Creating Australia’s best planning system is a priority of the NSW Government.
The aim of the Planning Reform Fund is to support initiatives to streamline the planning process, making it more strategic, efficient and transparent while enhancing community involvment. The Planning Reform Fund helps fund the reforms and can assist councils in particular by supporting the delivery of new local plans and key strategic planning projects.
In particular, it supports local councils to deliver key strategic planning projects for their local area.
Round Seven
Funding for 2010-11
On 10 September 2010 the Department released an invitation to councils and consent authorities to apply for Round 7 grant project funding.
$1.2 million in funding under this round has now been allocated across 18 council areas as outlined in the following table:
Projects funded in Round 7 
Projects funded in previous rounds
Projects funded in Round 6
Projects funded in Round 5
Projects funded in Round 4
Projects funded in Round 3
Projects funded in Rounds 1 and 2
Information for potential applicants
Funding Criteria
Project Application Form 
Further inquiries should be directed to regional Department of Planning offices in the first instance, as detailed on page 2 of the Project Application Form. Alternatively email enquiries can be forwarded to : prf@planning.nsw.gov.au