NSW government’s plan to address housing crisis by rezoning land around train stations accidentally revealed

As part of the NSW government’s housing policy, called the Transport Oriented Development Program, land will be rezoned within 1.2kms of the train stations at Bankstown, Bays West, Bella Vista, Crows Nest, Homebush, Hornsby, Kellyville and Macquarie Park. Photograph: Angela Brkic/AAP

The New South Wales government will rezone land around eight train stations across Sydney to allow thousands more homes to be built over the next four years, according to details accidentally revealed by the state’s planning department.

The Minns government’s signature housing policy, called the Transport Oriented Development Program, will seek to boost density around the key Metro and heavy rail stations as the state grapples with a chronic housing crisis.