Sydney YIMBY
@sydney.yimby.au
Membership-based organisation for housing abundance. http://sydney.yimby.au
Planning in NSW just got a bit better.
What have they changed? Read here: www.sydney.yimby.au/blog/plannin...
What have they changed? Read here: www.sydney.yimby.au/blog/plannin...
November 12, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Planning in NSW just got a bit better.
What have they changed? Read here: www.sydney.yimby.au/blog/plannin...
What have they changed? Read here: www.sydney.yimby.au/blog/plannin...
Lovely message in our inbox this morning 😊
One of the foundational NIMBY beliefs is that renters aren't worthy of having a say about their communities.
One of the foundational NIMBY beliefs is that renters aren't worthy of having a say about their communities.
October 5, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Lovely message in our inbox this morning 😊
One of the foundational NIMBY beliefs is that renters aren't worthy of having a say about their communities.
One of the foundational NIMBY beliefs is that renters aren't worthy of having a say about their communities.
Final showdown over 30,000 homes in the inner west is happening from 5:30pm on Tuesday. We need you there!
RSVP: thq.fyi/se/YnyOcR0
RSVP: thq.fyi/se/YnyOcR0
September 29, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Final showdown over 30,000 homes in the inner west is happening from 5:30pm on Tuesday. We need you there!
RSVP: thq.fyi/se/YnyOcR0
RSVP: thq.fyi/se/YnyOcR0
Sign our petition to increase Mosman’s housing target to 5000 homes over 5 years, so they pull their weight on fixing the housing crisis.
supporthousingcode.good.do/mosman/target/
supporthousingcode.good.do/mosman/target/
Join me in supporting the Increase Mosman's Housing Target to 5000 Homes Campaign
Mosman has been in the media complaining about their housing targets. A local named Judith Pearson is spending $500,000 taking the state government to court over it. She says in the SMH:“Someone asked...
supporthousingcode.good.do
August 9, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Sign our petition to increase Mosman’s housing target to 5000 homes over 5 years, so they pull their weight on fixing the housing crisis.
supporthousingcode.good.do/mosman/target/
supporthousingcode.good.do/mosman/target/
Drinks are back this Wednesday 6pm at the Aurora Rooftop Hotel. Come chat urbanism and housing with us.
RSVP: membership.sydney.yimby.au/public/sched...
RSVP: membership.sydney.yimby.au/public/sched...
July 28, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Drinks are back this Wednesday 6pm at the Aurora Rooftop Hotel. Come chat urbanism and housing with us.
RSVP: membership.sydney.yimby.au/public/sched...
RSVP: membership.sydney.yimby.au/public/sched...
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ABC Compass followed around the @sydney.yimby.au team for a week and turned it into a whole episode and I love it so much, you should watch it
feat. @pleasedontatme.bsky.social, @erinrileyau.bsky.social and friends
youtu.be/TS5HuijPvho
feat. @pleasedontatme.bsky.social, @erinrileyau.bsky.social and friends
youtu.be/TS5HuijPvho
No More Nimby? The rise of the YIMBY housing movement in Sydney | Compass | ABC Australia
YouTube video by ABC Australia
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June 29, 2025 at 1:50 PM
ABC Compass followed around the @sydney.yimby.au team for a week and turned it into a whole episode and I love it so much, you should watch it
feat. @pleasedontatme.bsky.social, @erinrileyau.bsky.social and friends
youtu.be/TS5HuijPvho
feat. @pleasedontatme.bsky.social, @erinrileyau.bsky.social and friends
youtu.be/TS5HuijPvho
Inner West Council wants to build 30,000 homes and we need *your* help to make it happen.
Have your say in less than 2 minutes at yimby.au/innerwest, and show us what you sent in the replies below.
Have your say in less than 2 minutes at yimby.au/innerwest, and show us what you sent in the replies below.
July 1, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Inner West Council wants to build 30,000 homes and we need *your* help to make it happen.
Have your say in less than 2 minutes at yimby.au/innerwest, and show us what you sent in the replies below.
Have your say in less than 2 minutes at yimby.au/innerwest, and show us what you sent in the replies below.
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Did you know there's an abandoned half-built station in the eastern suburbs?
@sydney.yimby.au have launched a petition to have Woollarah Station finally built. The population in that area has been going backwards so it's a great opportunity for more TOD.
supporthousingcode.good.do/station/wool...
@sydney.yimby.au have launched a petition to have Woollarah Station finally built. The population in that area has been going backwards so it's a great opportunity for more TOD.
supporthousingcode.good.do/station/wool...
Join me in supporting the Build Woollahra station, and a big TOD next to it Campaign
There is a ghost station between Edgecliff and Bondi Junction. In the 1970s space was dedicated for Woollahra station, but it was never completed because local NIMBYs took it to the High Court.
