A panel of 100 leading design experts will be charged with improving the quality of the built environment across NSW.

More than 170 planning rules, policies and guidelines have been ripped up to simplify the planning system, speed up assessments and boost productivity as part of the NSW Government’s agenda to reform the system.

Proposed changes to planning rules will cut red tape for the construction of NSW Health facilities, to better equip the state when dealing with medical emergencies.

The NSW Government is calling for feedback on proposals set to make it easier to meet demand for childcare and education facilities and streamline planning approval processes for those facilities.

The Department of Planning, Industry and Environment is calling for community feedback on plans for the Sirius building in Cumberland Street in The Rocks.

The NSW Government is making it easier for Aboriginal communities to achieve better social and economic outcomes from their land with the release of the Aboriginal Land State Environmental Planning Policy (SEPP) Guideline.

The NSW Government has committed more than $17 million as part of significant reviews to make the planning system more certain and transparent for industry, and to encourage investment, with an online tool to help calculate infrastructure contributions up front rather than at the end of a project

The NSW Government will continue to create better, safer and more public spaces with an extra $54 million over the next two years as part of the 2020-21 NSW Budget.

The NSW Government has pledged $240 million this financial year and more than $570 million over the next four years to create a more timely, certain and transparent planning system.

The NSW Government is set to extend its alfresco dining scheme to Darling Harbour in another win for venues and the live entertainment industry in NSW.

A new Metro rail line, dam and motorway are among 10 major infrastructure projects which will be accelerated to keep people in jobs and the economy moving.

More than 200,000 new jobs, a record infrastructure investment and high-quality open space are the highlights of the NSW Government’s latest detailed planning package for the Western Sydney Aerotropolis and surrounding area.

The NSW Government is calling on the community to have their say on the Wilton Town Centre Precinct rezoning proposal that features new homes, a large-scale shopping and business precinct, a new school, new paths for pedestrians and cyclists and the protection of 39 hectares of pristine bush land delivered by 2040.

The NSW Government is calling for community feedback on plans to develop the block around the Waterloo Metro Station.

If approved, the proposal will include a 1350 square metre public plaza, significant housing for students and affordable and social housing enabling key workers to live closer to their jobs.

The NSW Government has worked with councils to unlock $850 million worth of investment in local projects following changes to infrastructure contributions policy.