Introduction
The NSW Government is addressing the housing shortage, including affordable housing, through reforms that have affected the permissibility, built form scale and approval processes of housing across NSW. These reforms came into effect in 2024 and 2025.
Over the coming years, we may start to see visible changes to building heights and density across our local government area. This will depend on uptake by landowners and developers, and the approval and construction process for each project.
The following pages cover the most significant changes and initiatives the NSW Government has introduced that affect our area. Council has compiled this information to help explain the changes, in particular how they may affect the North Sydney local government area. For the most detailed and up-to-date information, please see the Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure website.