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Posts Tagged: planning
Government planners blamed for Woolworths woe
Masters all zoned out.
18 June, 2015
So why scrap Census if costs were dropping?
The price of starving the Australian Bureau of Statistics of tech funds finally bites back
19 February, 2015
Housing crunch
The Australian affordable housing shortage.
22 January, 2015
It’s a New York state of mind for NSW councils
City of dreams could help make Marrickville more like Brooklyn.
26 November, 2014
Online planning tools a boon for NSW councils, residents
EPlanning for NSW
13 October, 2014
Councils back bid to cut-off electricity to illegal slumlords
Local governments want faster shut-down powers.
17 July, 2014
NSW government puts council decision-making powers at risk
By Staff Writers Drastic changes to New South Wales planning laws have been tipped to slash the amount of time councils have to make decisions about crucial development matters within as little as 10 days or risk losing their decision making powers. The latest broadside against local governments across the state comes as the O’Farrell […]
16 April, 2013
NSW Government goes green for planning
The New South Wales Government has released a paper – A New Planning System for NSW – which sets out its proposals to reform the NSW planning system. It proposes 23 ‘transformative changes’ to the planning system to move from a heavily regulated and prescriptive system to a simpler, strategic and transparent system which will […]
16 July, 2012
WA turns around planning process
By Lilia Guan In a March report by the Property Council of Australia – Development Assessment Principles Report Card – Western Australia had its performance rating raised from one of the lowest in 2010 to second highest in 2012. The development industry says Western Australia now has one of the better planning approvals systems in […]
10 April, 2012
Sustainable planning dismissed by conservatives
The International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) believes an unsettling trend – particularly attributed to the United States Tea Party – of anti-sustainability activists attempting to stop local efforts to make communities greener, more liveable, and more prosperous. These attacks are stifling constructive community dialogues on how to plan for the future. ICLEI, […]
14 February, 2012
Improving performance with simpler planning
In a submission to the Underwood Review, the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) has put forward its case for a simpler ‘new generation’ planning system to improve performance by reducing costs and time. MAV President Cr Bill McArthur said while extensive input from local government concluded that Victoria’s planning system is mostly structurally sound, […]
16 September, 2011
Steps to sustainable design
By Angela Dorizas First introduced in 2008, the suite of documents was framed around best practice sustainability and urban design principles. Landcom director of sustainability and policy, Steve Driscoll, told Government News the guidelines were “born of need”. “They were the seven things we found we were frequently reinventing the wheel on […]
30 June, 2011
NSW planning mandate not enough
By Lilia Guan Property development industry group, the Urban Taskforce claimed the New South Wales Government’s decision to act on its mandate to roll-back Part 3A lead to broader reform of the state's urban planning process. The Taskforce’s chief executive officer, Aaron Gadiel, said the Coalition parties had set out an agenda to […]
5 April, 2011
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