Central Precinct Renewal Program

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Central Precinct is Transport’s vision to renew up to 24 hectares of land in and around Sydney’s Central Station into an exciting new place for business and the community.

We’re planning for the future to meet the needs of our changing city. Renewing Central Precinct will revitalise Central Station and transform this underutilised part of Sydney.

Key benefits

A renewed Central Precinct will support the needs of a diverse community by enabling the following benefits:

  • new sub-precinct developments within Regent Street sidings, Goulburn Street carpark and Prince Alfred sidings sub-precincts
  • delivery of approximately 950 new homes near Central Station, with 30% for affordable housing
  • 13,500m² of new open space and capacity for up to 2,400 new jobs in the precinct
  • a precinct focused on the State’s priority to deliver more housing and address current market conditions.

Latest News

In August 2025, the Minister for Planning and Public Spaces approved a revised rezoning proposal for the Central Precinct in Sydney’s CBD.

The following changes were made to the original rezoning proposal:

  • removal of the over-station development (OSD) component of the initial rezoning proposal
  • shifting the focus of future development to the Regent Street Sidings, Goulburn Street Car Park, Prince Alfred Sidings, and Mortuary Gardens sub-precincts. This would open the potential for more open spaces, commercial opportunities and homes in these four sub-precincts
  • identified capacity for an additional 110 homes in the Prince Alfred Sidings sub-precinct, aligning with the NSW Government’s National Housing Accord commitment to deliver 377,000 new, well-located homes by 2029.

Central Precinct’s vision

Central Precinct’s vision is to be a vibrant and exciting place that unites a world-class interchange with innovative and diverse businesses and high-quality public spaces. It will embrace design, sustainability and connectivity, while celebrating its social and cultural heritage.

A Precinct ready to grow

Central Precinct sits at the southern end of Sydney’s CBD. Its revitalisation is key to maintaining the CBD’s position locally, nationally and globally as a destination for business, investment and talent.

The precinct renewal is a long term, urban renewal program and is a nominated State Significant Precinct (SSP) in recognition of its potential to boost housing, investment and deliver new jobs.

Transport for NSW Central Precinct Renewal plaza artist's impression.

What has happened so far? 

In order to make Central Precinct a better place for the community, we needed to update the  planning controls.

We developed a SSP Study and indicative masterplan which will guide the design of Central Precinct into the future.

The SSP Study was on public exhibition and community feedback was invited from 22 August to 4 October 2022.

All feedback for the SSP Study and indicative masterplan was considered and responded to in a Response to Submissions Report.

To view the SSP technical studies and Response to Submissions Report visit the Department of Planning and Environment Planning Portal.

In 2024, the NSW Government decided not to proceed with the over station development (OSD) component of Central Precinct’s original masterplan. The masterplan was revised to reflect these changes and included in the rezoning application which has now been approved.

Central Precinct Renewal initiatives

Transport has several initiatives already underway to provide the community with new and exciting spaces sooner.  

Learn more:

Creating new Sydney destinations

Transport for NSW is shaping NSW cities, centres and communities for generations to come by revitalising major transport interchanges. We’re thinking beyond the infrastructure and service requirements and focusing on what transport enables. Transport and the Transport Asset Manager (TAM) , the site owners, are in a unique position to transform this infrastructure into new Sydney destinations.

Get in touch

For more information:  

  • email projects@transport.nsw.gov.au to register your details and stay updated
  • call 1800 684 490 if you would like to speak to the project team 

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