Council Accelerated Assessment Program
The department is working with interested councils to develop a Council Accelerated Assessment Program unique to each LGA.

Urban heat
The NSW Government has several initiatives that are reducing urban heat to create a sustainable, liveable and cool Greater Sydney.

New homes on the horizon for North Wollongong, Cockle Creek and St Marys
The Minns Labor Government’s Transport Oriented Development Program (TOD) is unlocking more homes and supporting localised housing solutions around North Wollongong, Cockle Creek and St Marys station.

Low-rise housing diversity
We have been diversifying housing choices to reflect the needs and preferences of households today and into the future.

Bayswater Gardens
Bayswater Gardens provides 80 beds for residents needing low, high, or dementia-specific care. On the waterfront and close to a park, the development was designed to feel like a large home, not an institution.

Delivering cool materials through planning controls
Although new technologies are rapidly emerging in this area, simple and cost-effective solutions are already available for cool roofing, walls and pavements.

Explorer Street, Eveleigh
The Explorer Street site is in South Eveleigh, about 2 km south of Central Sydney CBD and sits within the City of Sydney local government area.

Feedback sought on window safety proposal
The NSW Department of Planning and Environment (DPE) is seeking community feedback on a discussion paper that could expand the installation of child-proof safety devices in homes across the State.

Policies and frameworks
Helping planners and designers turn amendments into reality, creating good built-environment design outcomes throughout NSW.

Housing is a Verb
Housing is a Verb’s design reimagines terrace housing as a flexible, modular set-up. Rooms are interchangeable and held between shared walls.
