Sydney-Canberra Corridor Regional Strategy
The Sydney-Canberra regional corridor extends from the southern highlands and tablelands of NSW to the ACT border – an area of approximately 25,000 square kilometres. Clearly identified by the Hume and Federal highways, the region itself is characterised by classic rural countryside and an array of regional centres, historic towns and villages. It also features major drinking water catchments.
As a key part of our national transport and communications infrastructure, the corridor provides for the ongoing flow of trade, tourism and ideas within the region and between the capital cities and centres on the eastern seaboard. Those areas close to work and business opportunities in Sydney, Canberra and the NSW South Coast are already experiencing significant growth and development pressures.
Currently the region offers its 137,000 residents significant choice in terms of lifestyle, employment and investment opportunities. The main purpose of the regional strategy is to support and manage growth while ensuring that the rural and environmental settings that characterise the region are not compromised.
The NSW Government’s 25-year land-use strategy aims to:
- Provide up to 25,200 new homes for the 46,350 additional people expected to be living in the region by 2031.
- Increase the amount of housing within existing centres and the choice of housing for smaller households and an ageing population.
- Manage the environmental impact of settlement by focusing new urban development in the major regional centres of Bowral, Goulburn and Queanbeyan.
- Ensure an adequate supply of land to support economic growth and provide for the projected 27,800 new jobs that will needed, particularly in the areas of manufacturing, transport and logistics, business services, health, aged care and tourism.
- Protect important primary industry resources, water resources, environmental diversity, scenery and heritage, which give the region its character and potential.
The strategy will guide local planning in the six local government areas of Wingecarribee, Goulburn Mulwaree, Upper Lachlan, Yass Valley, Palerang and Queanbeyan. The regional strategy also recognises the importance of working cooperatively with the ACT and represents the NSW Government’s position on settlement within the cross-border region.
Inquiries
Phone the Department's Information Centre on 1300 305 695 or email information@planning.nsw.gov.au
Queanbeyan Residential and Economic Strategy Review
Following a Department of Planning review, the NSW Government has conditionally endorsed a new 25-year residential and employment lands strategy for Queanbeyan, based on a strategy prepared and submitted by Queanbeyan City Council in late-2006. Council’s Residential and Economic Strategy 2031 was prepared following a request from the Planning Minister.
Further information
Council's strategy built on a review undertaken by an independent panel that reported to the Minister in August 2006.
More information on this panel review.