In July the NSW Government identified 8 ‘Transport Oriented Development accelerated precincts’ where it proposed to fast-track rezonings to boost housing supply near major transport hubs. It was announced on Monday that changes to planning controls would commence today for…
Amendments to the State Environmental Planning Policy (Housing) 2021 (Housing SEPP) which were announced by the NSW Government in June 2023, came into effect yesterday, 14 December 2023 with the making of the State Environmental Planning Policy Amendment (Housing) 2023…
On 25 October 2022, in conjunction with the Federal Budget, the Federal Government announced the ‘National Housing Accord‘. The Accord represents a national initiative to address the supply and affordability of housing. The Government’s stated aim is ‘align for the…
We previously reported on a number of cases in which permissibility of boarding house development has turned on the question of the ‘zone equivalence’ test in cl5(1)(b) of State Environmental Planning Policy (Affordable Rental Housing) (SEPP ARH).
In our previous post on 28 June (Uncertainty about “equivalent zones” under the Affordable Rental Housing SEPP), we advised that two Commissioners of the Court had taken a different approach to that of Commissioner Tuor in relation to the question…
In two recent cases, Commissioners Morris (Chehade v Bankstown City Council [2012] NSWLEC 1122) and O’Neill (Chami v Bankstown City Council [2012] NSWLEC 1120) decided that the Residential 2(a) zone in Bankstown is not equivalent (within the meaning of cl5(1)(a) State Environmental…
The Court has again been required to consider what the word ‘land’ means in a planning instrument. The Land & Environment Court has considered the meaning of words such as land, lot and allotment on a number of occasions. In…
The NSW Government has handed back further planning powers to councils. Following recent amendments in relation to Major Projects, State Environmental Planning Policy (Affordable Rental Housing) Amendment 2011 (Amendment SEPP) requires affordable rental and social housing development to be more…