North West. High rise towers

At Kellyville, a rezoning plan which would allow five towers, two up to 25 storeys high, including almost 750 residential units, shops and a supermarket, has met with residents’ objections. The scale is unheard of in Kellyville, and matches that of major business centres, said The Sydney Morning Herald. Towers up to 18 storeys have been approved around Carlingford train station, with the same heights proposed for Castle Hill. A study has also flagged the need for 22-storey residential buildings around the Epping train station. A report prepared in support of the Kellyville plan, proposed by Centro, says it is the ''best means'' of accommodating jobs and living on the site, and is consistent with state and regional strategies. Hills Shire Council will consider the proposal in its next term, the paper said.

Liverpool. Town the size of Wagga

A town the size of Wagga Wagga is to be built on land at Austral and Leppington North with rezoning expected later this year. “All together there will be potential for 16,500 homes in Austral and Leppington North," Paul Robilliard from the Department of Planning and Infrastructure said at a Liverpool Chamber of Commerce meeting. He said the Leppington Major Town Centre will attract about 13,000 jobs and include a TAFE and a major health facility

Parramatta. More residential towers

Construction will commence soon on Crown Group’s residential tower, V by Crown, a $300 million, 27-level building, bounded by Macquarie, Marsden and Hunter streets, in the Parramatta CBD. It will join the 25-level B1 Tower under construction at 118 Church Street, and the 25-level EsCen tower, on the former Parramatta Fire Station site, just down the road, and opposite Westfield. These are the tallest apartment blocks in the CBD. The tallest commercial towers are several levels lower.

Sydney Olympic Park. Residents move in

The completion of the 16-storey Tower B in Australia Towers Stage 1, in Sydney Olympic Park, will see the arrival of some of the 150-200 residents. The 24-storey Tower A will be completed in February with an estimated 250-300 residents in 140 apartments.

Parramatta. 40 unit building

A seven-storey, 40-unit residential building is proposed on the site of the former Bike Barn shop, on the corner of Victoria Road and Sorrell Street, the new Coles supermarket in the Entrata residential building, and the Rose & Crown Hotel.

Parramatta. Residential tower in Chinatown

One, two and three-bedroom apartments are being sold off the plan for the 88 units in the 25-storey mixed-use B1 Tower project, at 118 Church Street, in the heart of the Parramatta CBD Chinatown precinct. The project will include five levels of retail and commercial space. The project is in the same area as the 25-storey EsCen tower, on the former Parramatta Fire Station site and opposite Westfield Parramatta, which contains 93 apartments.

Residential density half that of top areas

Residential density of approximately half that of the eastern suburbs and the lower north shore. In the medium term, his area is likely to become a focus for intensification and renewal in centres and corridors around public transport nodes as people and jobs are attracted to the services and amenity of Parramatta, which has consolidated its role as Sydney’s second CBD, according to the Department of Planning.