UDIA NSW has called on the Minister for Planning and Minister for Local Government to respond quickly and decisively on the Central Coast Council’s vote this week to seek approval to borrow from restricted funds, including the compulsory contributions made by developers for the construction by Council of much needed community facilities, parks, playgrounds, roads and drainage infrastructure.
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From 1 September 2020, the NSW Building Commissioner David Chandler OAM will have wide-ranging powers to stop work on defective buildings to prevent any building products showing signs of serious defects from entering the market. UDIA NSW CEO Steve Mann says the changes are being welcomed by quality operators in the industry as a move to restore confidence and stop the tarring of good developers with bad news stories emanating from a small percentage of risky developers, builders and certifiers.
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I think it’s fair to say, we are now in the eye of the storm of this global pandemic, and here at UDIAwe are more determined than ever to make the development industry into the driving force behind the economic recovery from COVID-19.
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UDIA NSW has put together an interactive dashboard to allow members to dive deeper into approvals data for the last 3 years.
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UDIA NSW CEO Steve Mann congratulates Jane Fitzgerald on her appointment as interim chief executive of the Greater Sydney Commission (GSC). Mr Mann also extends his congratulations to Dr Sarah Hill for her appointment to the newly formed Western Parkland City Authority (WPCA), an expansion of the Western City Aerotropolis Authority (WCAA).
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Data released yesterday by the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (DPIE) shows there were only 33,000 approvals in Greater Sydney over the year to May 2020, which is the lowest number of approvals reported since September 2013. This underscores UDIA’s strong disappointment with the Government’s acceleration program and its failure to drive an uptick in approvals.
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