Penrith. 'Regional city of the future'

Penrith City Council has plans in place to design the “regional city of the future”. “While there appears to be a lack of development in the city, council’s people and places group manager, Roger Nethercote, said many areas had planning controls in place to encourage substantial development. Mr Nethercote said the plans tied in with the council and Penrith Business Alliance’s plans to create 40,000 new jobs and 25,000 new houses by 2031. These numbers were based on the previous state government’s Sydney Metropolitan Plan for Sydney 2036.