Arabic version: خطة سيدني تنقل الإسكان شرقاً والوظائف غرباً
According to ABC News, the New South Wales government’s Sydney Plan sets out a 20-year approach to finding homes and workplaces for an extra 1.3 million people in Greater Sydney by 2046. The blueprint expects eastern Sydney to take the majority of housing growth, while Western Sydney is positioned to drive economic expansion.
Planning Minister Paul Scully said the vision was intended to rebalance Greater Sydney, concentrating on building upwards where infrastructure capacity already exists rather than developing greenfield sites. He said Sydney would need at least 800,000 additional homes and about 950,000 jobs over the next 20 years. Councils will be required to have land available and zoned to meet a 30-year housing target, allowing supply to be increased without waiting for lengthy planning processes.
The plan also calls for more diverse housing in the east, including townhouses and apartments. Eastern Sydney council areas already account for just under half of all new-build targets set under the National Housing Accord over five years, compared with less than a quarter for Western Sydney. Opposition Leader Kellie Sloane said housing near existing infrastructure made sense, but criticised the plan for not providing information on schools and metro lines.
In the west, the government forecasts job growth of 59 per cent, rising from 475,000 to 755,000 over two decades. The plan points to Western Sydney International Airport, the Moorebank Intermodal Precinct and industrial land as assets for freight, logistics and industrial expansion. Half of Greater Sydney’s industrial land will be in the west, including 80 per cent of its undeveloped industrial land.
Sydney, Parramatta and Bradfield City will remain the main CBDs, supported by interconnected centres including Brookvale, Hornsby, Castle Hill, Marsden Park, St Marys, Rhodes, Burwood, Bondi Junction, Hurstville, Miranda and Narrellan. Rouse Hill and Kogarah are listed as emerging major centres, while Leppington, Five Dock, Edgecliff, Fairfield, Oran Park and Wilton are forecast to become emerging activity centres.
