Gregory Hills development has now moved on from house lots to bigger buildings. In fact, I count 8 live projects across Gregory Hills and Gledswood Hills, and 6 of them carry regional panel approvals worth about $301 million combined. The biggest so far is a $147 million cinema, supermarket and apartment precinct on Providence Drive, approved for 358 homes. Then, in 2026, Camden Council received plans for a 3-storey shops and offices building on Holborn Circuit and a new third storey at St Gregory’s College. Then there’s the school news, because the permanent Gledswood Hills High School is due to open on Day 1, Term 1 2027.
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Where is Gregory Hills?
Gregory Hills and northern neighbour Gledswood Hills (postcode 2557, Camden Council) sit about 43 to 44 km west-south-west of the Sydney CBD in a straight line, roughly 3 to 5 km north-east of Narellan. The nearest station is Leppington on the T2 and T5 lines, about 7 to 9 km to the north-north-east in a straight line, so most locals still drive via Camden Valley Way.
Gregory Hills Development — The Pipeline
I went through the Sydney Western City Planning Panel register on the NSW Planning Portal, then cross-checked Camden Council’s newer lodgements. So every project below has an application number, an address and a status you can check yourself.
| # | Project / address | Developer | Scale | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Entertainment precinct, 1-5 Providence Dr and 2 Huntington St, Gledswood Hills | United Developments | 358 apartments, cinema, supermarket, 9 buildings of 5 storeys, $147.2m | Approved 18 Dec 2024 |
| 2 | Mixed-use building, 38-44 Lasso Rd, Gregory Hills | Anric | Offices, shops, dining, rooftop bar, $56.2m | Approved 3 Apr 2025 |
| 3 | Office building, 28-36 Lasso Rd, Gregory Hills | Not published | Part 4, part 5 storeys, $34.1m | Approved 1 Nov 2022; site for sale |
| 4 | Mixed use, 14 Holborn Circuit, Gledswood Hills | Not published | 3 storeys, shops, offices, dining | Lodged 2026 |
| 5 | Club, driving range and mini golf, 880-890 Camden Valley Way, Gledswood Hills | Western Suburbs League Club (Campbelltown) | 27-hole mini golf, 447 car spaces, $45.2m | Approved 8 Oct 2024 |
| 6 | Childcare centre, 2 White Cliffs Ave, Gregory Hills | Not published | 136 places, $5.7m | Approved 25 Sep 2025 |
| 7 | St Gregory’s College works, 200 Donovan Blvd, Gregory Hills | St Gregory’s College | New third storey, amenities block | Lodged 2026 |
| 8 | Industrial subdivision, 43-67 Turner Rd, Gregory Hills | Not published | 23 industrial lots, $12.6m | Approved 11 May 2023 |
Read down that table and the character of Gregory Hills becomes clear: this is not a housing pipeline so much as a town-centre one, with offices, shops, dining and entertainment carrying most of the approved value and only one project adding apartments at scale. The headline figures are worth pulling out on their own.
Where the Projects Sit
Those approvals are easier to follow with the geography in front of you. Almost everything here sits in the business park and town centre between Camden Valley Way and Gregory Hills Drive, with the Gledswood Hills projects just across the boundary, so the overview below is the quickest way to place each one.
Gregory Hills Drive is the spine, so start there. Gledswood Hills lies on its northern side, and that’s also where you’ll find the Providence Drive precinct, Holborn Circuit and the new high school. In fact, the school’s official address is 9 Gregory Hills Drive, Gledswood Hills. South of the drive, by contrast, is Gregory Hills proper, with the town centre on Village Circuit. Then come the business park streets, such as Lasso Road and Turner Road. Camden Valley Way runs along the western edge of both suburbs, while Raby Road forms the northern boundary of Gledswood Hills.
PROJECT 1 — 358 apartments and a cinema at 1-5 Providence Drive, Gledswood Hills
Status: Approved (Sydney Western City Planning Panel, 18 December 2024)
Location: 1-5 Providence Drive and 2 Huntington Street, Gledswood Hills NSW 2557. The developer is United Developments, while Marchese is the architect. The application is DA/2024/5/1, and the panel reference is also listed as PPSSWC-391.
In short, this is the single biggest Gregory Hills development on the books. The panel record lists a capital investment value of $147,195,000. It then describes 9 buildings of 5 storeys with a supermarket, a cinema, a gym and an 80-place childcare centre. There are also food and drink premises and specialty shops. On top sits shop-top housing for 358 apartments, while 2 basement levels hold 929 car spaces.
