Urban Taskforce | Policy Agenda
Urban Taskforce | Policy Agenda
Policy Principles
27 February 2011
The Urban Taskforce promotes public policy that supports affordable housing, positive environmental outcomes, good urban design, effective and innovative infrastructure, and healthy, vibrant communities.
The Urban Taskforce is an active participant in the ongoing review and reform of the regulatory framework, working hard to promote the interests of the urban development industry in the planning, environmental and building assessment processes.
Fact sheet: Anti-competitive rules in the planning system
27 February 2011
Planning laws restrict the supply of development sites. The more potential development sites means more competition amongst land-owners.
Planning laws also block new retailers based on the fears of their competitors.
Fact sheet: Bearing the burden of levies
26 February 2011
Development levies are complex, opaque and are often set too high. They discourage investment in housing, lower the overall supply of housing and raise its price.
Fact sheet: Boosting the Lower Hunter
26 February 2011
Under the NSW Government's 2006 Lower Hunter Regional Strategy, the region will need about 115,000 new homes by 2031, about 60 per cent of which are to be in greenfield areas.
An average of about 4,600 new dwellings - apartments or houses - should be built each year, including about 2,760 in greenfield areas.
Fact sheet: Limiting retail floor space
26 February 2011
A wide variety of planning controls are used to heavily limit the supply of retail floor space in our communities.
Fact sheet: Mandating active streetscapes
26 February 2011
Ground floor uses should not be limited to non-residential uses. vThis may create a row of empty shopfronts and sap urban vitality away.
