Kiama Council endorsed its much-debated and long-awaited Housing Strategy at Tuesday night's monthly meeting with all but one Councillors voting in favour.

After extensive consultation on Version 2 of the Draft Local Housing Strategy, a motion was moved to endorse it after director of strategies and communities Ed Paterson updated the Councillors on some minor changes from the document that was placed on public display from February to April.

There was further debate on Tuesday night about the Strategy and Councillors indicated they would be comfortable with a community reference group being formed to guide its implementation.

The Strategy confirms Kiama Council will add 900 more homes in the local government area by 2029, to meet NSW Government housing targets.

Cr Lawton spoke against an amendment to the motion because there had been changes made at the last minute to add and withdrew certain sections of land that will be available for future housing.

"I'm rather perplexed as to why we can actually change the draft housing document with popping in lands, popping out lands," she told the meeting.

"It seems a little odd to me when we've been asked to consistently go to the community with the proposed (document) and now we're, on a whim, suggesting that tonight without having any mapping, without having any real understanding of what we're voting on, I find it very unusual that we feel that we can all just jump in and accept these amendments or new foreshadowed motion.

"I also think it's very interesting that we are unable to do a wordsmithing of a motion, yet we can actually, as I said, pop things in, pop things out without any community consultation whatsoever.

"So I won't be voting for this and I'm surprised that it's actually up at all."

Kiama Mayor Cameron McDonald said the Strategy would set the LGA up for a bright future.

"As we came to this previous election, we knew that it was a decision for the next 20, 30 years. And essentially, this is the first step in self-determination," he said.

"It allows our local community to decide what our community looks like into the future.

"Essentially, we have been reactive with regards to developers coming in and deciding where they and how our local community would like to look for them. But certainly, this is a step in the right direction for our community.

"And I think that it empowers our local community to decide where we will be into the future.

"I'd like to congratulate all the work that's gone into this plan. It has been painstaking, laborious.

"So I think that just by the director's explanations tonight, I think it's very apparent that it's incredibly well considered.

"And I'd also like to thank the staff who painstakingly worked through the 280 submissions, gave them the time and the consideration they required. I've seen some commentary otherwise that they have been ignored. I can assure you that your submissions were not ignored. And a lot of the people that work through those submissions live locally and love the area that we live in and have certainly taken that on board during that process.

"So essentially, I think this is a great strategy for the future of Kiama in mind. And it allows us to be the forefront in decision-making."

Councillor Yasmin Tatrai said she had previously been unsure whether she would support the Strategy.

"I have been backwards and forwards and positive and against this recommendation for a long time," she said.

"But seeing the negatives of not going through with this is really, really scary."

The motion was then voted on with only Cr Lawton opposing.

Councillor Imogen Draisma left the meeting during the debate and vote on the Housing Strategy after declaring a conflict of interest due to her employment with NSW Minister of Planning and Public Spaces, Paul Scully.