How the Providence Drive plan grew from 63 homes to 358
This site, however, already had a consent. Back on 20 April 2021, the same panel approved an earlier scheme (PPSSWC-72, DA/2020/202/1) worth $70.2 million. That version had 12 buildings and 63 apartments, but nobody built it. When United lodged the new plan in January 2024, it told The Urban Developer the old mix was “not sufficient to deliver a viable or sustainable centre”. It also said the cinema in the first design was too small for modern operators. So the 2024 scheme roughly doubled the value and multiplied the housing more than 5 times.
What’s on site now? As far as I can see, it’s still vacant land. Currently, a new-apartment listing for “Precinct C” shows the project at pre-construction, with completion estimated for late 2031. Still, I couldn’t find a construction certificate or a builder, so treat any start date as unconfirmed.
PROJECT 2 — A 7-storey office and dining building at 38-44 Lasso Road, Gregory Hills
Status: Approved (Sydney Western City Planning Panel, 3 April 2025)
Location: 38-44 Lasso Road, Gregory Hills NSW 2557, in the business park. The developer is Anric, while the application is DA/2024/259/1 and the panel reference is PPSSWC-426.
Initially, Anric lodged this one on 25 June 2024 as a “five (5) to ten (10) storey” building. According to the panel record, it also includes 2 retail premises, 11 business premises, 10 commercial premises and 4 food and drink premises. All of that then sits over 4 basement levels of parking, and the capital investment value is $56,162,486.
However, the height came down during assessment. In fact, The Urban Developer reported in May 2025 that the approved scheme has 7 levels, cut from the original 10. It also described a ground-floor plaza and a rooftop bar, restaurant and pool. For a business park, that’s unusual, so it would give Gregory Hills its first real rooftop venue. No construction start has appeared yet.
PROJECT 3 — A 5-storey office building at 28-36 Lasso Road, Gregory Hills
Status: Approved (Sydney Western City Planning Panel, 1 November 2022); site now offered for sale with the consent
Location: 28-36 Lasso Road, Gregory Hills NSW 2557, a few doors from Project 2. The application is DA/2022/371/1, while the panel reference is PPSSWC-238.
The panel record describes a “part four, part five storey” commercial building. It has business premises as well as 2 retail shops, a restaurant, a café and lobby, plus basement parking and a temporary event space. So the capital investment value comes to $34,108,801.
So what’s happening now? Currently, Cushman & Wakefield is marketing the 2,714 m² site through an expressions of interest campaign. The listing also notes an existing DA for a 5-level building with 3 basement levels. EOIs were due to close on 22 October 2026. In other words, the plan may change hands before anything goes up. Then a new owner could build the approved scheme or seek a different use. I haven’t seen a reported sale yet.
PROJECT 4 — A 3-storey shops and offices building at 14 Holborn Circuit, Gledswood Hills
Status: Lodged with Camden Council in 2026 (DA/2026/94/1); no determination found
Location: 14 Holborn Circuit, Gledswood Hills NSW 2557. However, the applicant isn’t named in the public listing I found.
This is the newest commercial lodgement in Gledswood Hills. In short, the application describes a 3-storey mixed-use building with business, retail and food and drink premises. It also has a 2-level basement car park, loading and waste areas, and a communal roof terrace with solar panels. Because no panel record exists for it, Camden Council will most likely decide it itself.
The earlier Holborn Circuit approvals, such as PPSSWC-209
Holborn Circuit already has a bigger consent nearby, though. On 1 December 2022, the panel approved a $59.6 million mixed-use scheme on lots 804 to 808 (PPSSWC-209, DA/2021/1737/1), with retail, business and food and drink premises. Still, that record only lists lot numbers. So I can’t confirm whether 14 Holborn Circuit is part of the same land. Earlier still, in August 2016, the panel approved a $15 million, 2-level medical and retail building at 11 and 15 Holborn Circuit.
PROJECT 5 — A club, driving range and 27-hole mini golf at 880-890 Camden Valley Way
Status: Approved (Sydney Western City Planning Panel, 8 October 2024)
Location: 880 and 890 Camden Valley Way, Gledswood Hills NSW 2557, on the existing golf course. The applicant is Western Suburbs League Club (Campbelltown) Limited, while the application is DA/2024/96/1 and the panel reference is PPSSWC-409.
For families, this is probably the most fun approval on the list. The panel record covers a new registered club and an outdoor recreation facility next to the golf course. It includes a driving range with netting and a 27-hole mini golf course, as well as lighting and parking for 447 cars. In total, the capital investment value is $45,195,295, so it’s the third-largest approval here.
Under the notice of determination, the consent lapses on 8 October 2029, so the club has until then to start work. Since then, Camden Council has also received a modification (DA/2024/96/5) for an on-site sewage system for the maintenance shed. That’s a small change, but it shows the club is still working on the approval. Still, I couldn’t find a construction start or an opening date.
