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The Minns government’s signature plan to increase housing density has yet to spur new supply

The plan to solve Sydney’s housing crisis that had only one application

A key pillar of Premier Chris Minns’ commitment to easing the housing supply shortage, transport oriented development zones have yet to spur new supply.

  • Michael McGowan

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Premier Chris Minns, generic building

Up to 100 housing developments to be sent on approval fast-track

A new housing authority bypassing local councils will start taking applications from developers within weeks and could shave a year off assessment times.

  • Megan Gorrey
The government identified capacity for 5900 new homes around the Crows Nest metro station.

One road, two councils: The very different outcomes for lower north shore apartment blocks

The state government has approved a 43-storey apartment building on the Pacific Highway. On the other side of the road, a fight has forced the government’s hand.

  • Megan Gorrey
Gordon train station

North shore council reaches secret deal over housing plan

Planning Minister Paul Scully accused the council of wasting ratepayers’ money to stop development in the middle of a housing crisis.

  • Megan Gorrey
The seven-storey apartment block in Lindfield was the first application lodged under the state government’s reforms.

Lindfield proposal leads the race under state’s new housing reforms

“We had a joke in the office that wouldn’t it be amazing if the first [one] was in Ku-ring-gai LGA, and it was,” Planning Department deputy secretary Monica Gibson told a developers’ conference last week.

  • Michael Koziol and Anthony Segaert
NSW Premier Chris Minns and federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek are at odds over a proposed gold mine in the NSW Central West.

Revealed: The untested tactic designed to revive a $1 billion NSW gold mine

As the dust settles on a fierce political fight over the Blayney gold mine, Regis Resources has asked the Minns government for an expedited and unprecedented planning pathway.

  • Max Maddison
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Western Sydney University architecture student Amanda Eessa

Meet the young people determined to revolutionise Sydney’s approach to housing

The hunt is on for new ideas for low- to mid-rise housing in NSW, and these young architects and students know what they want for the future.

  • Julie Power
Sydney faces a big question on Saturday.

‘We cannot build another Wentworth Point’: Housing reforms put to the test

The state government says it has a mandate for change on new housing. At local level, Saturday’s candidates up for election are uneasy about it.

  • Michael Koziol
NSW Minister for Planning and Public Spaces Paul Scully.

More train station housing on the table as Labor says it’s ‘not done’ with planning changes

Planning Minister Paul Scully wants to slash onerous and “absurd” conditions of consent that imperil construction and slow the delivery of new homes in NSW.

  • Michael Koziol
An artist’s impression of higher density at Kellyville and Bella Vista metro stations included with the NSW government’s planning documents.

Labor divided over plans for higher density at north-west metro stops

One of the most senior Labor figures in western Sydney has intervened against the state government’s plan for higher density.

  • Michael Koziol

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