A spokesman from Ms Goward’s office on Friday confirmed the Minister for Planning would soon relocate her headquarters from Bowral to Goulburn.

Until lease papers are signed and parliamentary approval is given, Ms Goward will not disclose the address of her new electoral office.

It’s understood the chosen headquarters will be occupied by late August.

“The lease hasn’t been signed, so I can’t give details of exactly where it is at this stage, but we’re very excited,” a spokeswoman for Ms Goward said.

“It’s in a good location. All going well, Ms Goward will be in there around the end of August.

“We’ve found a suitable building that’s well located. As soon as we’re allowed to tell everyone where it is, we’ll be shouting it from the rooftops.”

The statement comes in the same week construction boards were removed from the front of an Auburn Street shopfront last year used as pre-election headquarters by federal parliamentarian, Angus Taylor.

Vacant office and retail space is prevalent elsewhere in the CBD, too. The old Commonwealth Bank; Huntley Arcade; the shop once home to St Vincent de Paul; a two-storey office on the corners of Bradley and Auburn Streets; floor-space in a now-closed state government office between the intersections of Clinton and Verner Streets; and rooms adjacent to retail giant Target have been touted as possible offices.

Ms Goward has represented Goulburn Mulwaree-based constituents since first winning office in a close state election battle with former mayor Paul Stephenson in March of 2007.

She officially claimed victory 2621 days ago, and with that, accepted the title of Member for Goulburn.

Despite her job description, Ms Goward has never permanently worked from an electoral office in the seat’s largest town or city. Instead, she’s operated primarily from a base in Bowral.

Ms Goward has hinted of relocation but never followed through with a move during her seven year tenure.

A 2013 ruling by the NSW Electoral Commission to alter boundaries determining the seats of Goulburn, Wollondilly and Burrinjuck forced her hand.

Under the changes – set to take effect from March of next year - Bowral was removed from the seat of Goulburn and instead dropped into a reshaped Wollondilly. Neighbouring Burrinjuck was abolished altogether and renamed Cootamundra.

The decision set up a potential head-to-head clash between Ms Goward and cabinet colleague, Katrina Hodgkinson. The pair has since settled their differences; Ms Hodgkinson will stand for the Nationals in Cootamundra, and Ms Goward the Liberal Party in Goulburn.

“If these draft boundaries remain in place, I will then seek permission by the Parliament to relocate my electorate office to Goulburn,” Ms Goward said in June of last year.

“This will be done at an appropriate time.”

The appropriate time, it seems, is now.