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
Tamworth Regional Council's direction is set out in its Community Strategic Plan, 'Blueprint 100' — a long-term land-use and growth strategy aimed at supporting a regional population of 100,000 — delivered through a Delivery Program 2025–2029 with an annual Operational Plan and budget.
The council manages local roads, water and sewerage, waste, libraries, parks, aerodrome and planning across a large inland LGA that serves as the commercial, health, education and events hub of the New England North West. Its Delivery Program is the elected council's statement of commitment for its term.
The council adopted a $329 million Annual Plan and Budget for 2025–26, funding services and a capital works program alongside major-project investment in industrial land, water security and community facilities.
Underway now
Tamworth Global Gateway Park (industry & freight precinct)
Infrastructure delivered from 2022; ongoing lot sales & investmentA council-led industrial and freight-logistics precinct on Tamworth's edge, built around intermodal rail/road access. Early infrastructure works (intermodal access road, Goddard Lane upgrade, trunk stormwater) were completed in March 2022, and the council reports continuing lot sales and private investment as the park fills.
Source: Tamworth Regional Council — Tamworth Global Gateway Park
Tamworth Water Security Plan
Planning phases through 2025A strategic plan to secure long-term water supply and drought resilience for Tamworth and the Moonbi/Kootingal area, assessing surface water, groundwater, water recycling and water-efficiency options. The council owns Dungowan Dam and its associated infrastructure; the previously announced new Dungowan Dam project was discontinued at state level, prompting the council to revisit its water-security options.
Source: Tamworth Regional Council — Have Your Say: Tamworth Water Security Plan
Planned / committed
Blueprint 100 — planning for a region of 100,000
Long-term (to ~2041)The council's top-level land-use and growth strategy, guiding future residential, industrial and infrastructure planning towards a regional population of about 100,000 people, and aligning with the Community Strategic Plan and structure plans lodged with the NSW planning department.