On October 2018, the NSW Department of Planning & Environment (the Department) released their draft Community Participation Plan. The draft Community Participation Plan sets out to be the driving principles behind engaging communities in the planning process, in addition to providing space for community participation within the planning processes. Click Here

In November 2018, the NSW Department of Planning & Environment (the Department) released their proposed changes to the State Environmental Planning Policy No. 70 (SEPP 70). These proposed changes amend the Department’s SEPP on affordable housing. Of the series of changes listed by the Department, the critical changes that affect residents in Western Sydney

In October of 2017, the Greater Sydney Commission (GSC) released the Draft Sydney Region Plan as well as the individual Revised Draft District plans. The Draft District Plans connect metropolitan planning with local planning, and comprise of aspirations and proposals that will inform planning across Greater Sydney towards a 2056 target year. Ten directions