Parramatta. Commission now part of DOP

The Parramatta-based Growth Centres Commission, established in 2005, will merge with the Department of Planning in a bid to streamline rezoning and the release of land for new housing. “The Growth Centres Commission has been useful in kickstarting planning and development in Sydney’s north-west and south-west, but it is only helping to provide 28 per cent of Sydney’s land supply,” said Planning Minister, Kristina Keneally. The NSW executive director, of the Property Council of Australia, Ken Morrison, welcomed the initiative.