{"id":7019,"date":"2020-06-23T02:35:20","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T02:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=7019"},"modified":"2020-06-23T02:35:20","modified_gmt":"2020-06-23T02:35:20","slug":"nsw-planning-system-powers-past-jobs-targets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/06\/23\/nsw-planning-system-powers-past-jobs-targets\/","title":{"rendered":"NSW PLANNING SYSTEM POWERS PAST JOBS TARGETS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NSW Government\u2019s Planning System Acceleration Program is on track to reach its target of creating opportunities for 30,000 jobs in half the time originally anticipated.<br \/>\nPremier Gladys Berejiklian today announced a further 19 planning projects that will have their assessments fast-tracked through the program, which, if approved, will see the State reach its jobs target in three months instead of six.<br \/>\n\u201cWhen we approve projects, we create jobs; it\u2019s as simple as that,\u201d Ms Berejiklian said.<br \/>\n\u201cIf approved, this latest tranche of projects will see $4.7 billion invested in our State and deliver almost 15,000 jobs,\u201d Ms Berejiklian said.<br \/>\nProjects in the third tranche of the program include an over-station development at Sydney Metro Victoria Cross, a new solar farm, a new school in Camden, affordable housing in Gosford, and a land release in Yass Valley that will allow more than 5,000 new homes to be built.<br \/>\nPlanning and Public Spaces Minister Rob Stokes said getting shovel-ready projects out the door as fast as possible is helping NSW rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic.<br \/>\n\u201cSo far this program has unlocked $1 billion of economic investment a week \u2013 far surpassing any other State\u2019s planning acceleration programs,\u201d Mr Stokes said.<br \/>\nTo date, 48 major projects have had their assessments finalised through the program, which has created opportunities for more than 25,000 jobs, $13 billion in economic benefit, more than 8,000 new homes and more than 2 million square metres of open space, parks and land for environmental conservation.<br \/>\n\u201cWe\u2019re establishing a new normal for the NSW planning system, with faster decision making and simpler processes. And with local councils now following our lead with their own acceleration programs, NSW will remain the pounding heart of the Australian economy.\u201d<br \/>\nTo be considered for a fast-tracked assessment through the Planning System<br \/>\nAcceleration Program, a development application (DA) or rezoning must already be in the State\u2019s system, deliver a public benefit, demonstrate an ability to create jobs during construction and once complete, be able to commence construction within six months (for a State Significant Development application or State Significant Infrastructure application) or allow a DA to be lodged within six months (for a rezoning).<br \/>\nDecisions on projects in Tranche 3 of the Planning System Acceleration Program will be made by 17 July 2020.<br \/>\nFor more information visit:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.planning.nsw.gov.au\/fast-tracked-assessments\">www.planning.nsw.gov.au\/fast-tracked-assessment<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NSW Government\u2019s Planning System Acceleration Program is on track to reach its target of creating opportunities for 30,000 jobs in half the time originally anticipated. Premier Gladys Berejiklian today announced a further 19 planning projects that will have their assessments fast-tracked through the program, which, if approved, will see the State reach its jobs &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/06\/23\/nsw-planning-system-powers-past-jobs-targets\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;NSW PLANNING SYSTEM POWERS PAST JOBS TARGETS&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7019\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}