22 February 2010 |
A practitioner at a NSW firm has been suspended from practice for forging a development consent and illegally recovering fees from a client.
21 January 2010 |
The Premier State has the worst DA process, ACT fails commercial developments, Queensland "underperforms" and Victoria ranks joint-third, in a national assessment of planning systems.
4 December 2009 |
Former planning minister Kristina Keneally vows to "depoliticise" planning and bring major changes to public transport in her new role as premier of NSW.
19 November 2009 |
A NSW architectural firm has become the first in the state, and only second in the country, to achieve bushfire accreditation.
16 November 2009 |
Design firms prevented from making political contributions as part of the NSW government's new donations ban.
5 November 2009 |
Regulations have more to do with protecting the state than guarding coastal homes, says an architect.
27 October 2009 |
A former judge of the Land and Environment Court has been elected chair of a group representing property developers.
21 October 2009 |
The downfall of the state's biggest housing project will not have wide-ranging consequences, says planning minister.
19 October 2009 |
The NSW state planning minister's admission of an unlawful land swap has quashed the state's biggest housing project.
14 October 2009 |
Small firms are risking ruin by signing contracts that leave them exposed to huge financial risk.
6 October 2009 |
A development of beachfront homes that 'get up and walk' could dodge rules on building in areas of coastal erosion.
30 September 2009 |
NSW's assistant government architect is pushing the professional interests of women forward.
28 September 2009 |
NSW's first planning panel has given the go-ahead for two developments, inside of 25 minutes.
25 September 2009 |
New research reveals that architects are "sober" about recovery with many worried about the survival of their firm.
11 September 2009 |
The NSW state government has approved a concept plan for Macquarie University's $1.7 billion commercial and education hub.
11 September 2009 |
New figures expose 19 local councils of defying a state "cap" on local council charges.
9 September 2009 |
Short-term development approvals are devaluing properties before they are even built, says the industry.
4 September 2009 |
Architects need to stop adding living roofs as an afterthought or simply to meet DA requirements and start integrating them from day one of design.
1 September 2009 |
The NSW development industry is defending its role in the "land-bribe" scandal in which planning approvals are being revoked as "illegal".
31 August 2009 |
The redevelopment of the EnergyAustralia stadium in northern NSW will be hitting the final stages in the next couple of weeks.
27 August 2009 |
Victoria is the best of the worst in new residential building, according to new information from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
19 August 2009 |
The NSW state government has announced plans to stimulate clean energy investment by fast-tracking wind farms, waiving infrastructure fees and parachuting in new environmental staff.
13 August 2009 |
The NSW state government is being lambasted by the development industry for slamming sky-high infrastructure taxes on newly rezoned employment zones.
4 August 2009 |
A failure by the NSW state government to increase height restrictions in line with its push for higher densities could result in low-income earners living in 'shoe boxes' without enough sunlight or communal space.
28 July 2009 |
NSW government architect Peter Mould has been appointed as a visiting Professor for the University of NSW, Faculty of the Built Environment.