An attempt will be made at tonight's council meeting to re-debate the contentious $3 million East Bowral playing fields development approved by council earlier this month.

Crs Paul Tuddenham, Gordon Lewis and Rick Mandelson have lodged a motion asking that consent be rescinded - and deferred pending further legal and community consultation.

Their main bone of contention - a proposed distributor road that has raised the ire of many residents.

"The community doesn't want it (the road) and we should be listening to the community," Cr Mandelson said yesterday.

Mayor Phil Yeo used his casting vote at the February 13 meeting to approve the council-designed project that comprises two playing fields, amenities, drainage works and the road link.

Consent was granted despite an anti-road petition, the apparent lack of an updated flood study (as claimed by Cr Larry Whipper) and legal concerns from an anonymous "pre-eminent QC".

But councillors who voted for the project maintained there had been sufficient community awareness as the plans have been on the drawing board for at least 15 years.

General manager David McGowan also questioned the validity of the QC's written comments to residents and councillors.

Mr McGowan said the link road - from the north end of Boardman Road to Old South Road (near Bowral Street) - will be mostly funded by developer contributions.

He said these funds cannot be allocated to other projects as they were collected for the purpose of the road.

Property agent Nick Campbell-Jones in a newspaper column last Friday said councillors didn't have all the facts.

"No-one is arguing against the playing fields and, in fact, they are to be a small part of the dollars spent," he said.

"What the majority of people in the affected area, and other people who want our dollars spent wisely, object to is the distributor road which is a separate issue to the sporting areas.

"One argument used by a couple of councillors was that it has been on the agenda for 15 years so let's get on with it. The reality is that this proposed plan has not been on the agenda for 15 years.

"What had been on the agenda was a road along the northern boundary between Retford Park and Mansfield Farm coming from the end of Bowral Street.

"What they fail to mention is that at the eastern end of the proposed road was land zoned for tourism/motels and that that was the primary reason for the road."

Almost all residents and the majority of councillors have glowingly endorsed the proposed sport and drainage facilities.