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Sydney is getting 18 fast-tracked housing projects. James Packer is backing one

More than 8600 new homes have been fast-tracked by the state government’s new three-person planning authority.

  • Max Maddison

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The government’s medium-density reforms were delayed until after last year’s local government elections following strong pushback from councils.

Revealed: 171 Sydney spots getting more apartment blocks in pared-down density reforms

The government’s medium-density reforms were delayed until after last year’s local government elections following strong pushback from councils.

  • Megan Gorrey
The government wants to build more terraces and small apartment blocks throughout greater Sydney and surrounds.

These changes promised to deliver 100,000 homes in NSW. Fourteen months later, they’re still not here

Developers and councils are intensifying pressure on the Minns government to finalise the second stage of its divisive medium-density housing reforms.

  • Megan Gorrey
One of the biggest developments is proposed for fast-growing Rhodes in Sydney’s inner west.

More than 6000 homes have been fast-tracked in Sydney. Here is where they are

A new housing authority has recommended major housing developments from Parramatta to Miranda are accelerated to bypass local councils.

  • Megan Gorrey
Planning and Public Spaces Minister Paul Scully speaks at the Sydney Summit at Darling Harbour on Tuesday.

Why Sydney must build more apartments in the CBD

Planning Minister Paul Scully says there are changing expectations about how Sydneysiders want to live.

  • Megan Gorrey and Anthony Segaert
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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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
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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

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