We're ...
supporthousingcode.good.do
June 2, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Did you know there's an abandoned half-built station in the eastern suburbs?
@sydney.yimby.au have launched a petition to have Woollarah Station finally built. The population in that area has been going backwards so it's a great opportunity for more TOD.
supporthousingcode.good.do/station/wool...
@sydney.yimby.au have launched a petition to have Woollarah Station finally built. The population in that area has been going backwards so it's a great opportunity for more TOD.
supporthousingcode.good.do/station/wool...
We’ve got two big events on for Activism April, and if you come along to both we’ll give you a free t-shirt!
- Activism training
- Biggest Inner West Council meeting in years to upzone for thousands of units in Marrickville, Ashfield & Dulwich Hill.
RSVP: membership.sydney.yimby.au/public/sched...
- Activism training
- Biggest Inner West Council meeting in years to upzone for thousands of units in Marrickville, Ashfield & Dulwich Hill.
RSVP: membership.sydney.yimby.au/public/sched...
April 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
We’ve got two big events on for Activism April, and if you come along to both we’ll give you a free t-shirt!
- Activism training
- Biggest Inner West Council meeting in years to upzone for thousands of units in Marrickville, Ashfield & Dulwich Hill.
RSVP: membership.sydney.yimby.au/public/sched...
- Activism training
- Biggest Inner West Council meeting in years to upzone for thousands of units in Marrickville, Ashfield & Dulwich Hill.
RSVP: membership.sydney.yimby.au/public/sched...
Have your say on 2500 new homes in Parramatta North: www.sydney.yimby.au/blog/parrama...
This area has been stuck in planning limbo for a decade while heritage advocates keep delaying - this time they want to ‘press pause’ until 2029. We need housing now!
This area has been stuck in planning limbo for a decade while heritage advocates keep delaying - this time they want to ‘press pause’ until 2029. We need housing now!
Parramatta North Rezoning — Sydney YIMBY
You can make your submission here until 24th of Feb . Submission Tips 🏙️ Emphasise Affordability/Supply as a priority - affordability is barely mentioned in the strategic report 🚉 T...
www.sydney.yimby.au
January 29, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Have your say on 2500 new homes in Parramatta North: www.sydney.yimby.au/blog/parrama...
This area has been stuck in planning limbo for a decade while heritage advocates keep delaying - this time they want to ‘press pause’ until 2029. We need housing now!
This area has been stuck in planning limbo for a decade while heritage advocates keep delaying - this time they want to ‘press pause’ until 2029. We need housing now!
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Pertinent to Sydney too!
So much of Brisbane is on a flood plain - and for many renters or first home buyers, your choice is to live somewhere flood prone and convenient or hours' commute from your friends, family or work.
Meanwhile, all our inner city hills are locked down in low density character zones for well-off.
Meanwhile, all our inner city hills are locked down in low density character zones for well-off.
Australia is becoming an uninsurable nation. There may only be one solution | Nicki Hutley
With the outlook for risk of fire, flood and other disasters increasing, this is not a problem that will go away
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Pertinent to Sydney too!
This from the latest E61 report is a key reason why we should be making room in our biggest cities instead of chasing decentralisation which makes everyone poorer.
Agglomeration effects are real and can’t be wished away by policy.
e61.in/cities-foste...
Agglomeration effects are real and can’t be wished away by policy.
e61.in/cities-foste...
January 17, 2025 at 1:43 AM
This from the latest E61 report is a key reason why we should be making room in our biggest cities instead of chasing decentralisation which makes everyone poorer.
Agglomeration effects are real and can’t be wished away by policy.
e61.in/cities-foste...
Agglomeration effects are real and can’t be wished away by policy.
e61.in/cities-foste...
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@sydney.yimby.au @cityofsydney.bsky.social has put up for consultation their entertainment zones policy, which aims to relax rules around the night time economy. Not housing related but NIMBYs will be out in force and need to be countered! Takes 5 mins www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/policy-plann...
Your say on special entertainment precincts - City of Sydney
We invite your feedback on our plans to enhance nightlife and encourage live music and performance.
www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au
January 14, 2025 at 5:13 AM
@sydney.yimby.au @cityofsydney.bsky.social has put up for consultation their entertainment zones policy, which aims to relax rules around the night time economy. Not housing related but NIMBYs will be out in force and need to be countered! Takes 5 mins www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/policy-plann...
In particular, we want to see upper level setbacks for mid-rise development and parking minimums abolished statewide. Architects are best placed to make these decisions, not unaccountable council planners.
