NSW Government announces Burwood North Metro Rezoning Proposal

As part of the broader reforms reshaping the NSW planning system, the NSW Government has prepared and publicly exhibited the proposed  Climate Change and Natural Hazards State Environmental Planning Policy (SEPP).

The NSW Government has placed on exhibition a proposed regulatory framework supporting the Development Coordination Authority (DCA), a new model intended to centralise and coordinate State agency input into development applications and planning proposals.

We are excited to share that over the break our Head Office in Sydney moved into a new office at Level 11, 179 Elizabeth Street, Sydney – so if you have visited before, we are still in the same building, just one floor down.

Mecone welcomes the release of the draft Sydney Plan for comment.

Updates to the Planning Systems SEPP (published today, 14 November) have now come into force. They all allow Residential State Significant Development to seek an exemption from carrying out a required competitive design process.

NSW Government introduces Planning System Reforms Bill 2025.

The NSW Government has established the Investment Delivery Authority (IDA) to make it easier for businesses to invest, build and create jobs in NSW.

Amendment VC268 has now been gazetted in Victoria. The scheme amendment implements the 2025 Victorian Transmission Plan (VicGrid, 2025) into the Planning Policy Framework (PPF) and updates references to the Climate Action Act 2017

Amendment VC283 has now been gazetted which replaces Plan Melbourne 2017 – 2050 with the newly released Plan for Victoria. The Amendment updates the Victoria Planning Provisions and all planning schemes to bring Plan for Victoria to life.