This paper explores two significant changes to the policy framework directing development assessment in NSW over the past 5 years: the implementation of Part 3A within the NSW Environmental Planning and Assessment Act, 1979; and, a series of reforms implemented under the Improving the NSW Planning System agenda.

This paper reports on a study of 250 homes rebuilt after the 2003 Canberra bushfires. It argues the planning regulations that govern building envelopes do not take into consideration the landscape impact of redevelopment in garden suburbs, and that planning controls should consider sanctioning landscape spaces on residential blocks subject to redevelopment.

This policy paper looks at the 'growth provider' model as used in Australia and in the United Kingdom, and in particular at the impact on very low income households and people with complex needs.

Despite a strong reliance on the market to deliver housing and renewal outcomes, Australia has been somewhat sluggish in getting metropolitan planners, LGAs and stakeholders working collaboratively to better understand housing markets and their policy implications.

This paper considers suburban development in Adelaide as it has evolved since the introduction of comprehensive town planning around the time of World War 1