Planning System

The Planning system spans local, state and federal government. Here we have some information on how this system works.

Planning for Non Planners - Peter Phibbs Presentation: This is the presentation made by Prof Peter Phibbs to a REDWatch Workshop on 13 March 2012 on Planning for Non Planners. The presentation is an abbreviated presentation of a 1 day course Peter provides at UWS. The presentation provides an overview of the planning system and how it operates. The presentation is here as a 638Kb PDF.
Open Letter top Mike Baird on Affordable Housing: The following is an open letter signed by the attached Australian community and faith-based organisations, academics and unions listed below, for your and your Government’s attention. November 2016.
Global Sydney: Global Sydney Zones fropm DRaft Metropolitan Strategy for Sydney to 2031 (on exhibition until end May 2013)
REDWatch Submission - Changes to reduce Homes NSW exhibitions to 14 Days: These changes were proposed by changes to Community Participation Plan in June-July 2025. The proposed changes were to reduce public exhibition timeframes from 28 to 14 days for certain residential State Significant Development (SSD) applications Submission which included Homes NSW developments. This is REDWatch's submission on that proposal.

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