Making it happen – Illawarra Shoalhaven Regional Plan 2041
The Illawarra Shoalhaven Regional Plan 2041 guides decisions about how land is used in the Illawarra Shoalhaven region for the next 20 years.

Full speed ahead for faster planning assessments
The planning system will be faster, easier to use and more transparent thanks to the delivery of a raft of new reforms aimed at improving the assessment of State significant projects.

Response to the Auditor General report into the Planning Portal
We’re grateful to the Audit Office of NSW for its review and recommendations to improve the Planning Portal, and we’ll implement these recommendations in full.

Smarter planning tool puts housing in focus
NSW's world-first land-use technology platform, Land iQ, has secured more than $11 million in State and Commonwealth funding to back in its current work to identify surplus and underutilised public land for housing and to also help extend it for use in other sectors.

Planning reforms to deliver social and affordable housing
The Minns Labor Government will use new NSW planning laws to focus State-owned Housing Corporations on tackling the State’s housing crisis, by building more social and affordable homes, faster.

Planning reform to provide a leg up for farmers
Proposed changes to the NSW planning system are set to make it easier for regional landholders to build sheds and carry out earthworks without the need for a development application (DA).

North West Growth Area Implementation Plan
The Land Use and Infrastructure Implementation Plan (LUIIP) will help create vibrant, attractive and well connected communities for the North West Growth Area.

Western Sydney Aerotropolis Development Control Plan
The Phase 2 Development Control Plan supports the Precinct Plan by providing controls for development across the initial precincts in the Aerotropolis.

Update on addressing flood risk in planning decisions
To help councils and other planning authorities apply a risk-based approach to flooding assessment, we have released a planning circular for planning authorities.

Connections – Central Coast Regional Plan 2041
The NSW Central Coast is part of a network of Aboriginal cultural heritage sites and places, connected by walking trails, routes and dreaming tracks.
