Cranbourne West has developed since the 1990s, and in 2006 had a new shopping centre opened called "The Sandhurst Centre", on the corner of Duff Street and Monahans Road.

The Cranbourne West Development Plan was released in 2008 by the City of Casey and includes a large parcel of land bounded by Thompsons Road to the north, Evans Road to the east, Western Port Highway to the west, and Ballarto Road and the urban growth boundary