What's New
7 October 2011
Insofar 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.5 October 2011
There needs to be an anti-NIMBY provision. Narrowing of state significant development categories is not appropriate. Rail corridor should be defined. There is an absence of transitional provisions for existing applications before the joint regional planning panels. There are problems with the provision related to staged development and joint regional planning panels.
26 September 2011
An 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.
26 September 2011
A 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.
20 September 2011
The planning principles should be directed to employment lands generally, which should
include land uses associated with the largest share of employment in our economy - retail and
office premises.
20 September 2011
Mandatory disclosure will not necessarily influence purchase and/or rent decisions.
22 August 2011
On reviewing the proposed circular, we have identified a number of worrying issues.
11 August 2011
Land use planning failures are risking the Lower Hunters future as NSWs economic power house. If things keep going as they are, the Lower Hunters future growth will look more like Launcestons instead of an economic success story like Geelong.
7 July 2011
Infrastructure NSW must now prepare and submit a 20-year state infrastructure strategy. However, the legislation suggests that the infrastructure planning will take place against the backdrop of current land use plans and population projections. This is worrying, because the projections and targets in the current land use plans are only a shadow of comparable interstate figures.
