This project examined two models of public engagement in planning approval processes—Third Party Objection and Appeal Rights (TPOAR) and fast tracked planning (e.g. used as part of approving developments funded under the Nation Building Stimulus Package)—to see how they impact on housing supply (especially higher-density housing), resident perceptions, and realisation of planning goals.

This report reviews the new planning powers in New South Wales under the State Environmental Planning Policy and examines how planning and housing policy domains can work together to increase affordable housing supply and their effectiveness. Key findings:

This report examines how the benefits of Feed-in Tariffs and new and innovative funding mechanisms for energy efficiency can be accessed by social housing. Although some social landlords have been able to access FITs to install solar panels, the policy was not designed with the social housing sector in mind or intended to address social...

The outcome of the project is a list of recommendations designed to increase the supply of appropriate, diverse and affordable housing through infill development.