12 December 2011

While supporting the governments announcement about the addition of two extra stations to the North West Rail Line the Urban Taskforce is calling for more opportunities for new housing to be built around stations.

12 December 2011

• Could stop development of 93 sq kilometres of inner Sydney, including Green Square
• Urban Taskforce uses FOI to gather details about new noise measurement system and proposals

 The Chief Executive of the Urban Taskforce, Chris Johnson, said today that inner Sydney home values and future housing development could be jeopardised by a new measurement system for aircraft noise now being considered by the Federal Government.

6 December 2011

The Urban Taskforce congratulates Ron Dyer and Tim Moore on their extensive and thorough Issues Paper on the NSW planning system.

30 November 2011

The Urban Taskforce today congratulated the NSW Government on embarking on a community consultation process to develop a long term Transport Master Plan.

How the planning system and development levies are ruining NSW

Going Nowhere is a quantitative study.  It sets out, with ground-breaking clarity, how property development has collapsed in NSW since 2002. It shows how the breakdown in NSW has not been mirrored in other comparable states.

Why NSW urban development is going nowhere and what must be done to fix it.

Deny Everything is a qualitative study explaining the reforms that are required to make the NSW planning system work once again. It is an ideal resource for policy-makers and anyone else who cares about the future of our urban communities.

How to overcome the failure of the Lower Hunter Regional Strategy

Land use planning failures are risking the Lower Hunter’s future as NSW’s economic power house.  This report provides a report card on the Lower Hunter Regional Strategy, introduced by the previous NSW Government in 2006.

Competition and innovation on this site is discouraged under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act.

Choice Free Zone finds shoppers are paying far too much for their groceries because of restrictive out-of-date planning laws.

Regulations shape reality: form first

Liveable Centres finds that the residential development of our urban centres will be hindered by recent zoning plans which discriminate against new housing in the areas that need it most.

Water and new homes in the Hunter

Life's Essentials examined Hunter Water’s proposal to slug homebuyers with a new levy to raise 1 million to fund 60 per cent of the costs of building Tillegra Dam.