UDIA lodged our submission to the Minister for Environment, as well as to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment & Water (DCCEEW) on the proposed extension of the Sydney Region Growth Centres Biodiversity Certification Order.
Large parts of both Growth Centres are still yet to be developed, and the ultimate delivery of those developments are reliant on the current Bio-certification Order remaining in place. According to the Government’s own Urban Development Program data, up to an additional 197,000 new homes are currently forecast to be delivered in these areas and this is without any of the planned Transport-Oriented Development (TOD) Precincts or changes in density that could result from the Government’s recent planning policy changes, such as the Low and Mid-Rise Reforms or Housing Development Authority.
For these new homes to be delivered according to Government’s own forecast, industry needs certainty. Our submission calls on the NSW Government to extend the Order in line with the approach taken by the Commonwealth Government, whose concurrent approval of this Bio-certification under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC) runs until 2041.
Our full submission can be found at the Download button below