Gilead
The Gilead (Stage 2) planning proposal would transform a 495 ha site within the Gilead Precinct, providing up to 3,300 new homes, a school, a small town centre and more.

Urbain Residences
Urbain Residences offer high-quality apartments with generous landscaping and a roof terrace. Plans for the development prioritised sunlight, cross ventilation and privacy, while making full use of the development potential of the site.

Pick-your-own farms exempt from 100 visitor cap
The Minns Government will amend the agritourism policy to make sure pick-your-own-fruit farm operations are allowed to operate with more than 100 visitors at a time without the need for planning approval.

Changes to the public sector to provide laser focus on housing and energy challenges
NSW Premier Chris Minns has today announced that the Department of Planning and Environment will become two new departments to better deliver on the Government’s priorities of addressing the energy challenges, climate change, the environment and housing.

Australia’s newest city starting to take shape
The Western Sydney Aerotropolis is set to take-off, with the official opening of the first building at Bradfield City Centre and the release of the Minns Labor Government’s infrastructure delivery plan which will drive further investment into the region.

$100 million to increase biodiversity protection and deliver certainty for housing
The NSW Labor Government has delivered on its commitment to strengthen protection for koalas while helping deliver much-needed housing in Western and South Western Sydney, by enhancing the Cumberland Plain Conservation Plan.

How to use land use tables
Local Environmental Plans set out zones for land. Each zone has a land use table that tells landowners, councils and other interested parties what they can and cannot do on a parcel of land.

A better-connected Metro Wollongong on the horizon
A new 40-year vision for metropolitan Wollongong is beginning to take shape, with the NSW Government progressing plans for a Health Precinct Strategy that will further strengthen the southern city as a well-connected, innovative, and progressive city.

Fraternal Twins
Replacing a single-storey bungalow near Bondi Beach, these townhouses present differing faces to the street, while internally the floor plans are mirror images. Each is designed in an L-shape around 3 lightwell or courtyard spaces.

Place-based cultural immersion opportunities
The Department of Planning and Environment has launched a statewide expression of interest to identify local Aboriginal service providers that can offer place based cultural immersion training for employees as part of the department’s Aboriginal Cultural Capability Framework.
