{"id":32128,"date":"2025-04-01T01:21:30","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T01:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=32128"},"modified":"2025-04-01T01:21:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T01:21:30","slug":"nsw-government-launching-agency-league-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/04\/01\/nsw-government-launching-agency-league-table\/","title":{"rendered":"NSW Government launching agency league table"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Minns Labor Government is publishing State Agency League Tables to monitor and hold the performance of 22 state Government agencies, state-owned corporations and electrical supply authorities delivering development in NSW to account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Council performance on Development Application assessments have been published since July last year and this has resulted in a 10 per cent improvement in performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the success of the Council League Tables in improving overall assessment timeframes for councils, the Government is launching a second league table to hold itself accountable on housing delivery and development across NSW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tracker has been developed by the Housing Taskforce, a multi-agency group within the Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure, tasked with accelerating the assessment and commencement of housing projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The State Agency League Tables will publish data on the number of Concurrences, Integrated development approvals and Referrals (CIRs) for each Government agency over the last six months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It will also measure how many of these groups are meeting their legislated timeframes, with an expectation of meeting that timeframe in 90 per cent of all cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Delays or conflicts in approvals or advice from agencies can result in delays to a council issuing a development approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This means people are waiting longer to move into their new home, only worsening our housing supply challenges and locking the next generation out of housing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Minns Government formed the Housing Taskforce to tackle this problem by bringing representatives from each agency together to resolve these conflicts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since its formation, the Housing Taskforce has resolved 1,985 CIR cases unblocking around 31,800 dwellings. This has resulted in the determination of 704 Development Applications at a 94 per cent approval rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The release of the Agency League Table data is the next step in increasing transparency and accountability for each agency, state-owned corporation and electrical supply authority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is all part of the Minns Government\u2019s plan to build a better NSW with more homes and services, so young people, families and key local workers have somewhere to live and in the communities they choose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The State Agency League Table builds on the Minns Government\u2019s recent reforms to the planning system to speed up the delivery of more homes, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>the development of the NSW Pattern Book and accelerated planning pathway for those who use the pre-approved patterns<\/li><li>the largest rezoning in NSW history around transport hubs and shopping centres to address the &#8216;missing middle&#8217;<\/li><li>the largest ever investment in the delivery of social and affordable housing in NSW<\/li><li>$200 million in financial incentives for councils that meet the new expectations for development applications, planning proposals and strategic planning<\/li><li>$450 million to build new apartments for essential workers including nurses, paramedics, teachers, allied health care workers, police officers and firefighters.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information and to view the State Agency League Table visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.planning.nsw.gov.au\/policy-and-legislation\/housing\/nsw-housing-taskforce\/agency-league-table\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Agency league table webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Minister for Planning and Public Spaces Paul Scully said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe want the planning pipeline from lodgement, to assessment, commencement and completion, to be working as efficiently as possible, because that is what will actually see a family, a downsizer or a young person put a key in the door of their new home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Housing Taskforce has unlocked around 31,000 homes since it was formed, I anticipate that the Agency League Table will see even more homes move from approval to commencement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cJust like what we have done with councils, this is about holding ourselves to account, improving our own performance and making sure that everyone is able to get into a home.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minns Labor Government is publishing State Agency League Tables to monitor and hold the performance of 22 state Government agencies, state-owned corporations and electrical supply authorities delivering development in NSW to account. 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