The current development framework for Warnervale, elaborated in the Warnervale District Planning Strategy (2002), is to construct a $100 million, town centre which will become the main centre for the Wyong Shire and cater for projected growth in the Warnervale-Wadalba region from 5,000 (2002 estimate) to 40,000 by 2021. The proposed development includes residential components, transport links including a new railway station, shops, restaurants, entertainment and a range of community facilities including an aquatic centre, library, seniors' centre and parkland, and the centre is planned to be built on a mix of privately owned, council-owned and state-owned land. It was hoped by Wyong Shire Council that the creation of a new city would revive older areas such as Wyong, Toukley and Long Jetty, which had suffered from the construction of large regional shopping centres such as Lakehaven Shopping Centre and Westfield Tuggerah.