new ministerial planning principles intended to guide strategic decisions and planning policies; and further consolidation and review of the existing State Environmental Planning Policies (SEPPs).

NSW Planning, Housing and Infrastructure secretary Kiersten Fishburn said departmental staff have 'as much right as anyone ...

Neither opponents nor developers will be able to appeal appeal the final decision on three wind projects after NSW planning minister puts foot down.

The major reforms to the state’s planning act, approved by NSW Parliament overnight, will see a dramatic expansion of housing development applications deemed “compliant” by the NSW Government, meaning ...

The New South Wales Government has today made amendments to the state's planning regulations in order to fast-track the National Broadband Network (NBN) roll-out. NSW minister for planning, Tony Kelly ...

Mr Minns addressed a public forum on Tuesday of Housing Now, an alliance of business groups, housing advocates, unions, and even faith groups, pushing for urgent housing reform. In his address, Mr ...

Clean energy developers say requirements for scoping studies, multiple rounds of government review and court battles are examples of red tape that adds up to $25 million to the cost of an onshore wind ...

NSW Labor is rushing to overhaul planning laws, which environmentalists and others say are a gift to developers and would make it easier to approve fossil fuel projects. The government’s Environmental ...

The NSW transition plan from coal to renewables has taken a small but significant step forward with news that planning approval has been given in relatively quick time to the Hunter-Central Coast ...

The planning system in one of Australia’s biggest cities has become a “bottleneck” to new homes and needs sweeping reforms. Mr Minns announced on Wednesday plans to reform the almost 50-year-old ...

Patrick Harris receives funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council and the Australian Research Council. Peter Sainsbury is a member of The Greens political party and Vice President ...