Urban Taskforce | Retail Development
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NSW continues to suffer sharp falls in building approvals30 August 2011New figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics today confirm that NSW is experiencing a much sharper decline in building approvals, than any of the other larger states.COAG disappoints on planning reform and housing affordability19 August 2011The Urban Taskforce today said the Council of Australian Governments has failed to take any serious action in relation to the Productivity Commission report on Zoning and Development Assessments it commissioned in 2010, which was finalised in May this year. Retail suffering because of planning and zoning regulations: Productivity Commission4 August 2011The Productivity Commission has today declared that Australian retail is suffering because of planning and zoning regulations that are complex and excessively prescriptive, according to the Urban Taskforce. Review of zoning plans template welcomed by developers4 August 2011The Urban Taskforce today welcomed the NSW Governments announcement that it will be transparently reviewing the template used for local environmental plans. NSW faces clear and present danger, according to new ABS figures2 August 2011New figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statics today reveal that NSWs private sector home approval rate is plummeting at more than three times the national rate and the value of approved business premises is in freefall. |
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7 October 2011Insofar as it relates to land use regulation, we support the tone and thrust of the draft report. Having said this, there are some specific matters that should be re-considered.File Size: 9.98 kB
26 September 2011An appeal right for rezoning applicants is a key interim reform strongly sought by industry. An applicant should be entitled to make, and have determined, a development application (including a ˜concept staged development application) even if the development is prohibited by a statutory plan. File Size: 1.02 MB
26 September 2011A under the current policy settings, it seems more likely that the Standard Instrument will be used to entrench the micro-regulation of land use across NSW. This was never the original intention of the Standard Instrument process. |
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