Planning

The peak organisation for hearing and vision loss will relocate its headquarters to Macquarie University after the NSW Government approved plans for its new $74.5 million state-of-the-art facility.

The NSW Government has appointed Professor Roberta Ryan from the University of Newcastle to the new role of Independent Community Commissioner to help address the concerns of landowners in the Western Sydney Aerotropolis.

New guidelines to help communities and councils plan for natural hazards such as bushfires, drought and floods have been released today for public feedback.

After more than a century, contaminated land at Hunters Hill will be cleaned up as a result of the NSW Government securing approval for the waste to be sent overseas.

Hundreds of construction workers in Sydney’s north west are building new and improved parks, sporting fields, roads and cycleways thanks to the NSW Government’s Accelerated Infrastructure Fund (AIF).

The two major pipelines that provide 90 per cent of Sydney’s drinking water will be better protected from development under proposed new planning laws. 

A popular walking and bike track in Sydney’s south west continues to expand thanks to $268,000 in funding as part of the NSW Government’s Metropolitan Greenspace Program.

Planning approvals for data centres and warehouses will be assessed under a new accelerated pathway to help stimulate the State’s post-pandemic economic recovery.

With four play spaces in the Greater Sydney area, designed using our Everyone Can Play guideline, you and your little ones are spoiled for choice.

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.