29 July 2010 |
The first tender for a $12 million Waterloo Green Neighbourhood pilot program for Housing NSW’s six high rise buildings in Redfern, Sydney, has been announced.
7 July 2010 |
Community feedback is being sought on NSW Government plans to slash approval times for new homes and home extensions on small lots by up to 190 days, while retaining neighbourhood privacy and amenity.
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.