Frasers’ 60,000 square metre site in Horsley Park has recently been put on public exhibition by the State’s planning department.

Comprising 38 x lots in private ownership and zoned RU2 Rural Landscape, Frasers seeks to redevelop the site into an industrial & warehousing complex by rezoning the site to E4 General Industrial. RU2 zoning does not permit industrial development.

The land to which the rezoning proposal relates is as follows:

• 1617 – 1627, 1637 – 1647, 1657, 1667, 1671, 1677 and 1681 The Horsley Drive,
• 200 – 206, 182 – 190, 172 – 180, 152 – 170, 144 & 150, 136 – 142, 120 – 134, 195 – 201, 203 – 213 and 215 – 223 Redmayne Road, and
• 121 – 135, 155 – 169, 137 – 153, 171 – 185, 203 – 209 and 211 – 217 Chandos Road.

The Western City District Plan identifies Horsley Park and Mount Vernon west of the M7 as 1 of 3 priority urban investigation areas. In 2018, an urban investigation area steering committee was established, comprising representatives from Fairfield and Penrith councils and other state agencies to guide future land uses in Horsley Park and Cecil Hills.

During this process, Fairfield Council decided to incorporate the Keyhole Lands into the planning process. This step was as a result of the isolated position of the Keyhole Lands within the Western Sydney Parklands, its proximity to the existing, the proposed new regional infrastructure being planned for the new airport and the historic tourism zoning of the Keyhole Lands that meant existing and future land use directions for the precinct are predominately non-rural in nature.