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Proliferation of solar and wind power - implications for planning and land use decisions
Wind and solar power have gained in popularity amongst Australian politicians in recent years, with a number of announcements being made...
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David
- May 14
- 3 min
Is the sale of public assets to foreign governments "privatisation"?
Privatisation of public assets has been a relatively bipartisan theme of Australian politics for the past 30 years. Many infrastructure...
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David
- May 10
- 4 min
Changes to State Environmental Planning Policies
Developers would be aware that major changes have been made by the NSW Government to the suite of State Environmental Planning Policies...
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David
- Jan 24
- 2 min
Relationship between city density and petroleum consumption
What relationship is there between how we design our cities and the amount of oil that we consume? The evidence is that there is a strong...
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David
- Jan 7
- 2 min
Housing density and road maintenance costs for Councils
Road maintenance/renewal is typically the one of the largest components of Council budgets in NSW and represents a substantial cost for...
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David
- Jan 2
- 2 min
Urban design post-pandemic
Happy new year to all readers of this blog! I hope to make more frequent posts this year if workload/time permits. It is a worthwhile...
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David
- May 20, 2021
- 1 min
Radiant city
Over the weekend, I came across this documentary, which was produced in Canada in 2006. It presents a critique of suburban sprawl as a...
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David
- Apr 2, 2021
- 2 min
Low rise housing diversity code
The NSW Government has greatly expanded the types of development that can proceed as Complying Development in recent years through the...
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David
- Dec 30, 2020
- 2 min
Three models of government
This blog post looks at how three modes of government might operate. The first is government run in the interests of it's rulers, the...
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David
- Nov 17, 2020
- 1 min
About blog
This blog is provided for educational purposes and as a guide/starting point for those looking to learn more about the NSW planning...
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David
- May 28, 2020
- 3 min
Changes to what constitutes commencement of a development consent
The NSW government has made many changes to planning legislation in recent months under the title "COVID-19 response and recovery". A...
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David
- Apr 6, 2020
- 2 min
Development Applications - Changes of use
Under the NSW planning system, not only do new buildings generally require approval but the "use" of buildings and their fitout also...
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David
- Mar 6, 2020
- 2 min
Unauthorised building work
Most forms of development in NSW requires some form of consent - usually from the local Council, although increasingly in many instances...
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David
- Feb 7, 2020
- 2 min
Electronic lodgement of Development Applications
As I mentioned in my book, the lodgement of Development Applications in NSW has historically been a very paper-based process which has...
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David
- Jan 2, 2020
- 3 min
State Environmental Planning Policy (Koala Habitat Protection) 2019 Review
The NSW government announced the creation of a new State Environmental Planning Policy (SEPP) on 20 December which will come into effect...
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David
- Dec 6, 2019
- 1 min
Book released - Understanding Local Government and Town Planning in NSW
A copy of my book, "Understanding Local Government and Town Planning in NSW" is now available. This book has been prepared as a practical...
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David
- Sep 19, 2019
- 2 min
Pubs and small bars - Development Applications
Pubs and bars can often be controversial developments. This is particularly where they are proposed surrounding residential areas or...
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David
- Sep 10, 2019
- 2 min
Approvals for water and sewer as part of developments in NSW
It is often asked how approvals for water and sewer are addressed in NSW and how this considered as part of the DA process. This blog...
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David
- Aug 21, 2019
- 3 min
What is a Subdivision Certificate?
In NSW, our Torrens/Strata Title system of land registration involves the State Government maintaining a centralised register of land...
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David
- Apr 27, 2019
- 5 min
Local government in NSW - powers of Mayors, Councillors and staff
In my last post, I looked at the powers of local government in NSW and described how they are generally quite limited compared to many...
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