Camden Animal Shelter & Community Nursery

The $10 million Camden Animal Shelter and the $4 million Community Nursery projects are proudly funded by the NSW Government’s Western Sydney Infrastructure Grants Program.

 

Animal Shelter works will include:

  • A purpose-built animal shelter including adoption viewing areas with meet and greet spaces;
  • Animal housing designed in accordance with shelter medicine principles, sustainable design and Capacity for Care modelling;
  • Designated exercise yards, enrichment spaces and a walking track;
  • Reception area, staff workspaces and public amenities; and
  • A multipurpose function room that will offer community outreach programs.

The Camden Community Nursery will include:

  • Converting an industrial area into a community nursery to be used to nurture native species to be used in landscaping and restoration projects delivered by Council; and
  • Structured volunteer opportunities in conjunction with partnering organisations and groups.

While the nursery will not be accessible to the public on a day-to-day basis, plants will be made available to the community through regular plant giveaways.

 

Project Updates

February 2025

  • The development application is expected to be lodged mid-March 2025.
  • The contract for construction is expected to be awarded late-2025 with construction expected to commence late-2025/early-2026.

April 2025

  • The development application has been lodged with Camden Council and will be determined by the Sydney Western City Planning Panel.

 

Timeframe

The development application (DA) was lodged with Camden Council in April 2025. The DA will be reviewed and determined by the Sydney Western City Planning Panel.

Construction is expected to commence quarter 1 of 2026 and continue for 16 months

Budget

 

The $10 million Camden Animal Shelter and the $4 million Community Nursery projects are proudly funded by the NSW Government’s Western Sydney Infrastructure Grants Program.

 

Click here to visit Camden Council's Your Voice page to discover the engagement we undertook for this project.