The Minns Labor Government is accelerating the delivery of new homes, with the potential to deliver more than 180 homes across 9 newly identified sites as part of the NSW Government's Building Homes for NSW program to deliver 30,000 homes across the state.
From coastal Woolgoolga to the heart of Penrith, the land audit is turning unutilised government sites into vibrant communities.
A 7.1-hectare parcel of land at Muswellbrook could support up to 68 new homes and 2.8 hectares of vacant land in Inverell is zoned R5 Large Lot Residential with the potential for 11 dwellings.
Sites at Woolgoolga, and a vacant corner lot in Penrith is capable of delivering another 13 new dwellings. Whilst a greenfield site at Edmondson Park in the south west of Sydney could be developed to provide 46 new homes.
In Mount Victoria, at the upper end of the Blue Mountains, 12 homes could be delivered on a 6,235 square metre lot within walking distance of the nearest train station. While three vacant sites in Belrose on the northern beaches could deliver up to 24 new homes.
Market housing is also a vital part of the housing mix, and we have seen multiple first-home buyers and downsizers able to move into homes that have been sitting unutilised on government books.
The sites at Penrith, and Edmondson Park are both well suited to the NSW Government's housing pattern book, which offers high-quality architect designs supported by a 10-day planning approval pathway to make it faster and more affordable to design and build a home. This makes some of the smaller government-owned sites earmarked for private sector divestment even more attractive to developers.
All sites identified as part of the land audit are first offered to Homes NSW and Landcom, the NSW Government's developer.
Land audit housing numbers are based on the permissible land use and current zoning of sites.
Minister for Lands and Property Steve Kamper said:
"The Minns Labor Government land audit continues to unlock new opportunities for housing delivery in areas of high growth and high demand.
"Our Government understands we need to pull every lever to deliver the housing families across this state need.
"The latest tranche of unutilised Government-owned sites will deliver more than 180 homes, with the land audit having identified sites capable of delivering around 11,000 homes across the State."
