Huge win for Sydney’s housing crisis

Land around eight train stations will be rezoned to allow high-density development in the hope of creating tens of thousands of new homes and affordable housing.

Plans accidentally released by Transport for NSW on Tuesday revealed 45,000 new homes will be created over four years around railway stations in a bid to tackle the state’s crippling housing crisis.

The Transport Oriented Development Program is the Minns Government’s signature housing policy and phase one will see the land rezoned directly by the Government to “enable more new and affordable homes”

Land within 1200 meters of tube and heavy rail stations in Bankstown, Bays West, Bella Vista, Crows Nest, Homebush, Hornsby, Kellyville and Macquarie Park will be rezoned.

In the second phase of the programme, the state government will impose new planning controls within 400 meters of 31 railway stations in the state to “allow for the development of more multi-storey housing”.

Sydney stations include Marrickville, Dulwich Hill, Ashfield, Croydon and Canterbury in the Inner West and St Marys, Lidcombe, Berala and Wiley Park in the West.

Roseville, Lindfield, Killara and Gordon will be rezoned in the North Shore and Turella, Banksia, Rockdale and Kogarah in the South.

Stations in the Central Coast, Illawarra and Newcastle/Hunter regions will also be affected by the second phase of the changes.

The rezonings are expected to be completed by November 2024 and development applications will be submitted from July 2025.

The first homes are expected to be built by November 2027.

The documents state that housing “is the top priority of the NSW Government”.

“We must work together to address the housing crisis,” the plan states.

“We are working on a plan to create connected cities, with well-located homes close to transport, jobs and services. This includes a wider range of housing types that people want to live in.”