Project Status

  • Council resolved to undertake further engagement with the community at their meeting on Monday night, 22 April. We will soon invite the public to complete a feedback form to share your views on how the oval should be able to be used and managed in future, and on a revised proposal from the SANFL for a non-exclusive licence arrangement to ensure the future of their young talent programs.

    To be notified when public consultation starts, please Follow the project page or check back here from 6 May.

    Find out more in the Project Updates, below.

Project Updates

View the most recent project updates here.

What is this project about?

  1. A draft Community Land Management Plan (CLMP) for Football Park.
    We anticipate that land at Lot 5066 Turner Avenue, West Lakes (refer to the map below), known as "Football Park", will be vested (entrusted) to the City of Charles Sturt (Council) as early as 2026. This coincides with the completion of the West development and the required transfer of land to be designated as open space "community land", as well the intended departure of the Adelaide Football Club (AFC) from West Lakes.

    In readiness for this time, a draft Community Land Management Plan (CLMP) has been prepared to set out how the future, community land will be managed. We would like to hear your thoughts on Council's proposed Plan.

  2. A request to grant a future licence for use of Football Park.
    As a separate matter, we recently received a formal request from the South Australian National Football League Inc (SANFL) to grant a non-exclusive licence to use Football Park for a period of 21+21 years, at certain times. This would allow the SANFL to develop a new football facility adjacent Football Park, and use the facility and oval to run and manage its various programs, in particular its talent pathways for leading boys and girls in the state to realise their potential.

Aerial view of Football Park and its surrounds

Aerial view of the land defined at Lot 5066 Turner Avenue, West Lakes.

The land circled in red is defined as Lot 5066 Turner Avenue, West Lakes and is the applicable area represented in both the CLMP and licence request.