PROJECT 6 — A 136-place childcare centre at 2 White Cliffs Avenue, Gregory Hills
Status: Approved (Sydney Western City Planning Panel, 25 September 2025)
Location: 2 White Cliffs Avenue, Gregory Hills NSW 2557, while the application is DA/2025/309/1 and the panel reference is PPSSWC-582.
The panel record shows a 136-place centre with basement and at-grade parking for 41 cars. It also covers 4 business signs, civil works and landscaping, so the capital investment value reaches $5,721,941. The applicant lodged it on 12 June 2025. Then the panel approved it just over 3 months later, which is quick for a panel matter.
The other approvals at 9 Gregory Hills Drive
There’s also a second, larger childcare approval nearby. On 14 May 2024, the panel approved a 2-storey centre for 197 children at 9 Gregory Hills Drive, Gledswood Hills (PPSSWC-366, $7.75 million). In addition, the Camden Local Planning Panel approved a 90-room hotel with function rooms at the same address on 21 February 2023 (DA/2021/1956/1). However, 9 Gregory Hills Drive is a large parent-lot address that the high school also uses. So I haven’t tied either one to a precise building site.
PROJECT 7 — A new third storey at St Gregory’s College, 200 Donovan Boulevard
Status: Lodged with Camden Council in 2026 (DA/2026/16/1); no determination found
Location: 200 Donovan Boulevard, Gregory Hills NSW 2557. St Gregory’s College is the Marist school whose original chapel, as it happens, helped give the suburb its name.
First, the application covers partial demolition of existing buildings and a new third storey on Building B-200. It also adds a new amenities block, new level 2 layouts for Buildings B-100 and B-200, stormwater works and landscaping. Yet no cost or enrolment change appears in the public listing I found. So this looks like a refresh of teaching space rather than a big expansion. Still, I’d wait for the council report to confirm that.
PROJECT 8 — 23 industrial lots at 43-67 Turner Road, a jobs-side Gregory Hills development
Status: Approved (Sydney Western City Planning Panel, 11 May 2023)
Location: 43, 49, 55, 61 and 67 Turner Road, Gregory Hills NSW 2557. The application is DA/2022/492/1, and the panel reference is PPSSWC-245.
This is the jobs side of the story. Initially, the panel record allows demolition, tree removal and remediation of contaminated land. After that, it creates 23 industrial lots with a new public road, and the capital investment value is $12,622,555. Once the roads and services go in, each lot then needs its own DA for a warehouse or workshop. So expect a slow trickle of smaller applications on Turner Road over the next few years.
The Infrastructure Behind the Growth
Here is what’s funded, what’s built and what’s still a plan. I’ve kept the 3 apart, because estate marketing often blurs them.
Schools: 2 new public schools in 3 years
First, the high school. The permanent Gledswood Hills High School at 9 Gregory Hills Drive will have classrooms for up to 1,000 students, and the site can later grow to 2,000. Richard Crookes Constructions is the builder, and the planning approval also (P5-2025-34) came through on 14 May 2025. So School Infrastructure NSW now says it is due to open on Day 1, Term 1 2027. It also reports that key structural works on Buildings A, B and C are complete. Until then, about 300 students use a temporary high school that opened in Term 1 2025.
Gregory Hills Public School, by contrast, is already done. The NSW Government release of July 2024 said more than 400 students moved into 44 classrooms and 4 support classrooms, with capacity for more than 1,000. Nearby in Leppington, a further new primary school and preschool at Emerald Hills should then open on Day 1, Term 1 2028, for at least 550 students.
Roads: Raby Road and Camden Valley Way
Raby Road is the big local ask, so it deserves detail. Camden Council’s Raby Road upgrade page covers the stretch between Emerald Hills Boulevard and Thunderbolt Drive. The plan adds traffic lights at Gledswood Hills Drive, and it also swaps the Thunderbolt Drive roundabout for lights. It also replaces the canal bridge with twin bridges, takes the road from 2 lanes to 4 and adds a 2.5 m shared path. In total, council puts the full upgrade at $168 million. Yet the state has only paid a $2.9 million grant for design, and construction funding “has not yet been allocated”. As a result, it currently sits as a Tier 3 priority, confirmed in February 2026.
Camden Valley Way, however, is in planning, not construction. Transport for NSW’s South West Roads Planning program lists widening it from 4 lanes to 6 between the M5 and Narellan Road. The $65 million program pays for business cases and investigations, with Transport preparing them from now to 2028. So there’s no build budget or date yet.
