Hawkesbury Car Parking Survey

Parking in the key commercial centres of the Hawkesbury Local Government Area has been identified as needing review.

A Parking Study was undertaken in the second half of 2024 to assess the current state of parking in the Hawkesbury Town Centres of Windsor, South Windsor, Richmond and North Richmond to identify key issues and provide actions and principles to improve the quality of the parking.

The basis of undertaking the Study was following a Notice of Motion at Council’s Ordinary Meeting on 22 February 2022.

Windsor, South Windsor, Richmond, North Richmond Parking Study

Parking in these Town Centres is delivered through a mix of public and private parking, through on-street and off-street parking. The shared use of parking in these Town Centres by businesses, residents, commuters, and shoppers was a point of evaluation in determining the suitability of the current parking arrangements and restrictions.

Key findings from the study included:

Parking Supply is generally considered to be sufficient for the overall demands for each Centre and an increase in supply is not required.
The overall spread of parking durations requires adjustment to satisfy the diverse range of parking demands across each Centre in line with the available supply.
The implementation of a paid parking and permit parking schemes are not recommended.
Increasing the supply of Loading zones is not considered to be required.
The current supply of Accessible parking spaces is considered to be sufficient with the preferred location being within car parks. A review of existing spaces is required to ensure compliance.
There are currently no public EV parking spaces across the four Centres. Off-street car parks would be the suitable locations for the EV parking spaces on the grounds of safety and accessibility.
A low occupancy of the Taxi zones was observed.
Car parks need to be reviewed in line with meeting conformance requirements.

To view the full list of findings of the study for each town centre, click on the links below or go to the Documents Tab.

NEXT STEPS

The recommendations from the parking study are to be placed on Public Exhibition for 28 days to allow for community feedback, prior to any changes being adopted by Council.

HAVE YOUR SAY

The recommendations from the Hawkesbury Parking Study are now on public exhibition and Council is asking the community to Have Your Say.

How you can 'Have Your Say'.

📝 Submit feedback online via the survey tab below

Send a written submission via mail addressed to the General Manager, Hawkesbury City Council PO Box 146, Windsor NSW 2756

Send a written submission via email to council@hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au

Submissions close XX/XX/2026

The inclusion of personal information with your submission is voluntary. However, if not provided Council will not be able to contact you about the Plan of Management. The information will be stored in Council's electronic records system and paper files.

All submission must be made by XX/XX/26 via this link or via email addressed to the General Manager at council@hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au or mail addressed to the General Manager, PO Box 146, Windsor NSW 2756.

Should you lodge a submission, it will be considered, along with any other submissions received and may be included in Council’s meeting business paper. Your submission, including any personal information, is accessible by any person upon written application, subject to Council’s Privacy Management Plan and the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009. The inclusion of personal information in your submission is voluntary. The information will ultimately be stored in Council’s records system.

The inclusion of personal information with your submission is voluntary. However, if not provided Council will not be able to contact you about the proposal. The information will be stored in Council's electronic records system and paper files. For your protection, Council recommends that you do not include defamatory comments in your submission.

Under Section 10.4(5) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, any person who makes a submission to Council is required to disclose any political donation or gift. Where relevant a Political Donation and Gift Disclosure Statement is to accompany any submission lodged with Council. This statement can be obtained from Council’s Customer Service Unit or on Council’s website.

Any comments about this proposal may contain information that is personal information, such as information that identifies you, etc., for the purposes of the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1988.

Submissions are balanced with Council’s statutory obligations, the rights of the proponent and the public interest. Council must consider any submissions made before it decides whether to proceed with or abandon a proposal.