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25 February 2011
The Department of Planning released the public consultation documents for a proposed levy on new homes in the Lower Hunter (said to be $8,80 per lot) and a levy on new homes in the southern Illawarra (said to be $6,200 per lot). The Department is also proposing a $42,100 levy on each hectare of new Lower Hunter industrial land, and a $29,000 levy on each hectare of Illawarra industrial land.File Size:
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12 January 2011
The Urban Taskforce has never supported a national policy merely for the sake of having something that's national. Our support for any policy has always been conditional on: ¢ the policy not being harmful to urban development; and ¢ the policy adding something concrete and positive to the urban development process (in terms of significant federal funding for urban infrastructure or reduced red tape).File Size:
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22 November 2010
The urban development industry has serious concerns about the implications of a recent decision of the NSW Supreme Court: Leda Manorstead v Chief Commissioner. This decision related to whether certain land used for primary production qualified for the primary production land tax exemption.File Size:
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12 November 2010
Where there are planning rules that limit the discretion of decision-makers to refuse development, and in particular limit the ability of decision-makers to make rules or refuse development by reference to public opinion, the need for political involvement is reduced.However, there will always be a need to allow for departures from pre-determined planning controls to embrace innovative development, overcome obsolete rules or respond to unanticipated community needs. Any system must cater to this, and at times, decisions to vary rules will need to be made by state politicians as representatives of the community.
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27 October 2010
We are concerned at the motion moved by the Hon. Ian Cohen MLC to disallow portions of the above-mentioned regulation.File Size:
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26 October 2010
The accepted approach to ecologically sustainable development requires environmental, social and economic factors to be considered together in an integrated decision-making process.File Size:
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15 October 2010
Our assessment of the proposed amendments to the Airports Act is that it fails to adequately respond to the recommendations of the recent Senate Committee Inquiry into the effectiveness of Airservices Australias management of aircraft noise.File Size:
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01 September 2010
Identifying the problems and proposing solutions. A submission by the Urban Taskforce to the Productivity Commission in response to its issues paper: Performance Benchmarking of Australian Business Regulation: Planning, Zoning and Development Assessments.File Size:
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22 June 2010
The potential for the Commonwealth to endorse holistic environmental protection strategies, and thereby removing the need for dual approvals will go some way to improving investor confidence in state land release policies.File Size:
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01 June 2010
How to re-boot the Sydney Metropolitan Strategy. A submission to the NSW Department of Planning's Metropolitan Strategy Review and a response to the discussion paper Sydney Towards 2036.
