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Assisting with State Significant Development Applications

By 21 October 2024December 4th, 2024No Comments

JSA assists a range of public, private and community sector clients to meet the industry-specific Planning Secretary’s Environmental Assessment Requirements (SEARs) for a variety of State Significant Development Application types including In-fill Affordable Housing proposals, residential development by or on behalf of the Land and Housing Corporation, cemeteries and hospitals, medical centres and health research facilities.
Under the National Housing Accord, NSW is tasked with delivering 377,000 new well-located dwellings by 30 June 2029.  The NSW Government has amended the in-fill affordable housing provisions of the State Environmental Planning Policy (Housing) 2021 to align with its National Housing Accord commitments to incentivise the delivery of dwellings, and particularly affordable dwellings in NSW through FSR and Height bonuses.  JSA can assist Applicants of in-fill affordable housing, now State Significant projects, in many ways including detailed economic analysis and modelling of options utilising the bonus scheme provisions as well as preparing Social Impact Assessments and Engagement Reports that align with the Department of Planning and Environment’s  Social Impact Assessment Guideline and Undertaking Engagement Guidelines for State Significant Projects.
We also provide Social Impact Assessments, Social Impact Statements and Social Impact Comments for a range of affordable and diverse housing types including boarding houses, supportive accommodation, group homes, co-living housing, build-to-rent housing, housing for seniors and people with a disability, caravan parks and manufactured home estates.