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06 Septemeber 2010
In our view, the draft SEPP should not proceed in its present form. This is a two page overview of our more detailed submission which is also available on this website: Time for some competition.File Size:
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01 September 2010
New residences, and newly refurbished residences, should not require vendor pre-purchase reports where an occupation certificate has or will be issued.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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23 August 2010
This submission arises because we have had an opportunity to review some of the transcript of further evidence taken by the inquiry since the Urban Taskforce appeared. It deals with: (1) a possible misapprehension about the exercise of discretion in the planning system; (2) inappropriate requests for personal information; and (3) Part 3A.File Size:
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23 August 2010
A planning system that gives consumers more choice, lower prices and better service. An Urban Taskforce submission to the NSW Government in response to the exhibition of the State Environmental Planning Policy (Competition) 2010. 23 August 2010File Size:
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16 August 2010
The policy must not duplicate nor add to existing guidelines. Government policy must ensure that development in the vicinity of infrastructure remains attractive. The approach to cumulative impacts recommends unlawful action. The strategies to minimise noise from traffic associated with development are not practicable.File Size:
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10 August 2010
This submission supplements our submission on the 19 July 2010. It deals with: (1) public reporting of meetings; (2) free speech implications; and (3) complaints about registered organisations.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:
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07 July 2010
The Central Sydney Planning Committee/City of Sydney is responsible to the most significant area of urban land in Australia. While it covers just 26 square kilometres the economic activity generated in the City of Sydney is approximately $80 billion, representing 8 per cent (nearly one-twelfth) of the total national Australian economy, over 30 per cent of the Sydney metropolitan area and almost one-quarter of the GDP of the entire state of NSW.File Size:
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