3 May 2012

The discussion paper on Sydney’s Metropolitan Strategy reinforces a 70% split of infill housing with 30% in Greenfield site says the Urban taskforce.

18 April 2012

The economic outlook for the property sector in NSW is not looking good according to experts says the Urban Taskforce.

12 April 2012

The NSW Treasury submission to the planning review demonstrates how important planning is to the state’s economy says the Urban Taskforce.

2 April 2012

“Housing approvals in NSW for February have collapsed by 41% and non-residential approvals by 54% while the COAG Reform Council seems to be skirting around real reform.” says the Urban Taskforce.

20 March 2012

The announcement by the Minister for Local Government, Don Page, of a review of the structure and financial sustainability of councils across NSW is a bold move in the right direction to improving the effectiveness of the 152 councils in the state, says the Urban Taskforce.

19 March 2012

The announcement by the Minister for Finance and Services, Greg Pearce, about the potential for urban renewal of government land in Macquarie Park is good news says the Urban Taskforce.

13 March 2012

Anna Bligh’s outrageous attack on the development industry in Queensland demonstrates she is out of date, anti-growth and is against a prosperous future for the state of Queensland says the Urban Taskforce Australia.

8 March 2012

• Proposed rules jeopardise 134,300 new dwellings valued at .5 billion
• Proposal will threaten development on more than 1,000 square km of prime land
• Proposal will affect planning in Sydney, Perth, Brisbane, Melbourne and Canberra
• Urban Taskforce says noise contour proposal rejected by industry experts
• Councils and state governments  urged to lobby Canberra and retain current system

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Urban Taskforce Australia today said the Draft National Airports Safeguarding Framework currently open to public scrutiny is a recipe for planning chaos and could affect hundreds of thousands of landowners.

Planning for Sydney's future apartments. 

 Sydney’s Metropolitan Plan has a target of 770,000 new housing units by 2036. That is 30,000 new houses or apartments a year. While many of these will be in detached houses on Sydney’s fringe the majority, on the basis of past performance, will be in infill areas within the existing metropolitan boundary.

Securing the future of our cities

People Power considers the social and economic impact of a government policy decision to freeze the size of Australia’s largest cities.

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.

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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.