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The department regularly reviews and updates the Transport and Infrastructure SEPP to make sure planning rules support improvements to infrastructure in NSW.

We are planning for thriving, attractive and well-connected communities to add to the pipeline of new homes needed for a growing Greater Sydney. 

The NSW Government is improving the planning and approval processes for caravan parks, camping grounds, manufactured home estates and moveable dwellings.

Public comment on an explanation of intended effect for a new Remediation of Land SEPP and draft planning guidelines has now closed.

Amendments to the Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2021 made in September 2022 will require consent authorities to prepare development consents.

The department has established the Horizon projects program to continue to deliver quality assessments across major projects and planning proposals.

The state policy for exempt and complying development is contained in the State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008.

Changes to bushfire planning regulations in May 2014 have reduced the number of bushfire risk assessments required during development.

The Waterloo Metro Quarter will get an injection of thousands of new jobs, as a result of changes approved by the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment.

To determine if the Local Planning Panels (LPPs) objectives are achieved, an evaluation framework report on panel performance has been established.