Author: Better Planning Network
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Finalised state-wide Community Participation Plan
The new state-wide Community Participation Plan has been finalised and your concerns have been heard loud and clear and actioned in the new CPP. Significant wins include: Unfortunately, there is still a long list of developments that will be exempt from public exhibition including, bizarrely, bed and breakfast accommodation; as well as dwelling houses and…
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NSW Government Proposal to make most DA Documentation Guidelines only
Here is the BPN submission guide for the current exhibition of the NSW Government Improving Development Assessment discussion paper. This exhibition is concurrent with the Standard and Model Conditions of Consent exhibition, which is the tail-end of the DA process. Whereas this second exhibition is about the start of the DA process. It is proposed…
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Unaffordable: Australia’s Broken Housing Promise
Australia has been promised a solution to the housing crisis: affordable rental housing delivered with private developers, public money and big investors. But a Four Corners investigation raises serious questions about whether the system is delivering for the people who need it most. https://iview.abc.net.au/video/NC2603H022S00
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Standard and Model Conditions of Consent – Explanation of Intended Effects
This is a State Environmental Planning Policy amendment with no further exhibition of the Policy required. Closes 30 July 2026 https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/draftplans/exhibition/standard-and-model-conditions-consent-explanation-intended-effect What is being proposed The NSW Government is proposing to standardise conditions of development consent across NSW and include them in a single statewide SEPP under the Planning Systems Reforms Act 2025. All residential development…
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Variations to Complying Development
This is the second major planning change that is currently on exhibition, for which we are circulating this submission guide. The NSW Government is proposing a new Complying Development Variations pathway and changes to Complying Development standards. A new “Complying Development Code Variation Certificate” pathway is proposed The Explanation of Intended Effects says that use…
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New Complying Development pathway – Targeted Assessment
The NSW Government has released a discussion paper proposing significant changes to the assessment of low-rise housing in NSW. The NSW Government discussion paper proposes the use of a new Targeted Assessment pathway for low-rise housing that the Government thinks is low-impact, low-risk or has supposedly undergone detailed assessment at a strategic level. Better Planning…
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Statewide Community Participation Plan
The NSW Government has a draft Statewide Community Participation Plan currently on exhibition. Many of the proposed changes, including public exhibition exemptions for most development applications and short mandated timeframes for exhibition of certain developments, would prevent or severely curtail community input. Importantly, residential flat buildings, shop-top housing, all new single and two storey dwellings,…