Childcare, health hub

The developer on the project is Dave Farley, who comes from a farming background and has some long standing ties to the area.

He has transitioned to property management and development after a career in property valuations.

His unique hybrid development has been designed specifically to address two of the community's most pressing needs.

“There has been dialogue with local council and members of the local community going back to the end of 2025 regarding both prospective uses," Mr Farley said.

“It became apparent that there was a community need for additional purpose-built facilities, so I began working through how these could be best incorporated together."

Plans submitted to council propose the 88-place Early Learning Centre be accessed from Duncan St, and the health facility to overlook Burchfield Park.

The medical facility will allow room for six general practitioner and two allied health consulting rooms, designed to provide some operator flexibility.

Planning for the project began in November 2025, and has involved extensive consultation with council, businesses, community groups and potential operators.

“The level of local support has been mostly quite positive," Mr Farley said.

“There have been a number of individuals from various local organisations, private enterprise, council and community organisations expressing support for the project which has been appreciated and further underlined the need for it.

“The ELC is proposed to be operated by an experienced regional NSW based childcare provider, who understand and are experienced in operating in farming communities.

“The operator arrangements of the medical and allied health component is still being worked through.

“The intention is to create a flexible facility capable of a single GP anchor tenant or accommodate a mix of GP and allied health practitioners.”

Mr Farley said the End St site emerged as the preferred location because of its accessibility and proximity to existing community services, including community infrastructure and other allied health services.

“There is significant underutilised on-street parking surrounding the site, while scale requirements of the proposed operators also had to be considered.

“These were also factors in identifying End St as the most suitable location for the integrated development.”

Beyond increasing access to childcare and healthcare, Mr Farley believes the project could provide broader economic and social benefits for the district.

“The most obvious benefit would be 88 additional childcare places in a community where access to childcare has been a significant constraint for local families, with broader benefits being improved workforce participation, retention and improved educational outcomes for children,” he said.

“The medical and allied health facility is intended to provide a modern health consulting facility which will provide additional services to the people of Deniliquin, and in turn will make it easier to attract and accommodate health professionals to the area.”

The proposal would also generate construction jobs, create ongoing employment opportunities and bring further investment into surrounding public infrastructure and streetscape improvements.

Subject to development approval and final funding arrangements, Mr Farley said he’s keen to move into construction as soon as possible.

Significant design and pre-construction work is already completed.