Cooks Cove

Rockdale City Council and the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority are planning for the future by redeveloping the Cooks Cove area. Cooks Cove is located in Arncliffe, 10 kilometres south of the Sydney CBD. It is close to Sydney Airport and Port Botany, and is bordered by the Cooks River to the east.

The State Government gazetted the Sydney Regional Environmental Plan (SREP 33) in 2004, a copy of the SREP can be viewed below. The site encompasses the Kogarah Golf Course and Barton Park, along the foreshores of the Cooks River. It includes a proposed gateway commerce and advanced technology centre, comprising 20 percent of the 100ha site. The trade and technology use has the potential to generate employment for 16,000 people with 5000 construction jobs and 11,000 operational jobs on completion. Passive and recreational open space is planned for the remaining land area providing a diverse range of recreational activities, including the relocation and improvement of Kogarah Golf Course to international standard, improved access to the foreshore, and pedestrian and public transport access to Sydney Airport.

The Cooks River frontage will be opened up for public use with pedestrian and cycle pathways along the river with links to the Homebush/Botany Bay cycleway. The redevelopment will also allow for the preservation and continued cultivation of the heritage market gardens as well as the environmental protection of the adjoining wetlands.

The wetlands will be maintained and enhanced and be publicly accessible. Council has also developed a relocation and public awareness strategy to accommodate the sporting clubs that need to be relocated off the Cooks Cove site. These sporting clubs will have new facilities in new locations.

View the maps detailing the existing land use and the proposed land use for Cooks Cove.

Key Reference Documents

• Cooks Cove Sydney Regional Environment Plan No. 33
• Council Meeting 05/03/08
• Council Meeting 06/12/06 ORD25 and ORD26
• Council Meeting 04/10/06 ORD11
• Council Meeting 07/12/05
• Council Meeting 23/07/03
• Council Meeting 19/06/02
• Council Meeting 08/05/02
• Council Meeting 01/05/02
• Council Meeting 06/03/02

Cooks Cove Master Plan - Jun 2004, and Cooks Cove Transport and Access Plan - Dec 2004, are available from Council's Customer Service Centre in Council's Administration Building, 2 Bryant Street, Rockdale or by phoning 9562 1666.