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Planning System Acceleration Program

We’ve brought forward immediate reforms to the planning system to support productivity, investment and jobs during COVID-19.

 

Our plan will cut red tape and fast-track assessment processes to boost the construction pipeline and fast-track new projects. This will create and support construction jobs and allow work to continue wherever possible in line with the best medical advice.

 

The program will:

  • Fast-track assessments of State Significant Developments, development applications (DAs) and rezoning, with more decisions to be made by the Minister if necessary
  • Support councils and planning panels to fast-track locally and regionally significant DAs
  • Expand the list of works that can be carried out without the need for planning approval, or under the fast-tracked complying development pathway
  • Introduce a ‘one stop shop’ for industry to progress projects that may be ‘stuck in the system’
  • Clear the current backlog of cases in the Land & Environment Court with additional Acting Commissioners
  • Invest $70 million to co-fund vital new community infrastructure in North West Sydney including roads, drainage and public parks to unlock plans for the construction of thousands of new houses.

 

This package of measures is designed to provide immediate support to the industry in managing the unfolding health crisis and also lay foundations for further reform and economic recovery.

 

Find out what else we're doing for COVID-19. 

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