Missing Middle Design Competition
The competition asked the design industry to test the government’s draft design code and guide for complying development for medium density housing.
Procurement for good design
The Government Architect NSW collaborate with government agencies and industry to promote procurement practices that foster innovation and diversity.
Metal recycler fined $250,000
A metal recycler in Sydney’s west has been fined $250,000 after pleading guilty to breaching the approval conditions of its facility.
Design Guide for Health
The Design Guide for Health outlines the principles of good design and explains how well-designed health facilities contribute to communities.
Design competition guidelines
Design competitions are a well-tested and highly successful procurement model to help prioritise good design and bring high quality thinking and originality.
Policies and frameworks
Helping planners and designers turn amendments into reality, creating good built-environment design outcomes throughout NSW.
2,100 new homes for North Tuncurry
North Tuncurry would be transformed into a thriving coastal community with thousands of new homes and jobs under plans on exhibition today.
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.
2023 July formal enforcements
The department conducts inspection and enforcement activities for compliance. Read the details of the formal enforcements conducted in July 2023.
Plans for the Snowy 2.0 Transmission Connection project on exhibition for community feedback
The Department of Planning, Industry and Environment is calling for community feedback on plans to develop and operate a new 330kV transmission connection between the approved Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro generation project in Kosciuszko National Park to the existing high voltage transmission network o