The planning pathway

Planning for and around the Aerotropolis involves a number of statutory plans and strategic policies.

The Western Sydney Planning Partnership (Planning Partnership) is responsible for delivering the final Western Sydney Aerotropolis Planning Package and precinct plans for the initial precincts, which provide the state level policies that will guide the development of the Aerotropolis.

The Western Sydney Aerotropolis Planning Package was finalised on 13 September 2020. The final planning package included: 

• Western Sydney Aerotropolis Plan (WSAP)
• Western Sydney Aerotropolis Plan Finalisation Report
• Western Sydney Aerotropolis (Aerotropolis) State Environmental Planning Policy (SEPP)
• Amendment to the Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000
• New Ministerial Direction 7.8 Implementation of Western Sydney Aerotropolis Plan
• Western Sydney Aerotropolis Development Control Plan (DCP) Phase 1

View the planning package

What's happening now?

Public exhibition of the draft Aerotropolis Precinct Plan, which includes the Aerotropolis Core, Badgerys Creek, Wianamatta-South Creek, Agribusiness and Northern Gateway Precincts, has now closed.

We are currently reviewing all the community and stakeholder feedback received throughout the public exhibition period, which ran from 10 November 2020-12 March 2021. Submissions will be published online by early April 2021. 

Next steps

The following will be released for community and stakeholder feedback:

• a draft Phase 2 Development Control Plan (DCP), which will build on and replace the Phase 1 DCP to provide precinct planning principles and controls to guide development
• discussion paper on proposed amendments to the State Environmental Planning Policy (SEPP) which governs planning provisions including the land use zones, exempt and complying development, principal development standards, corridor protection mechanisms, and aviation safeguarding provisions, to ensure an appropriate planning framework is in place.

Project timeline