A6 Should new planning legislation provide a framework for regional strategic planning processes? If so, how should appropriate regions be determined for strategic planning?
A10 How should levies to pay for local and state community infrastructure be set?
A11 What alternatives to – or additional funding sources for – such infrastructure should be considered?
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A20 If there is to be a right of appeal or review of a council zoning decision, who should decide that appeal or review?
A21 What are appropriate measures that might be implemented in a new planning system to create public confidence in the integrity of environmental impact statements (and their supporting studies) for major development projects?
B5 Should the objectives address the operation of the new planning legislation?
B14 Should the information available about land on a central portal be able to be legally relied upon, if there is the ability for it to be certified for accuracy?
B17 What should be the role of the Minister in a new planning system?
C1 Should there be an independent State Planning Commission to undertake strategic planning? Or should there be an independent Planning Advisory Board?
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C2 Should regional organisations of councils be recognised in new planning legislation?
C3 Should new legislation prescribe a process of community participation prior to the drafting of a plan?
C8 How can new planning legislation co-ordinate with council planning under the Local Government Act?
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About the Author
Robert Gibbons started urban studies at Sydney University in 1971 and has done major studies of Sydney, Chicago, world cities' performance indicators, regional infrastructure financing, and urban history. He has published major pieces on the failure of trams in Sydney, on the "improvement generation" in Sydney, and has two books in readiness for publication, Thank God for the Plague, Sydney 1900 to 1912 and Sydney's Stumbles. He has been Exec Director Planning in NSW DOT, General Manager of Newcastle City, director of AIUS NSW and advisor to several premiers and senior ministers.