NSW Govt Planning News

The NSW Department of Planning has released several planning related items of relevance to the North Sydney community. These include:

Rapid Assessment Framework

A Community Guide to Planning

Code of Conduct for Short Term Rental Accommodation

Guide to Local Infrastructure Contributions

Rapid Assessment Framework 

The department is working to ensure that State significant projects in NSW are supported by better assessment, better coordination and better engagement. The Rapid Assessment Framework, now on public exhibition, is a proposed package of system improvements to increase the efficiency of major project assessments and speed up assessment timeframes while also improving assessment quality, engagement standards and customer service. Have your say by 12 Feb 2021.

Community Guide to Planning

Take a read of the new Community Guide to Planning – clear, detailed and easy to follow information, including who does the planning, how it works and how the community can get involved.

Short Term Rental Accommodation

The new mandatory Code of Conduct for the Short-Term Rental Accommodation (STRA) industry came into force from 18 December 2020 and will benefit homeowners who want to take advantage of holiday rentals while providing more certainty and safety for locals and visitors. The updated policy will be implemented in June 2021. 

Local Infrastructure Contributions

An amendment was made to the Environmental Planning and Assessment (Local Infrastructure Contributions) Direction 2012 (PDF). It allows contributions of up to $30,000 per dwelling or per residential lot for certain areas within the local government areas of Cessnock, Lake Macquarie and City of Newcastle, and makes a minor amendment to the definition of an "IPART reviewed contributions plan".

Comments or Questions

NSW Department of Planning

4 Parramatta Square

12 Darcy Street, Parramatta NSW 2150

GPO Box 39, Sydney NSW 2001

Tel: 1300 305 695

Email: [email protected]