NSW Parliament Passes Planning Reform Bill to Fast-Track Housing and Major Projects

New laws create a single planning gateway and enshrine housing delivery targets to speed approvals and cut red tape across NSW.

NSW Premier Chris Minns speaks to the media during a doorstop following a tour of the Novus on Harris build to rent development site in Parramatta, NSW, Australia, June 19, 2025. AAP Image/Dean Lewins

The New South Wales (NSW) Parliament has passed the Planning System Reforms Bill 2025, marking what Premier Chris Minns called a “major step forward” for housing and planning reform across the state.

The legislation overhauls the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, modernising how NSW approves homes, jobs, and infrastructure projects after decades of bureaucratic bottlenecks and delay.