A New Planning System for NSW

A new planning system for NSW

The NSW Government is building a planning system focused on sustainable growth to deliver the jobs and houses we need to support our growing cities and regions.

The new planning system will make NSW more competitive by improving decision making, providing more certainty and making it more cost effective to do business in the state. It will focus on people and communities, rather than processes. Communities will have a say in shaping their local area by helping to develop the long-term strategic plans that will set the ground rules for development.

White Paper

On 16 April, the NSW Government released the White Paper – A new planning system for NSW for public feedback.

Read the Minister's response to some of the community's concerns on the White Paper.

Community and stakeholder engagement

An extensive program of engagement and consultation activities on the White Paper has been announced. This includes regional and metropolitan discussion sessions being held across NSW during May and June for the community, planning practitioners and the building industry. A summary of feedback from the discussion sessions is available online.

Individuals and groups can make submissions by:

Sending an online submission (including attachments)
Using the online feedback tool to submit comments on specific sections or chapters of the White Paper
Posting a submission to New Planning System, GPO Box 39, Sydney NSW 2001.

You can also join the discussion by:

Participating in online discussion forums at Have Your Say
Attending one of the briefings, feedback sessions and meetings being held across NSW
Using the Meeting In A Box toolkit to hold your own meeting and provide feedback
Downloading our community presentation on SlideShare or in Powerpoint
Visiting the department's Twitter page @NSWPlanning and typing "#newplanningsystem" into the search bar.

Please read our submissions guide for more details.

A note about privacy: All submissions received will be published on the department's website. Please do not include your name or other personal information in your submission or on attachments if you don’t want this information published. Please read our privacy statement at www.planning.nsw.gov.au/privacy

Media Launch

Media Release
Media Conference (video introduction)

Documents

Draft planning legislation

Click here for information about the two Exposure Bills to implement the legislative framework for the new planning system, which are also on exhibition.

Information in other languages

Your guide to the new planning system - Arabic (4.6MB)
Your guide to the new planning system - Greek (4.6MB)
Your guide to the new planning system - Italian (4.6MB)
Your guide to the new planning system - Simplified Chinese (5.1MB)
Your guide to the new planning system - Traditional Chinese (5.7MB)
Your guide to the new planning system - Vietnamese (4.6MB)

Deloitte Report

The department commissioned Deloitte to analyse the time and cost savings of the proposed planning system reform, compared to the current system. Based on Deloitte's findings, the department calculated that families and businesses will save $174 million per year from reforms to development assessment and the resulting reduction in red tape.

Deloitte Report: Time and cost benchmarking project: A New Planning System for NSW (1.0MB)

Previous steps in the planning system review

Inquiries

Call 1300 305 695
Email newplanningsystem@planning.nsw.gov.au

Submissions will not be accepted via this email address.

Last Updated 16-May-2013