Health, water and the Gregory Hills development
For now, the nearest public hospital is Camden Hospital. The 2025-26 NSW Budget included $5.2 million for renal services, for example, across South West Sydney, including a bigger dialysis unit at Camden. It also added $2.5 million for sub-acute palliative care capacity there. Closer to home, the state approved a concept plan for the Camden Medical Campus (SSD-7387) on The Hermitage Way, Gledswood Hills, on 27 April 2017. It has since had 2 modifications, for site layout and staging. But I found no public record of the full campus going ahead.
For water, the same budget also continued a $217.1 million upgrade of the West Camden Wastewater Treatment Plant. In turn, that plant supports growth across the south-west corridor, including both suburbs.
What’s Next to Watch in Gregory Hills Development
Here are the milestones I’ll be tracking over the next 12 to 18 months.
- The high school opening. The next big moment is Day 1, Term 1 2027, when Gledswood Hills High School moves into its permanent buildings.
- A builder for Providence Drive. Watch for a construction certificate or a builder announcement for the 358-apartment precinct, because that’s the signal the cinema and supermarket are really coming.
- A new owner on Lasso Road. Both Lasso Road consents are live, so the next step for 28-36 Lasso Road is a buyer from the EOI campaign.
- Council decisions. Next, look for determinations on 14 Holborn Circuit (DA/2026/94/1) and St Gregory’s College (DA/2026/16/1).
- Raby Road funding. The design is finished, so the next step is a construction allocation in a future NSW Budget. That hasn’t happened yet.
- Camden Valley Way business case. Transport’s planning work runs to 2028, so a preferred design for the 6-lane widening should emerge along the way.
Gregory Hills Development Status and Delivery Timing
| Project | Homes | Stage | Decision maker | Expected timing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-5 Providence Dr precinct | 358 | Approved, pre-construction | Sydney Western City Planning Panel | Listing estimate late 2031 |
| 38-44 Lasso Rd (Anric) | 0 | Approved | Sydney Western City Planning Panel | Not announced |
| 28-36 Lasso Rd | 0 | Approved; for sale | Sydney Western City Planning Panel | Depends on new owner |
| 14 Holborn Circuit | 0 | Lodged | Camden Council | Decision pending |
| 880-890 Camden Valley Way club | 0 | Approved | Sydney Western City Planning Panel | Consent lapses Oct 2029 |
| 2 White Cliffs Ave childcare | 0 | Approved | Sydney Western City Planning Panel | Not announced |
| St Gregory’s College works | 0 | Lodged | Camden Council | Decision pending |
| 43-67 Turner Rd subdivision | 0 | Approved | Sydney Western City Planning Panel | Not announced |
My Take on Gregory Hills Development
Gregory Hills is now past the land-release phase. Most of the house lots have sold, so the action now is commercial: offices, dining, childcare and one large apartment precinct. That’s a good sign for a maturing suburb, because it brings jobs and things to do close to home. But approvals aren’t buildings. Providence Drive needed a full redesign after its first consent stalled, and 28-36 Lasso Road is now on the market. So I’d count both as likely rather than certain.
The schools story, in particular, is the strongest part. A permanent primary school opened in 2024, and a permanent high school follows in 2027, so families here are well covered. Roads are the weak spot, since Raby Road and Camden Valley Way both have plans but no construction money. So if you’re comparing suburbs, Oran Park across Camden Valley Way has a more complete town centre. By contrast, Catherine Field to the north is where the next big rezoning sits, while Menangle Park to the south has its own growth story. For the wider picture, also see my Camden growth overview.
Questions locals are asking
So is the Gledswood Hills cinema actually going ahead?
It’s approved, but not started. The panel first approved the $147.2 million precinct, including the cinema and supermarket, on 18 December 2024. Yet as of October 2026, no builder or construction certificate had been found, and one listing estimates completion in late 2031.
When does Gledswood Hills High School open?
Currently, School Infrastructure NSW lists Day 1, Term 1 2027 for the permanent school at 9 Gregory Hills Drive. Until then, students use the temporary school, which opened in 2025.
Will Raby Road get widened soon?
Not soon. The design work is complete, but Camden Council says the state hasn’t allocated construction funding. In addition, it sits as a Tier 3 priority as of February 2026, so there’s no build date yet.
Is Gregory Hills getting a train station?
No station is planned in either suburb, so Leppington remains the nearest. For what’s happening around that station, then, see my Leppington development guide. And if you’ll fly from the new airport, my Western Sydney International guide covers getting there.
This article is general information based on NSW Planning Portal records, Sydney Western City Planning Panel determinations, Camden Council, Transport for NSW, School Infrastructure NSW and NSW Budget papers available in October 2026. It isn’t financial advice. Approvals and timelines can change, so check current details with Camden Council and the developer before you buy.
