NSW to Publish Housing Approval Figures by Each Council to Speed Up Building

The number of approvals and their timeframes of approvals will be published as NSW tries to reach its housing commitments.

A labourer works on an under construction house in the western Sydney, Australia, on May 4, 2022. Saeed Khan/AFP via Getty Images

In a move to spur competition between councils, the New South Wales (NSW) state government will publish data on the number of housing approvals processed in each area, and rank them in a league table.

A consistently underperforming council will be subject to a Performance Improvement Order to speed up approvals.