Design guides for low-rise housing diversity
The low-rise housing diversity design guides ensure good design outcomes are achieved for dual occupancies, manor houses and terraces.
Short-term rental accommodation
Benefits homeowners who want to take advantage of holiday rentals while providing more certainty and safety for local communities and visitors.
Standard format for notices of determination
Amendments to the Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2021 made in September 2022 will require consent authorities to prepare development consents.
Housing
Promoting the delivery of high-quality, well-located and diverse housing. We want everyone in NSW to have access to affordable and well-designed homes.
Housing supply insights
The Quarterly Insights Monitor includes data and analysis across each stage of the housing supply pipeline and monitors key NSW housing supply initiatives.
Standard conditions of development consent
Standard conditions of consent must be used by NSW councils and local, regional and district planning panels when determining a development application.
Standard conditions of consent
The department is developing new standard conditions which will provide greater consistency, alleviate pressure on councils and speed up assessment timeframes.
Bespoke conditions and writing guide
Councils and planning panels will continue to be able to prepare bespoke conditions for site-specific issues that are not addressed by the standard conditions.
Greenfield Housing Code
The Greenfield Housing Code will speed up the delivery of new homes to meet the needs of the growing population and improve housing affordability.
Horizon projects
The department has established the Horizon projects program to continue to deliver quality assessments across major projects and planning proposals.