UDIA is actively working with the NSW Government to identify the necessary policy settings needed to address the housing crisis while ensuring all NSW residents have a safe and secure place to call home. NSW requires more new homes than ever before, but the delivery parameters are also more difficult than ever before, in part […]
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UDIA commends CN for undertaking the review of their existing DCP 2012 to consolidate past amendments and provide updates, and for seeking to make the document more user-friendly. UDIA has strong objections to several new controls in the Draft DCP associated with the proposed buffer around the Summerhill Waste Management Centre (SWMC), as well as […]
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UDIA responds to the Final Report from the independent review of the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 by laying out our position on the recommendations. We caution that many of the Final Report’s recommendations would exacerbate the current regulatory problems and that adopting the Review Panel’s recommendations in full would make it much more difficult to deliver […]
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UDIA welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the NSW Legislative Assembly’s Inquiry into the Sydney Metro West Project. We are pleased to see that significant steps are being taken to progress the delivery of new infrastructure transport and services across Sydney. Vital transport links play an important role in providing affordable and accessible housing throughout […]
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UDIA welcomes the review of the BAM as an opportunity to evaluate whether the method is fit for purpose to achieve ecologically sustainable development.
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UDIA welcomes the draft Environmental Sustainability Strategy as an effort to provide local guidance on how to achieve better environmental outcomes in the Maitland LGA. However, we have concerns about how the Strategy may be interpreted and applied, and our submission outlines our recommendations to address those.
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