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The Department welcomes feedback from the community, government agencies and all other stakeholders during the public exhibition period for all major projects. Your feedback helps us better understand the views of the community, which informs our assessment of the project.
The Department has recently released a significant upgrade to our Major Projects website, including a great range of features to help make it easier to stay informed and do business with us.
Projects are currently being migrated to the new website and during this time you may need to look on both websites to find the project you are interested in.
View a short video on the features of the new website.
Lendlease Communities, have submitted a request to modify the Calderwood concept plan, seeking approval for additional housing supply.
Cockle Bay
Amended proposed concept plans for Cockle Bay have been lodged with the Department and include a new retail shops, bars and restaurants, along with a commercial office tower up to 195m in height.
Read about the amended plans
Coffs Harbour Bypass
The Coffs Harbour Bypass is a 14-kilometre bypass of the Coffs Harbour urban area, from Englands Road in the south to Sapphire in the north.
Read about the bypass
Eastlakes Shopping Centre Redevelopment
The Eastlakes Shopping Centre redevelopment was approved in September 2013. Changes to the approved development’s southern site were also approved in June 2020.
Read about the project
Energy from waste
Energy from waste technology involves the thermal treatment of waste or waste-derived materials for the recovery of energy.
Find out about current Energy from waste proposals
The Hunters Hill remediation project relates to three Government owned properties at 7-11 Nelson Parade, Hunters Hill.
Inland Rail
The Inland Rail is a freight rail line connection between Melbourne and Brisbane. The route will be approximately 1700km in length and include over 1000km of major upgrades and enhancements and 600km of new track via regional Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.
Read about the Inland Rail projects
Ivanhoe Estate
Ivanhoe Estate is the first major project proposed under the Future Directions policy and Communities Plus program. The concept and Stage 1 works applications for the redevelopment of Ivanhoe Estate have now been approved.
Read more about Ivanhoe Estate
The M6 Motorway (previously F6 Extension) program of works is a proposed multi-lane road link extending from the New M5 Motorway at Arncliffe to the Princes Highway at Loftus. The Stage 1 Application was approved in December 2019.
Read more about the project
The Department has assessed The Northern Road upgrade, a program of works to upgrade 34 kilometres of The Northern Road, between Narellan and Penrith.
Parramatta Light Rail - Stage 1
The Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Parramatta Light Rail – Stage 1 has been received by the Department of Planning and Environment.
Read about stage 1 of the Parramatta Light Rail
The Pemulwuy Project
In June 2009, the Aboriginal Housing Company received concept approval from the Department for a development in Redfern. The Aboriginal Housing Company named the development the Pemulwuy Project.
View The Pemulwuy Project
School infrastructure
In 2017 the State Environmental Planning Policy (Educational Establishments and Child Care Facilities) was introduced with provisions that apply to school State Significant Development applications.
Find out more about school infrastructure projects
Shell Cove Boat Harbour Precinct Concept Plan (Modification)
In August 2017, Frasers Property Australia lodged a modification application to the Concept Plan Approval for the Shell Cove Boat Harbour Precinct.
More about the modification
The Snowy 2.0 and Transmission Project is a proposed expansion of the generating capacity of the Snowy Mountains Scheme.
Two State Significant Development applications for the new Sydney Fish Market were approved in June 2020.
Read about the project
The Sydney Football Stadium is being redeveloped on the site of the original stadium at Moore Park Sydney.
Sydney Metro project
Sydney Metro is a new standalone railway which will include 39 metro stations and more than 90km of new metro rail, from Rouse Hill to Bankstown through Sydney’s CBD and from Westmead to Sydney’s CBD.
Find out about the Sydney Metro project
The Art Gallery of NSW has unveiled plans to transform the Gallery through a major expansion. The working title for the project is ‘Sydney Modern'.
Tweed Valley Hospital
The new major referral hospital will be constructed on a greenfield site in the Tweed-Byron region. Two State significant development applications for the concept and Stage 1 works as well as Stage 2 main works for construction and operation have now been approved.
Read about the project
WestConnex M4 M5
WestConnex is a 33 kilometre tolled motorway linking Sydney’s west and south west with Sydney Airport and Port Botany via the St Peters interchange.
View the WestConnex M4 M5 project