The statewide policy for homeowner holiday rentals has been finalised, giving the industry four months to implement the new changes.

The NSW Government will accelerate the delivery of up to $4.8 billion annually in economic benefits under a suite of proposed reforms to planning rules and complying development.

The NSW Government is investing $4.8 million to help regional councils across the State transition towards a digital platform to lodge and assess planning applications.

The NSW Government has today released a discussion paper on proposed amendments to clause 4.6 of the Standard Instrument - Principal Local Environmental Plan which sets the test for varying development standards when making a development application. 

The NSW Government has launched an Evaluation Tool for Public Space and Public Life and a Great Public Spaces Guide - two new free resources that will help improve public spaces for every community across NSW.

Stronger protections are now in place for the North Coast koala population after the Tweed and Byron comprehensive Koala Plans of Management (KPoMs) became the first to be approved under Koala SEPP 2021.

Leda Manorstead was convicted and fined a total of $170,000 in the Land and Environment Court last Friday for failing to comply with its development consent for the Cobaki Estate in Tweed.

The NSW Government is undertaking a review into council compliance levies on building works to create a more certain, consistent and transparent planning system.

Contributions from new development and housing have resulted in a $270 million infrastructure investment bonanza for communities across NSW.

A plan to reinvent a section of Sydney’s unused harbour foreshore – with the historic White Bay Power Station as a centrepiece – has been launched today by the NSW Government.

The Department of Planning, Industry and Environment will be responsible for progressing a proposal to transform the southern portion of Waterloo Estate, pending advice from independent experts.

Bringing laneways to life, transforming the former Pacific Highway corridor and supporting the growth of Coffs  Harbour Airport with additional employment lands are some of the key actions in the NSW Government’s action plan for Coffs Harbour.

The Sydney Metro West project has received two major planning approvals, creating thousands of jobs and paving the way for mega tunnel boring machines to be in the ground by the end of next year.

Councils across NSW will share $7 million in NSW Government funding to construct and upgrade play spaces that ensure inclusivity, with half the money being awarded to regional projects.

Sydney is becoming greener with 500,000 trees planted, edging closer to the Premier’s Priority of planting one million trees by 2022.