Ordinary Meeting Meeting Held on 28/09/2020
Preface The NSW Government is committed to delivering a reformed infrastructure contributions system that achieves greater certainty, transparency, efficiency, and fairness in infrastructure funding and delivery in New South Wales. On 15 April 2020, I was appointed by the Minister for Planning and Public Spaces to undertake a comprehensive review of the infrastructure contributions system in New South Wales (the Review). This follows the Premier’s announcement in November 2019 that the Government would progress planning reforms to: 1. Cut red tape, increase transparency, reduce assessment timeframes and make e-planning mandatory for metro councils 2. Supercharge new hubs across New South Wales to ensure people can live in communities close to their work 3. Fix the uncertainty of developer contributions to boost investment, and 4. Preserve our heritage, create beautiful new public planes, and promote good design. As part of the Review’s Terms of Reference, I was tasked with reviewing and making recommendations to deliver an infrastructure contributions system that: ▪ delivers the public infrastructure required to support development in New South Wales ▪ achieves greater certainty, transparency, efficiency and fairness in the setting of infrastructure contributions ▪ identifies legislative regulatory changes necessary to implement the proposed reforms. During May and June 2020, I heard from some peak stakeholder groups and this helped me better understand the issues in the current infrastructure contributions system and shape the discussion in the Issues Paper. This Issues Paper is not NSW Government policy, but rather a broad summary of key issues with the existing system. It is designed to support community feedback on how we can best address these issues and ask questions that will inform broad reform directions.
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