FAQs

CINAAAS stands for the Community Infrastructure Needs Assessment and Acquisition Area Strategy. It is Council’s long‑term framework for planning, providing and managing community infrastructure, including parks, sports facilities and lighting.

You can view the strategy here: Community Infrastructure Needs Assessment and Acquisition Area Strategy

Sports field lights operate under set conditions to balance community use, safety and impacts on nearby residents.

In general:

• Lights are used in the evenings, when natural light is no longer sufficient.
• They are turned off later at night, in line with operational guidelines, bookings and curfews.
• Lighting is only used when a field is booked or scheduled for use, not automatically every night.

Training lighting is used most frequently, while competition lighting is typically only switched on for matches or special events that require it.

Not all sports lighting is the same. Lighting is designed to match how a field is used.

Training lighting is used for regular evening activities such as:

• team training sessions
• skills development
• casual and community use

For example, a local football or netball team training after work on a weeknight would typically use training lighting.

Competition lighting is much brighter and is designed for:

• official matches
• higher‑level or senior competitions
• situations where referees, umpires and sometimes spectators need clearer visibility

These lights meet higher Australian Standard requirements to support faster play and officiating. In some cases, they may also support spectators.

For example, an evening competition match with referees and a crowd needs brighter lighting so the game can be safely and fairly played.

Sports field lighting is different from general park lighting, such as:

• pathway lights
• playground lighting
• car park or amenity lighting

General park lighting is designed for safe movement and visibility, not for playing sport. Sports lighting is purpose‑built to illuminate large playing areas so people can actively participate in sport after dark.

The following locations are excluded because they feature synthetic playing surfaces, and the current lighting audit and consultation relate only to natural turf fields, but are relevant to the questions around amenities:

• Poulton Park (Synthetic)
• Penshurst Park Sporting Hub
• Peakhurst Park (Synthetic)
• Vanessa Street Multi‑Sport / Futsal Courts

The following sites are not included because they are operated and maintained under separate management contracts, rather than through Council’s standard sports field operations:

• Beverley Park Golf Course
• Hurstville Aquatic Leisure Centre
• Hurstville Golf Course
• Ken Rosewall Tennis Centre
• Kyle Bay Bowling Greens
• Norm O’Neil Cricket Centre
• Parkside Drive Tennis Centre
• Sans Souci Leisure Centre

Jubilee Stadium is also excluded as it is managed through a separate Masterplan process, which guides planning, upgrades and investment decisions for the site.