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The current main plan for Sydney developed by the Greater Sydney Commission, The Greater Sydney Region Plan - A Metropolis of Three Cities, lays out the vision for an integrated approach to land use and transport planning and aims to boost the liveability, productivity and sustainability for a growing Sydney population. [21]
Under Minister for Planning, Pru Goward, the Greater Sydney Commission was announced in parallel with A Plan for Growing Sydney in December 2014 [3] and formally empowered with the passing of the Greater Sydney Commission Act 2015 [4] under Minister for Planning Rob Stokes.
Developed by the Greater Sydney Commission and published in March 2018, The Greater Sydney Region Plan – A Metropolis of Three Cities lays out the vision for an integrated approach to land use and transport planning and aims to boost the liveability, productivity and sustainability for a growing Sydney population. [12]
[2] [3] Under the NSW Greater Cities Commission (formally the Greater Sydney Commission), the Greater Sydney Region along with Newcastle, the Central Coast, and Wollongong, will constitute a Sandstone Mega-region that will make-up 70% of the NSW population and 25% of the national population. [4]
Satellite photo of the Sydney (centre) area at night, facing west by northwest. Regional NSW areas can be seen on this map such as Wollongong in the Illawarra region can be seen at the bottom left, Bowral and Moss Vale in the Southern Highlands region can be seen in the far left, as well as Gosford in the Central Coast region is visible at the far right.
It represents a formalisation of a widely understood linear spatial relationship between Greater Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong. It consists of the following areas: Lower Hunter and Greater Newcastle City - consisting of the City of Cessnock, City of Lake Macquarie, City of Maitland, City of Newcastle, and Port Stephens local government areas
It makes plans based on evidence for the state's cities and regions, working with the community, business and local government to create places for people in NSW to live, work and spend their leisure time, while ensuring good access to transport and other services like shops and restaurants.
The SPA explicitly abandoned the Cumberland scheme's green belt and satellite cities, and devised a Sydney Region Outline Plan 1970–2000 A.D. with reference to seven principles: [7] extend the city along the linear railway corridors; a 'grid' of highways to reduce the dominance – and congestion – of the Sydney central business district (CBD)