The Proposal

The TG Millner site cannot stay as it is. Since 2000, first as a tenant and subsequently as the owner, it has cost North Ryde RSL and its members an exorbitant amount of money each year to operate the fields and Sports Club at TG Millner, with few games and an average of 40 people visiting the Club each day.

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.

Ryde 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 Government in refusing Council’s compulsory acquisition requests in April 2024 and again in July 2025.

Faced with the site’s rising costs and ongoing uncertainty, North Ryde RSL Club finalised the sale of TG Millner Field to Winston Langley and Abadeen Group in December 2025. After 25+ years of struggle for both Clubs and their c.30,000 members, the sale of TG Millner Field has now secured the long-term future of both Clubs.

While the site has been sold, the development plans for TG Millner Field have not changed. Winston Langley and Abadeen Group are committed to delivering a project that provides meaningful benefits to the community through low-rise housing for 132+ families and the provision of extensive public open space.

The Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure has now opened a public exhibition period for the Marsfield Common proposal, and the community can now make submissions directly to the Department through the NSW Planning Portal. Further information relating to this proposal, and how to make a submission, is available on the portal.

We will continue to provide information on the planning proposal and public exhibition process as further details become available. If you would like updates on the project, please enter your details on our homepage or contact info@marsfieldcommon.com.au.

Learn more about the Marsfield Common proposal and what it will mean for the community of Ryde, including concept plans and supporting information.

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History of TG Millner Field

TG Millner Field has been an important fixture in the history of the Ryde community since it was first developed by Vimiera Recreation Grounds and Col. Tom Millner in the 1950’s when Marsfield was predominantly a rural area.

While it has been zoned for private recreation, TG Millner has been expensive to operate, with few games and low daily visitation, and catered to only part of the community. Since 2000, first as a tenant and subsequently as the owner, it has cost North Ryde RSL and its members an exorbitant amount of money each year to operate the fields and Sports Club at TG Millner, with few games and an average of 40 people visiting the licensed Club each day.

Marsfield Common seeks to best reconnect today’s community to the site through new public open space, new opportunities, and new homes for future generations.

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Indigenous
History

In the spirit of reconciliation, we acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of this land the Wallumedegal clan and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Aboriginal people lived for thousands of years in what we call the City of Ryde. When the first Europeans settled at Sydney Cove in 1788 the traditional owners of this area were the Wallumedegal. That name was told to Captain Arthur Phillip, first governor of the convict colony of New South Wales, by Woollarawarre Bennelong who came from the clan called the Wangal on the south side of the river.

To learn more about the Wallumedegal people, visit the City of Ryde website.