RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
THE NSW government has scrapped plans for more than 10,000 Western Sydney homes that would be built in high-risk flood plains, while a key property industry body has...
Following assessment and review of expert advice on flooding, it has been determined the proposed rezoning and draft plans for Marsden Park North precinct and...
The three projects fall within the Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley floodplain and were put on hold in 2020 until further flood risk investigations and...
It means that of the approximately 12,700 new homes previously proposed – but not approved – under the three rezonings, only up to 2,300 will...
The government has released the Flood Evacuation Modelling report for the Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley, which informed the rezoning decisions...
“By stopping unsafe development in dangerous areas on flood plains, and with our Government’s work to reduce the risk of disasters before they happen...
The Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley covers over 500 square kilometres of floodplain in Western Sydney, stretching from Wallacia to Brooklyn and Wisemans Ferry...
Tom Forrest, chief executive of developer lobby group Urban Taskforce, called on the NSW government to come up with a “Plan B” for new housing in...
“NSW is required to deliver 376,000 new dwellings in the five years from July 2024, so development opportunities need to be firing on all cylinders – meaning the...
Two immediate steps that could help fill the void created by the government’s decision included allowing for greater flexibility in the Metropolitan Rural Areas...
“Ruling out 10,000 new homes in the middle of a housing supply crisis demands an alternate solution to housing supply,” Forrest said...
He said the MRA affects rural land, rural villages, first nations cultural heritage, land with environmental significance, view corridors and vistas, and “character” of...
“This is on top of the relevant State Environment Planning Policies (SEPPs) the Local Environment Plans, the Local Strategic Planning Statements and...
“The current interpretation of the MRA in the Region Plan has become completely inflexible through narrow interpretation by Councils un-challenged by DPE...
He added there a “real fear” that the additional infrastructure costs – in the case of Greater Macarthur more than $46,000 per lot – will cruel the delivery of new housing in...