Paul Scully
‘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.
- by Michael Koziol
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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.
- by Michael Koziol
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.
- by Michael Koziol
NSW needs a housing ‘supremo’ to override rival government agencies, says alliance
An alliance of business groups, unions and universities says the housing “sausage grinder” is not working quick enough, but the appointment of such a tsar could fix that.
- by Michael Koziol
Why Sydney needs to bring back this abandoned ‘missing train link’ from the ’80s
The government has been urged to resuscitate a long-lost railway line from Port Kembla to south-west Sydney or risk wasting the potential of the city’s new airport.
- by Michael Koziol
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Housing affordability
Revealed: The ‘missing middle’ Sydney housing changes delayed until after council elections
The major “stage 2” changes to permit more low- and mid-rise housing are now slated for the end of 2024 despite earlier indications they would be active by June.
- by Michael Koziol
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Planning
Can the powerful owl and a flying fox save this north shore zone from development?
In a summons filed in the Land and Environment Court, Ku-ring-gai Council claims the government failed to give due consideration to critical habitat and threatened species.
- by Michael Koziol
Government prepared to underwrite housing projects to boost viability
Meanwhile, a financial analyst told a property summit that Sydney unit prices and rents needed to rise by 30 per cent to make new developments more viable.
- by Michael Koziol
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Property development
Housing sites may not be feasible west of Sydney’s ‘latte line’. Here’s why
Industry analysis says apartments can’t be built for a price buyers are willing to pay in most of the 37 suburbs captured by the government’s transport-oriented development program. Others are not so sure.
- by Michael Koziol
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Planning
Revealed: How Sydney’s housing push will be watered down
A “policy refinement paper” obtained by the Herald reveals several land zones will be excluded from the forthcoming low- and mid-rise housing policy, among other concessions to local councils.
- by Michael Koziol
New taxes impeding delivery of 50,000 new homes in Sydney, developers claim
A new Property Council report says two new taxes and long planning approval times are making housing construction across swaths of Sydney unfeasible.
- by Max Maddison
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