About the Project:

The Southern Highlands Innovation Park (SHIP) is a regionally significant employment precinct comprising some 1,053 hectares of industrial zoned land between Moss Vale and Berrima. This precinct provides a unique opportunity to attract sustainable and innovative industries and become a major employer and economic driver for the Shire and the broader region.

The adopted SHIP Master Plan outlines implementation strategies to realise its long-term vision for the precinct, including a targeted rezoning of the southeastern portion of the SHIP from E4 General Industrial to E3 Productivity Support. See below for more details on the Planning Proposal.

  • Industrial Corridor

    The precinct was originally identified as a ‘Future Industrial Corridor’ in 1979

  • Local Employment

    Formerly known as the Moss Vale Enterprise Corridor, the SHIP was initially identified as an employment precinct in the Local Environmental Plan (LEP) 1989

  • Local Industries

    The Boral Cement Works site occupying the western end of the precinct supplies 60% of all concrete product in NSW

SHIP Planning Proposal Upcoming Public Exhibition

In accordance with the Gateway Determination, a Planning Proposal relating to the rezoning of subject land towards the south-eastern gateway of the Southern Highlands Innovation Park (SHIP) from E4 General Industrial to E3 Productivity Support is commencing public exhibition from Monday 02 March to Monday 30 March 2026, inclusive.

The Planning Proposal aligns with the adopted SHIP Master Plan, which recommends a change of zone of the land along Berrima Road between Bowman Road and Gibbons/Lytton Road. The Proposal aims to:

  • Align the identified land with the Activity Node/Creative Hub precinct in the adopted SHIP Master Plan
  • Locate light industrial and service uses near the residential interface to support a more compatible transition into the precinct
  • Enable direct access for customer facing operations
  • Support smaller tenancies for small to medium enterprises

How to Participate

The Planning Proposal will be placed on public exhibition from Monday 02 March to Monday 30 March 2026.

Documentation may be viewed:

  1. In the electronic Document Library on this page
  2. At Council’s Customer Service Counter, Civic Centre, 68 Elizabeth Street, Moss Vale NSW 2577, between 8.30am and 4.30pm Monday to Friday
  3. WSC Libraries
  4. NSW Planning Portal - PP-2025-1529

MAKE A SUBMISSION: If you would like to make a submission on the Planning Proposal, it must be made in writing (quoting PP-2025-1529), during the public exhibition period by 4:30pm, Monday 30 March 2026 and lodged via one of the methods below:

  • Via the public exhibition page on the Planning Portal (Preferred method), or
  • By mail to Wingecarribee Shire Council, PO Box 141, Moss Vale, or
  • By filling out the submission form below, or
  • By hand to the Civic Centre at 68 Elizabeth Street, Moss Vale during business hours.

IMPORTANT: Submissions made in writing outside of the online forms via NSW Planning Portal or Participate Wingecarribee must also include a signed copy of our Political Donations and Gifts Declaration Form.

If you also answer YES on the Political Donations and Gifts Declaration Form, you will also need to complete and include our Political Donations and Gifts Disclosure Statement with your submission.

DONATIONS DISCLAIMER: If you have given a gift or made a donation to a Councillor, an employee or an approved contractor of Council within the past two (2) years, by law you must attach a Political Donations and Gifts Disclosure Statement with your submission. To determine whether the reporting requirements apply to you, read Parts 3, 4, & 5 of Disclosure of Political Donations and Gifts Guideline 2008.

For more information, visit the NSW Department of Planning website: Donations and Gifts Disclosure or contact the Department of Planning by email at information@planning.nsw.gov.au or by ringing the Planning Department Information Line on Ph: 1300 305 695


CONTACTING US: If you have any questions during the public exhibition period, please email Council's Strategic Outcomes team at Strategic.Outcomes@wsc.nsw.gov.au or phone 02 4868 0888. Please quote reference number PP-2025-1529 in all correspondence.

SHIP Draft Masterplan & Character Precincts

Next Steps

Submissions received will be reviewed with any amendments considered. A final report will then be presented to the Wingecarribee Local Planning Panel for consideration and later to an Ordinary Meeting of Council. Subject to the resolution of Council the NSW Department of Planning will finalise the Local Environment Plan (LEP) map amendment with zoning change. For project updates, please follow this page.