In March 2010, the Department of Planning released a discussion paper, Sydney Towards 2036, to inform a scheduled five-year review of the Metropolitan Strategy.
The discussion paper is divided into ten chapters, namely:
- Planning for a growing population;
- Making Sydney climate change ready;
- Integrating land use with transport;
- More jobs in the Sydney region;
- Growing Sydney's value;
- Strengthening a City of Cities;
- Meeting changing housing needs;
- Balancing land uses on the city fringe;
- Achieving renewal; and
- Implementation
The discussion paper can be downloaded here.
Following an extended period of public exhibition, an independent report on submissions to the discussion paper and the related Metropolitan Transport Plan was released on 22 September 2010. Following consideration of this feedback, a single Metropolitan Plan will be created which combines both land-use and infrastructure planning.
Other resources
Various stakeholder events are also being held to help develop a new Metropolitan Strategy.
Click here to access audio of Norma Shankie-Williams, Director of Metropolitan and Regional Strategies, discussing the review on ABC 702 on 13 May 2010. (mp3 format 8256kb)