Planning
Neighbours unite to block suburban chainsaw massacre
Under the canopy of stately old fig trees in Sydney’s well-heeled east rumbles a row playing out in many suburbs across the city.
- Michaela Whitbourn
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‘White-knuckled terror’: Luna Park’s most popular ride to reopen after years-long restoration
The Wild Mouse will return to operation at the amusement park after two years of major work.
- Anthony Segaert
Every attempt to fix Sydney’s ugliest building has failed. Might this plan just work?
The City of Sydney is considering it. The owner is happy. What is stopping the Goulburn Street car park from being turned into housing?
- Anthony Segaert
This northern beaches playground opened in November. So why has it spent three months shut?
The $1.05 million Freshwater Beach Playground was opened with great fanfare last year – but it abruptly closed after a piece of equipment broke, injuring a child.
- Anthony Segaert
Who is tree-changing – and the towns they’re moving to
Although a wave of city dwellers made a tree change or sea change when the pandemic hit, the trend is broader than first thought.
- Elizabeth Redman
- Opinion
- Opinion
We’re flying blind, now they’ve quietly buried our vital Six Cities blueprint
Where’s the vision? NSW government removes a key plan for our future.
- Eamon Waterford
- Opinion
- Letters
Builder of illegal seawall has right to save his home
Readers respond to a homeowner’s illegal seawall in Frankston, McMansions in Balwyn North and cuts to car park requirements.
- Exclusive
- Development
Sydney had a 20-year plan for growth. The government is ditching it
A key planning document that talked about Sydney as a region made up of six cities has been quietly deleted by the state government.
- Anthony Segaert
- Exclusive
- For subscribers
How controversial housing reforms are divided among Sydney electorates
The NSW government has been accused of putting “politics over planning” with contentious “missing middle” housing reforms.
- Max Maddison
- Exclusive
- Development
The liveability risk in building 60 new housing hubs across Melbourne
Victoria’s top planners have warned that suburban activity centres could become unattractive places to live if some crucial rules are ignored.
- Sophie Aubrey
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