Parkwood is a proposed future suburb of Yass Valley Council in New South Wales, Australia.
The site is part of the West Belconnen / Parkwood cross-border development near the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales border.
[2] The origin of the name Parkwood is from the name given to a property by an early settler by the name of Thomas Southwell in 1854 near the confluence of Ginninderra Creek and Murrumbidgee River.
[4] Parkwood was approved, rezoned and designated as a suburb[citation needed] by Yass Valley Council in 2020.
[10] The Parkwood Urban Release development was designated as one of 19 projects included in the NSW Government's Planning System Acceleration Program that expedited planning assessments to retain people in jobs and to sustain the economy during the COVID-19 circumstances.