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 over $1million/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.

Without ever considering an officer report, Ryde Council has opposed the proposal at every stage, resolving on two occasions to compulsorily acquire the site – which was rejected by the NSW Government in April 2024 and again in July 2025 – on the basis that Council had neither the funds nor the strategic justification for the proposed acquisition.

In June 2025, the Sydney North Planning Panel recommended that the Marsfield Common planning proposal 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 the 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.

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 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 plans to develop TG Millner Field have not changed. Winston Langley and Abadeen are committed to delivering a project that provides meaningful benefits to the community through low-rise homes for families and the provision of extensive publicly accessible open space.

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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The History of
TG Millner Field

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 respects 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.