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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Anne Davies NSW state correspondent

NSW is overhauling its planning system to build more houses faster. What’s proposed and could it help?

Development in western Sydney.
Development on the Parramatta River in Sydney. The premier, Chris Minns, says Sydney ‘is the second least affordable city in the world’. Photograph: Elias Bitar/Getty Images

The New South Wales government has announced major changes to NSW’s planning system in a bid to speed up housing approvals and meet its target to build 377,000 homes by 2029.

“Sydney is the second-least affordable city in the world,” the NSW premier, Chris Minns, said as he announced an overhaul of the 50-year-old Environmental Planning and Assessment Act on Wednesday.

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