Managing the growth of Sydney: planning reform, housing and city governance

Chair: Sue Weatherley, Parramatta City Council
Deputy Chair: Bruce Taper, Kinesis

The strategic planning, housing and governance of Sydney are key issues for the future of the city. This Taskforce brings together the Committee’s development, property, consulting, design, architecture, Community Housing Provider, and State and Local Government members.

The Taskforce focuses on developing research and policy frameworks to develop Sydney’s affordable housing offer, promote metropolitan governance for Greater Sydney, including through Local Government Reform, and to support Sydney’s emerging polycentricity – particularly the Western Sydney centres of Parramatta, Penrith and Liverpool.

The Planning Taskforce leads the Density Done Better project and has driven the Committee’s housing affordability agenda which underpins the Committee’s Issues Paper No. 8: 5 Game Changers for Affordable Housing in Sydney. This Taskforce also works closely with the Transport Taskforce on the better integration of Sydney’s land-use planning and transport projects.