New South Wales is having a rezoning blitz across Sydney to create more than 16,000 homes and a new industrial precinct.

<div class="row" data-reactroot=""><div class="cell cs12 cx12"><div class="row ci"><div class="cell cs12 cx12"><div class="ci cl"><p>New South Wales is undergoing a rezoning blitz across Sydney to create more than 16,000 homes and a new industrial precinct.</p><p>The state government has progressed rezoning in growth areas including Leppington Precinct stages two and five, which allow for up to 2400 new homes.</p><p>A further 7000 homes would be added to Lowes Creek Maryland as well as five neighbourhoods in Glenfield, providing 7000 homes around Hurlstone Agricultural High School.</p><p>A 30ha industrial precinct was also rezoned next to the M4 Motorway in Prospect in western Sydney.</p><p>However, there were calls for more to areas to be <a href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/hunter-region-left-behind-in-16000-home-rezoning">rezoned </a>and more infrastructure to be established after some areas, including the Hunter Valley, were left out.</p></div></div></div><div class="row ci"><div class="cell cs12 cx12"><div class="ci cl"><div><picture><img src="https://tud-prod-tudmedia-oj9w2zshuo0o.s3.amazonaws.com/raw/images/059cc5f7-8bb1-4a84-878e-003196dbf4f4.jpg" width="799"/></picture><div><span style="align-content:center;opacity:0.8">▲ The Prospect South industrial precinct is expected to create up to 500 jobs with applications to be lodged next year.</span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="row ci"><div class="cell cs12 cx12"><div class="ci cl"><p><br>NSW minister for planning Rob Stokes said 150ha of parkland for the new housing estates and 7000sq m of Cumberland Plain Woodland had been put aside at the industrial site.</p><p>“We’ve responded to the increased demand for greenfield housing as a result of the pandemic by accelerating these rezonings,” Stokes said.</p><p>Member for Camden Peter Sidgreaves said the NSW government had also endorsed Camden’s Local Housing Strategy to enable the council to meet the future housing needs of the community.</p><p>“This is a significant step towards delivering a strong housing pipeline that supports new homes in the right locations with the right services,” Sidgreaves said.</p><p>The new industrial site would be about 30km north of these neighbourhoods, close to the future Western Sydney Airport.</p><p>The NSW government anticipated development applications for the vacant paddocks would be lodged next year.</p></div></div></div></div></div>

New South Wales is having a rezoning blitz across Sydney to create more than 16,000 homes and a new industrial precinct...

Rezoning is driving four consecutive years of $1 billion-plus worth of development approvals including the new Liverpool Civic Place by Liverpool City Council and Built. Image FJMT

<div class="row" data-reactroot=""><div class="cell cs12 cx12"><div class="row ci"><div class="cell cs12 cx12"><div class="ci cl"><p>Rezoning is driving $1 billion-plus worth of development approvals in Liverpool, including the city&#x27;s new Civic Place.  </p><p>Liverpool City Council and development partner Built, with architect FJMT, recently began construction on the project that is expected to activate the southern end of the central business district.</p><p>Liverpool Civic Place features a 22-level commercial tower and seven-level co-living building targeted at “executive-level temporary accommodation” on the 52 Scott Street site. The project is scheduled for completion in 2023.</p><p>This masterplan was <a href="https://theurbandeveloper.com/articles/built-and-liverpool-city-to-develop-400m-liverpool-civic-place">approved </a>last year along with $1.34-billion worth of developments in a bid to further develop Sydney’s<a href="https://theurbandeveloper.com/articles/sydneys-metropolis-of-three-cities-moves-ahead--"> third CBD</a>.</p><p>The project will accommodate council chambers, local government offices, a childcare facility, city library, community hub, civic plaza and public parking.</p><p>Built chief executive Brett Mason said it was an important milestone for Liverpool Civic Place.</p><p>“With the site cleared, our focus will now be on the major excavation works so we can lay the foundations,” Mason said.</p><p>Built is working on another major Sydney <a href="https://theurbandeveloper.com/articles/parramatta-square-property-development-sydney">project </a>in Parramatta, building that city&#x27;s new civic building and commercial towers. </p><h2><strong>Council approves $1bn development applications</strong></h2><p>The construction boom in Liverpool comes after the council’s decision to rezone 25ha of its city centre in 2018 and on top of projected population growth to 300,000 by 2030.</p><p>The largest approvals in 2020 included Binah Developments’ $105-million 35-storey mixed use <a href="https://theurbandeveloper.com/articles/liverpool-tallest-tower">tower </a>on Elizabeth Street and a $100-million mixed use development of 14-storey and 20-storey residential towers on Bathurst Street, both in the CBD.</p><p>A $95.4-million multi-storey warehouse complex at Prestons developed by Muhibbah Engineering was also approved as was Scentre Group’s $93.5-million Westfield <a href="https://theurbandeveloper.com/articles/westfield-liverpool-set-for-major-overhaul">revamp </a>with an office tower and entertainment precinct.</p><p></p></div></div></div><div class="row ci"><div class="cell cs12 cx12"><div class="ci cl"><div><picture><img src="https://tud-prod-tudmedia-oj9w2zshuo0o.s3.amazonaws.com/raw/images/2160b303-ad59-4fe9-84ac-db08f85b0105.jpg" width="800"/></picture><div><span style="align-content:center;opacity:0.8">▲ Liverpool approved more than $1 billion of development applications in 2020, the fourth consecutive year the total has topped the mark. </span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="row ci"><div class="cell cs12 cx12"><div class="ci cl"><p></p><p><br>Mayor Wendy Waller said the development approval figure also include $800 million of regionally important projects. </p><p>“That is an enormous vote of investor confidence in our city,” Waller said.</p><p>“Significantly in 2020, construction of more than $96 million of affordable rental housing was approved, to further contribute to the existing supply of accessible housing for the community.”</p><p>Liverpool, 27km south-west of Sydney&#x27;s CBD, is one of the country&#x27;s largest council regions with 220,000 residents across 42 suburbs. It is home to <a href="https://theurbandeveloper.com/articles/lendlease-CPB-earthworks-at-western-sydney-airport-">Western Sydney International Airport</a>, the <a href="https://theurbandeveloper.com/articles/western-sydney-aerotropolis-everything-you-need-to-know">Western Sydney Aerotropolis</a> and the <a href="https://theurbandeveloper.com/articles/charter-hall-western-sydney-university-innovation-precinct-approved">Liverpool Innovation Precinct</a>.</p></div></div></div></div></div>

Rezoning is driving four consecutive years of $1 billion-plus in development approvals in Liverpool, including the city's new Civic Place.

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