Works & infrastructure · Inner West Council
Pratten Park club upgrade given mid-2028 delivery target as funding awaits budget review
Inner West Council has called for immediate commencement of a Development Application and a report on accelerating the Community Sports and Bowling Club project, while funding is still to be determined.
Reporting from draft minutes. Recorded wording may change when confirmed. How this article was prepared
Pratten Park’s Community Sports and Bowling Club has been given a mid-2028 delivery target, but Inner West Council’s recorded resolution leaves project funding to the next quarterly budget review.
At its 22 September meeting, Council noted the project’s feasibility design and cost estimate and requested a report to its next Ordinary Council meeting on how the upgrade could be expedited, with immediate commencement of the project’s Development Application.
Councillors also committed to completing construction and final delivery of the upgraded facility by mid-2028. The resolution does not state the value of the cost estimate or identify a funding source, and the minutes do not record a construction start date.
The motion was carried with no votes against recorded. The minutes therefore establish a delivery target and planning action, but do not record that project funding has already been allocated. Funding is to be determined through the next quarterly budget review.
The account is based on Inner West Council’s public minutes for the 22 September 2026 Ordinary Council meeting. The document is marked as unconfirmed minutes.
What deserves a closer look
The resolution records both a mid-2028 delivery commitment and a future decision on funding.
The minutes record that a feasibility cost estimate exists, but do not state its amount, identify a funding source or give a construction start date.
Questions for follow-up reporting
What funding will be proposed or identified at the next quarterly budget review?
When will the Development Application be lodged?
What construction schedule underpins the mid-2028 delivery target?
What happens next
Council is to receive a further report at the next Ordinary Council meeting on expediting the project, with immediate commencement of the project's Development Application.
Project funding is to be determined through the next quarterly budget review.
Council has committed to completing construction and final delivery of the upgraded facility by mid-2028.
Check the record
These passages were matched to the source text. Read them in context in the original minutes.
The motion was carried with no votes against recorded.
Motion Carried For Motion: Crs Antoniou, Atkins, Barlow, Blake, Byrne, Carlisle, Clay, D'Arienzo, Fergusson, Howard, Macri, Raciti, Scott, Smith and Tastan Against Motion: Nil Council Meeting 22 September 2026 22 C0926(3) Item 14 Post Exhibition - Leichhardt Park Wharf Project Motion: (Scott/Byrne) That the report be deferred until Council can consider alternate design options that align with the current budget allocation.
Item 13 voting record, before the Item 14 heading
Open original minutes ↗The minutes for the Ordinary Council Meeting held on 22 September 2026 are labelled unconfirmed.
Meeting closed at 9:58 pm. PUBLIC SPEAKERS: Item # Speaker Suburb Item 2: Sophia Kusznirczuk Richard James Adamson Sydney St Peters Item 3: David Rollinson Helen Hughes Summer Hill Summer Hill Item 13: Rick Wayde Glenn Scrimgeour Jean Kouriel Croydon Ashfield Marrickville Item 16: Diane Sargeant Balmain Item 41: Kathryn Allan Sydney Item 54: Judy Doyle Rozelle Item 55: Dinah Berlin Sharon Scott Balmain Balmain Unconfirmed Minutes from the Ordinary Council Meeting held on 22 September 2026.
Closing label at the end of the minutes
Open original minutes ↗Source record
This report is based on Inner West Council's public minutes for the 22 September 2026 Ordinary Council meeting, specifically Item 13, Pratten Park Community and Sports Club Upgrade - Feasibility. The minutes are marked unconfirmed at the end of the document.
Key facts from the minutes
- Council noted the feasibility design and cost estimate for the Pratten Park Community Sports and Bowling Club upgrade.
- Council requested a further report at the next Ordinary Council meeting on expediting the project, with immediate commencement of its Development Application.
- Council committed to completing construction and final delivery of the upgraded facility by mid-2028.
- Funding is to be determined through the next quarterly budget review.
- The motion was carried with no votes against recorded.
Why it matters
- Pratten Park users have a stated mid-2028 target for an upgraded community sports facility, while the project’s funding remains subject to the next quarterly budget review.