Planning
The Sydney councils failing to meet home approval targets
Despite the NSW government’s plans to solve the housing crisis with higher-density dwellings, fewer than one in four Sydney councils are meeting development approval targets.
- Frances Howe
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Search for buildings with defect notices across Sydney
Hundreds of orders for developers to fix defective homes in Sydney have been issued over the past four years. This is where they are.
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Shoddy Sydney
Defects cost Sydney’s homeowners and taxpayers $700m annually. How did we get here and what is being done about it?
Sold a dream, left in gridlock: The isolated suburb begging for traffic fix
The isolated and car-dependent community of Beveridge is a planning disaster 10 years in the making, say residents of Melbourne’s northernmost suburb.
- Adam Carey
‘Horrified’: The renewal project that obscured this coastal town’s best asset
Can’t see the water for the wood beneath the trees. A community in coastal Victoria vents its frustrations about blocked seaside views.
- Benjamin Preiss
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The north shore property that won’t cost millions
The pocket of land on the prized Hunters Hill peninsula is among a series of unusual Sydney properties intriguing buyers.
- Michaela Whitbourn
Teeing off: The turf war dividing Sydney’s eastern suburbs
The Minns government is forging ahead with plans to halve Moore Park’s championship length course for parkland, much to the chagrin of golfers.
- Megan Gorrey
Public housing residents vow to resist eviction after lawsuit thrown out
The state government plans to pursue for legal costs the tenant who led the class action against it.
- Rachael Dexter
The stately tree that was saved because people gave a fig
The stately old fig tree in Clovelly looked set to be razed. But a community campaign reversed a decision to send in the chainsaws.
- Michaela Whitbourn
The Sydney council, the vulnerable frog and the $7m lawsuit that backfired
A company that rejected the first offer of $2.49 million for a forced acquisition of land will receive much less.
- Michael Ruffles
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