Business News Satterley Property Group director of planning Megan Adair has criticised the state government’s approach to planning policy, saying it is crippling the delivery of affordable housing. Speaking at an Urban Development Institute of Australia WA event today, Ms Adair said policies relating to public open space contributions and medium density were hampering developers’ ability to bring affordable housing to the […]
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Australian Property Investor The federal government’s $688 million HomeBuilder initiative has stopped a decline in new home sales across Australia, with improving market confidence flowing into new builds. Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed COVID-19 initially caused a plunge in new home construction in all states, but that fall was now being cushioned […]
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UNCERTAIN DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES HAVE A MEASURABLE EFFECT ON DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES. THIS ARTICLE DETAILS ONE EXAMPLE OF SUCH UNCERTAIN PROCESSES. We are often contacted by readers of this column and the recent five page letter outlining the eighteen year history of a rezoning application is a story worth telling. The story starts back in 1994 when […]
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