Blog - David Carey Town Planning Development, Sydney NSW

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Dec 184 min read

Roads and motorways

This article discusses roads and motorways and their influence on geography and human development. For most of human history, walking by...

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Apr 152 min read

Railways

This article discusses how the railway has influenced geography and human development. The railway is a form of transport using wheeled...

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Apr 73 min read

Rivers

This article discusses how rivers have influenced human development and civilisation. Shifts from hunter-gatherer society (the vast...

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Rome and Campbelltown - a comparison of two eternal cities

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Mar 174 min read

Rome and Campbelltown - a comparison of two eternal cities

The image above shows a fountain in Campbelltown. It was installed as a bequest from a controversial former local solicitor, who...

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Feb 195 min read

The metabolism of our cities

This article discusses the main factors behind the growth of our cities and how energy has driven the growth of and layout of our built...

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Decline of local government town planning powers - a timeline

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Feb 97 min read

Decline of local government town planning powers - a timeline

The last post in this blog discussed state government led changes to introduce more medium density housing across the state. While...

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Further details released of changes to allow more low and mid-rise housing

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Jan 124 min read

Further details released of changes to allow more low and mid-rise housing

The NSW Government has released further details of a policy intended to create low and mid-rise housing. The link can be found here. The...

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NSW Government announces intention to introduce new medium density housing SEPP

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Dec 8, 20233 min read

NSW Government announces intention to introduce new medium density housing SEPP

The NSW Government has announced an intention to a facilitate greater diversity of homes like residential flat buildings of 3-6 storeys,...

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Nov 7, 20233 min read

Sustainable Buildings SEPP

A new policy called State Environmental Planning Policy (Sustainable Buildings) 2022 came into effect on 1 October 2023. This policy,...

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Banning gas connections to new developments as part of the planning system - a discussion

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Oct 12, 20236 min read

Banning gas connections to new developments as part of the planning system - a discussion

The idea of banning gas connections as part of new development has gained traction recently, with the City of Sydney Council voting to...

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NSW Government to abolish Greater Cities Commission

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Aug 15, 20234 min read

NSW Government to abolish Greater Cities Commission

The NSW Government announced it's intention to abolish the Greater Cities Commission earlier this year. It is understood that staff will...

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Brief discussion of the location of our cities

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Jun 19, 20232 min read

Brief discussion of the location of our cities

Most of our cities are located where they are for a reason. This article provides a brief discussion. Sydney Located at an outstanding...

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Increasing vehicle size and impacts on urban design

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May 22, 20233 min read

Increasing vehicle size and impacts on urban design

Almost every time I walk along the footpath of a local road, I can't help but notice the ever increasing size of vehicles on the road and...

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Our infrastructure and planning priorities are energy blind

David

Apr 14, 20238 min read

Our infrastructure and planning priorities are energy blind

Some of my previous posts have looked at the relationship between modern cities and energy supply, especially the relationship between...

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What is a Local Environmental Plan (LEP)?

David

Feb 22, 20232 min read

What is a Local Environmental Plan (LEP)?

Local Environmental Plans are a type of delegated legislation that exists in New South Wales under the Environmental Planning and...

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Feb 15, 20233 min read

What is exempt development?

Certain works under the NSW planning system do not require any type of development approval. This is called exempt development. Some...

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Jan 19, 20232 min read

Review of Development Applications

The NSW Planning system makes provision for a review of an application that has been refused by the Council. This is an alternative...

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What has driven the relocation of industrial land away from the waterfront? Is this sustainable?

David

Oct 22, 20225 min read

What has driven the relocation of industrial land away from the waterfront? Is this sustainable?

The NSW Government maintains a highly useful website called "Six Maps". As part of this website, there is a feature that shows aerial...

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Proliferation of solar and wind power - implications for planning and land use decisions

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Jul 20, 20226 min read

Proliferation of solar and wind power - implications for planning and land use decisions

Wind and solar power have gained in popularity amongst Australian politicians in recent years, with a number of announcements being made...

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Is the sale of public assets to foreign governments "privatisation"?

David

May 14, 20223 min read

Is the sale of public assets to foreign governments "privatisation"?

Privatisation of public assets has been a relatively bipartisan theme of Australian politics for the past 30 years. Many infrastructure...

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