Background Information

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.

Council engaged consultants Architectus, Astrolabe and SGS Economics and Planning to prepare a Master Plan and Governance Strategy for the SHIP which will help guide land uses and built form within the precinct, and to plan for new employment opportunities into the future

The Master Plan and Governance Strategy was adopted by Council at the Ordinary Meeting of Council - Wednesday 19 March 2025 with the recommendation that, ‘A Planning Proposal be prepared to rezone the identified portion of land from E4 General Industrial to E3 Productivity Support’. The Planning Proposal aligns with the adopted SHIP Master Plan, which recommends a change of zone of subject land along Berrima Road between Bowman Road and Gibbons/Lytton Road to facilitate the better alignment of the identified portion of land with the Activity Node/Creative Hub character precinct, as described in the Master Plan.

The purpose of the change of zone is to better position population servicing industrial uses closest to the residential interface in order to enable a more sympathetic transition to the Moss Vale Town Centre. The proposed rezoning of land in the south-eastern portion of the regionally recognised SHIP precinct is also considered to be consistent and more appropriately aligned with the Local Environmental Plan land use objectives of the E3 Productivity Support zone.

  • 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 Draft Masterplan & Character Precincts

Click below to download a copy of the SHIP Draft Master Plan and Character Precincts. You can also click on the interactive map below to learn more.

Next Steps

The revised Master Plan and Governance Strategy was adopted by Council at the Ordinary Meeting of Council - Wednesday 19 March 2025.

We would like to thank everyone who took the time to share their thoughts on the Draft Master Plan during the public exhibition period last year. Your valuable feedback has helped shape the development of the Master Plan for the regionally significant SHIP precinct.

Council will now focus on implementing the Master Plan and Governance Strategy.

Following consideration of the Planning Proposal by the Panel, a report will be tabled to Council on 17 September 2025 with the recommendation to submit the Planning Proposal to Gateway Determination.

The subsequent Council meeting will also be livestreamed, and the agenda will be available on Council’s website prior to the meeting.

If the Gateway determination is positive, the planning proposal will be publicly exhibited within one month for a minimum period of 28 days.

The proposal and associated documentation may be viewed on the Wingecarribee Local Planning Panel Minutes and Agenda’s.