as the region moves beyond coal-fired power generation.
The council manages local roads, waste, water, libraries, parks and planning across a very large, sparsely populated Central West LGA on the western edge of the Blue Mountains, anchored by the town of Lithgow. Its Delivery Program is the elected council's statement of commitment for its term.
The council's Integrated Planning & Reporting documents set the annual budget and capital works program. A permanent special rate variation adopted from 2023–24 lifted its rates base as part of a longer-term financial-sustainability strategy.
Underway now
Wallerawang Power Station site redevelopment (Greenspot)
Planning proposal fast-tracked 2025; rezoning anticipated first half 2026The 620-hectare former Wallerawang coal-fired power station site is being repurposed by developer Greenspot for employment, housing, tourism and recreation. In July 2025 the NSW Government agreed to fast-track the planning proposal under the State Significant Rezoning Policy; a grid-scale battery ('Wallerawang 9') has development approval and a data-centre campus is under feasibility assessment.
Source: Lithgow City Council / Village Voice — Next steps for the old Wallerawang Power Station
Lithgow Emerging Economies Project (LEEP)
OngoingA council economic-development program supporting the transition of the Lithgow economy beyond coal-fired power generation, including new industries, investment attraction and jobs.
Our Place, Our Future — financial sustainability
Multi-yearThe council's long-term financial-sustainability program, which underpinned the permanent special rate variation adopted from 2023–24 and its ongoing service-and-infrastructure planning.
Source: Lithgow City Council — Integrated Planning & Reporting