In moves applauded by the property industry, a new agency will
merge Landcom and Sydney Metropolitan Development Authority, to end ad
hoc development, fast-track projects that take years to be approved, and
encourage building close to transport.
Councils will be paid
millions of dollars for infrastructure if they increase housing supply
close to jobs and transport. “One of the main problems … in the past
is land identified for housing has not been properly integrated with the
necessary supporting infrastructure,” Planning Minister Brad Hazzard
said.
The new housing delivery agency, Urbangrowth NSW, will put
new executives, called “release area delivery managers” in charge to
“solve local planning problems and review development contributions”.
Meanwhile, the government was forced to spend $13 million to clear
an 18-month-old backlog of development applications worth more than $55
billion that have been lingering since the former planning laws Part 3A
were dissolved.
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/moves-to-fast-track-housing/story-e6freuy9-1226393531789