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Plans by the NSW state government are set to have a big impact on the North Sydney LGA.

Housing developments worth more than $75 million, which include a minimum of 15 per cent affordable housing, will gain access to a new State Significant Development pathway, meaning decisions will be made faster and bypass existing council and planning panel procedures.

Specifically, these projects will be entitled to what is called a 30 percent height and floorspace bonus.

The new government unashamedly wants more height and less urban sprawl.

The North Sydney LGA will be a prime target for its policy with expensive new metros currently being built in Crows Nest and North Sydney. Neutral Bay, with its B-Line stop, will also be a point of interest, and we imagine it won’t be too long before state planners realise that Waverton and Wollstonecraft, with their anaemic daily passenger numbers at their rail stations, are also ripe targets for more development.

If the state government gets its way on this issue, residential development is set to become a major local flashpoint.

The fundamental question is this. Who should have the most say? Existing owners, who fear congestion and also benefit financially from property supply scarcity. Or intending owners and residents, who want to live here, but are denied a voice in local political debates.

It will make for a very turbulent next three years.

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