An indoor basketball hoop and backboard in an empty sports hall.(File image: Engin Akyurt / Pexels)
Newy 87.8 FM – The NSW Independent Planning Commission will hold a public meeting on Thursday 19 November 2026 to consider the Hunter Indoor Sports Centre proposed for New Lambton.
The meeting begins at 10:00am AEDT in lecture theatre CT202, Level 2, CT Building, at the University of Newcastle's Callaghan campus, and will be livestreamed on the Commission's YouTube channel.
The State significant development application (SSD-65595459), lodged by Basketball Association of Newcastle Limited (Newcastle Basketball), proposes 12 indoor basketball courts at 24 Wallarah Road and 2 Monash Road, New Lambton, including three courts convertible to a show court with retractable seating for up to 2,500 people.
The proposal also includes ancillary offices, a gym, a health services facility, a café and retail, along with flood mitigation works, car parking, landscaping and public domain improvements. The new centre would replace the association's existing two-court Broadmeadow stadium.
The Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure has completed its assessment and referred the application to the Commission for determination, as the Department received more than 50 unique objecting submissions. Commissioners Simon Smith, Shelley Penn and Katherine Woodthorpe will determine the application.
Residual key issues identified in the Department's assessment include built form and urban design, flooding, traffic and transport, noise, and loss of open space.
Speakers must pre-register by 12:00pm AEDT Wednesday 11 November 2026, and written submissions are open until 11:59pm AEDT Sunday 29 November 2026.
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