The NSW Housing Delivery Authority pathway: what it means for owners of sites with residential potential

The NSW Housing Delivery Authority (HDA) has now been operating for over a year and is having a demonstrable effect on the market and has resulted in many projects being declared State Significant Development (SSD). This has the benefit of opening up an accelerated approval pathway for the projects through the State system. For owners of substantial sites in Greater Sydney and major regional centres, the pathway is commercially relevant and, in many cases, significantly value changing.