The NSW development contributions system helps provide new and growing communities across NSW with appropriate infrastructure. The Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (EP&A Act) sets out how the NSW’s development contributions system works.
The NSW Government has announced measures to improve housing supply by capping development contributions and providing a $50 million Priority Infrastructure Fund. A fact sheet was published on 31 August 2010 on this measure.
The strategy also allows local councils to seek to fund infrastructure which cannot be accommodated under the new contributions system by applying to the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART).
The above measures builds on a decision made in 2008 to reduce the cost of State infrastructure contributions.
Directions and technical advice
All ministerial directions, practice notes and planning circulars relating to the NSW Development Contributions System can be viewed here.