Managing urban land supplies

• The primary function of Government should be:
  o streamlining the planning process,
  o providing key infrastructure to facilitate residential growth, and
  o ensuring adequate land supply to meet growing demands for new housing.
• The development and implementation of metropolitan strategies in consultation with industry is supported to provide certainty of land supply.
• Government strategies should be long term to create certainty of land supply and an appropriate mix of allotments in good locations at an affordable cost.
• Metropolitan strategies must identify a rolling minimum 15- 25 year forward land supply to meet long term demand.
• Within this long term strategy land supply, government should ensure adequate zoned or designated and serviceable land to meet medium term demand (eg. 10 years supply).
• Within this medium term land supply, government should work with industry to ensure adequate land with development approval to meet short term demand (eg. 5 year supply).
• HIA opposes the further introduction of Urban Growth boundaries as a means of managing urban land supplies.
• Where UGBs are in place, there should be a transparent and regular review process that does not rely on legislative change or Parliamentary consideration and involves consultation with the community and the housing industry.
• Governments should ensure Metropolitan strategies have a focus on implementation and communication with communities so there is an expectation of the type of residential development that may be allowed in an area.
• Governments should assist in identifying infill land available for residential development.
• The State government’s role in developing land should be limited to supplying housing which is affordable or which meets the needs of disadvantaged within the community or requires a facilitation role for complex redevelopment projects.