New Planning Framework to Connect with Country
A new guide has been released by the NSW Government to help better recognise Indigenous culture in planning and design.

Communities and places
The regional plan acknowledges that Aboriginal people share a unique bond to Country – a bond forged through thousands of years travelling across the region’s lands and waterways for ceremony, trading and seasonal migration.

2024 August formal enforcements
The department conducts inspection and enforcement activities for compliance. Read the details of the formal enforcements conducted in August 2024.

Clarion
Despite being in the historically industrial area of Alexandria, the materials and finishes at Clarion have been carefully chosen to strengthen connection to nature.

Design Guide for Heritage
The Design Guide for Heritage is a resource to help ensure we have good design in heritage places. This is a shared responsibility with many shared benefits.

Key features and frequently asked questions
These frequently asked questions relate to the exhibition of the concept proposal for the redevelopment of the Harbourside Shopping Centre.

Cool Streets Blacktown
A pilot project with community members coming together to make decisions about planting trees in their streets supported by Blacktown City Council.

2022 August formal enforcements
The department conducts inspection and enforcement activities for compliance. Read the details of the formal enforcements conducted in August 2022.

Viciniti Apartments
Viciniti Apartments seamlessly integrates extensive private and shared garden spaces, and offering captivating water views. It has preserved trees and a network of footpaths to ensure continuity in the urban fabric.

41 Birmingham
41 Birmingham contains 25 apartments and a ground floor retail space. The design challenges the 'one-size-fits-all' approach of most multiple housing developments, drawing on the industrial heritage and contemporary profile of the site.
