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Marsfield Common is a proposal by two community-based organisations, Eastwood Rugby and North Ryde RSL, to renew the TG Millner Field site by creating 132 low-rise, diverse homes and a new 1-hectare public park for the local community.
Regrettably, the TG Millner rugby fields are now largely unused. The Marsfield Common proposal seeks to best reconnect today’s community to the site through new neighbours, new local access, new opportunities, and new ideas.
The proposal includes community benefits such as:
- 132 low-rise terrace homes. No apartments and no high rise. There will only be site-appropriate terrace houses of no more than 2 storeys;
- Delivery of a new 10,000m² public park including full-sized basketball/multi-purpose sports court, an all-abilities play space, pedestrian paths, seating and fitness equipment. The value of this new public park exceeds $20million;
- An allocation of $6 million towards affordable housing and enhancement of local sporting facilities in Ryde;
- More green space and habitats with the planting of 570 new trees providing total canopy cover of 65% – considerably higher than Council’s 40% targets;
- The ability for Eastwood Rugby to contribute towards the creation of three (3) new publicly owned modern rugby fields in Castle Hill.
In June 2025, the Sydney North Planning Panel recommended that the Marsfield Common planning proposal to rezone TG Millner Field should proceed. In making its decision, the Panel acknowledged that delivering housing supply is a priority issue for Sydney for all levels of Government and that our proposal is in keeping with the low-density surrounding community setting. The Panel also noted that the project will add supply to the much-needed ‘missing middle’ of housing given that 95% of new housing stock in the Ryde LGA is apartments.
The TG Millner site cannot stay as it is, as it continues to impact our ability to support our members and the wider community. Council has had over 8 years to acquire TG Millner Field for a fair market price, and it has neither the funds nor the strategic justification to do so – a point acknowledged by the NSW Minister for Local Government in refusing Council’s compulsory acquisition request in April 2024.
We will continue to keep the community informed about the next steps in the process and the future of TG Millner Field as we move towards a Gateway Determination.