What's New
File Size:
132.99 kB
22 March 2011
On the 25 February 2011 significant changes were again made to the Standard Instrument. With one exception the changes are generally a further effort to undermine the positive intent behind the original 2006 text of the Standard Instrument.File Size:
99.70 kB
17 March 2011
Provisions in relation to the signage for the marketing of new homes require improvement.File Size:
170.52 kB
04 March 2011
The draft Centre Design Guidelines are 90 pages long and sets out 396 new principles to further regulate urban development.File Size:
111.05 kB
14 February 2011
The Urban Taskforce does not support the proposed amendment to the Standard Instrument as this amendment: is unnecessary; creates the impression that 34 zones in the Standard Instrument are not enough; creates an undesirable precedent; and is inconsistent with contemporary planning principles for the creation of vibrant, active and competitive global cities.File Size:
292.52 kB
15 December 2010
The proposal to amend the LEP to set a maximum number of car parking spaces for development in the Parramatta City Centre is of grave concern.File Size:
201.29 kB
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.
File Size:
102.04 kB
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:
4.52 MB
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:
114.03 kB
28 July 2010
Council must understand that several years will usually pass from the point of acquiring an interest in a potential development site to its redevelopment and then final sale of the developed product to the customer. Therefore, it is vitally important that there be no reduction in the development capacity of existing controls.File Size:
199.77 kB
