Published records

The published Record of Briefings detail the Housing Delivery Authority’s recommendations and advice to the Minister for Planning and Public Spaces on whether housing should be declared as a State Significant Development (SSD). This is based on an evaluation against the eligibility and expression of interest criteria.

The EOI criteria can be viewed in the HDA SSD EOI Criteria (PDF, 121 KB).

Recommendations in the Record of Briefing do not provide state significant status. State significant status is confirmed by Ministerial Order after considering advice from the Housing Delivery Authority (HDA).

The Minister for Planning and Public Spaces has deferred some projects from declaration as state significant because they are already being assessed through other planning pathways, including proceedings in the Land and Environment Court of NSW.

If your project is recommended to be declared state significant development (SSD) by the HDA and is also lodged in a parallel planning pathway, you must withdraw from that pathway before declaration can occur.

Visit the NSW Planning Portal for published Ministerial Orders relating to the State Significant Development Declaration Order 2025.

The HDA Induction Briefing was held on 19 December 2024. The Department published 4 documents following the briefing:

• Record of HDA Induction Briefing (PDF, 80 KB)
• HDA Terms of Reference (PDF, 93 KB)
• HDA Operating Procedures (PDF, 230 KB)
• HDA Code of Conduct (PDF, 198 KB).

The Terms of Reference outline the objectives, powers, authorities and responsibilities of the Housing Delivery Authority. The Department has published 2 versions of this document.

• The original Terms of Reference from the HDA induction briefing have been superseded. The current version, updated for the 7 February 2025 HDA Briefing, is titled Terms of Reference – January 2025 (PDF, 97 KB).
• Operating Procedures of the Housing Delivery Authority.
• Code of Conduct applies to all members of the Housing Delivery Authority and outlines the standards of conduct expected of HDA members.