January 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
In particular, we want to see upper level setbacks for mid-rise development and parking minimums abolished statewide. Architects are best placed to make these decisions, not unaccountable council planners.
We want to see DPHI take over and write a DCP for the whole state, which only manages genuine, evidence-based externalities. These should be far more flexible, clear-cut and permissive than the current mess.
January 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
We want to see DPHI take over and write a DCP for the whole state, which only manages genuine, evidence-based externalities. These should be far more flexible, clear-cut and permissive than the current mess.
The Marrickville DCP- covering just a third of Inner West Council- runs to over 1,300 pages. It's clear that many councils can't be trusted to apply a DCPs fairly and efficiently.
January 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The Marrickville DCP- covering just a third of Inner West Council- runs to over 1,300 pages. It's clear that many councils can't be trusted to apply a DCPs fairly and efficiently.
often with no real evidence that the controls bring any public benefit. If you don't like the way that modern buildings look, your local council’s DCP is substantially to blame. Here are some examples of how DCPs are used to slow down and make development worse: x.com/philipthalis...
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January 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
often with no real evidence that the controls bring any public benefit. If you don't like the way that modern buildings look, your local council’s DCP is substantially to blame. Here are some examples of how DCPs are used to slow down and make development worse: x.com/philipthalis...
Development Control Plans (DCPs) micromanage the design of buildings, covering things like setbacks, parking and shade. Over time, these have become far too complex and restrictive, preventing architects from doing their job and limiting what can be built,
January 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Development Control Plans (DCPs) micromanage the design of buildings, covering things like setbacks, parking and shade. Over time, these have become far too complex and restrictive, preventing architects from doing their job and limiting what can be built,
Day 2 of our asks for reforming the Planning Act, this time focused on DCPs:
- Abolish council DCPs, have one state-wide one
- Abolish parking minimums
- Abolish upper level setbacks below 10 storeys
- Define permitted envelope for each site, no refusing designs in that envelope.
- Abolish council DCPs, have one state-wide one
- Abolish parking minimums
- Abolish upper level setbacks below 10 storeys
- Define permitted envelope for each site, no refusing designs in that envelope.
January 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Day 2 of our asks for reforming the Planning Act, this time focused on DCPs:
- Abolish council DCPs, have one state-wide one
- Abolish parking minimums
- Abolish upper level setbacks below 10 storeys
- Define permitted envelope for each site, no refusing designs in that envelope.
- Abolish council DCPs, have one state-wide one
- Abolish parking minimums
- Abolish upper level setbacks below 10 storeys
- Define permitted envelope for each site, no refusing designs in that envelope.
These changes would both simplify our controls and create loads of extra capacity in desirable and well serviced locations.
It’s clear that existing zoning isn’t working to colocate homes with infrastructure (see emptying schools in Bondi coupled w anaemic targets for Waverley).
It’s clear that existing zoning isn’t working to colocate homes with infrastructure (see emptying schools in Bondi coupled w anaemic targets for Waverley).
January 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
These changes would both simplify our controls and create loads of extra capacity in desirable and well serviced locations.
It’s clear that existing zoning isn’t working to colocate homes with infrastructure (see emptying schools in Bondi coupled w anaemic targets for Waverley).
It’s clear that existing zoning isn’t working to colocate homes with infrastructure (see emptying schools in Bondi coupled w anaemic targets for Waverley).
3. Simplify zones to define broad uses rather than desired character. No more R2/R3/R4, just ‘Residential’, ‘Industrial’, ‘Town Centre’, etc.
4. Default height based on proximity to train stations: 15 storeys in close proximity, declining to 6 storeys 800m out.
4. Default height based on proximity to train stations: 15 storeys in close proximity, declining to 6 storeys 800m out.
January 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
3. Simplify zones to define broad uses rather than desired character. No more R2/R3/R4, just ‘Residential’, ‘Industrial’, ‘Town Centre’, etc.
4. Default height based on proximity to train stations: 15 storeys in close proximity, declining to 6 storeys 800m out.
4. Default height based on proximity to train stations: 15 storeys in close proximity, declining to 6 storeys 800m out.
This week we’ll be outlining our wishlist for the Environmental Planning & Assessment Act review.
Today, zones and controls:
1. Remove height limits/FSR entirely in CBD, North Sydney, Parramatta and Bondi Junction.
2. Sites can only have one of a height or FSR limit.
Today, zones and controls:
1. Remove height limits/FSR entirely in CBD, North Sydney, Parramatta and Bondi Junction.
2. Sites can only have one of a height or FSR limit.
January 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
This week we’ll be outlining our wishlist for the Environmental Planning & Assessment Act review.
Today, zones and controls:
1. Remove height limits/FSR entirely in CBD, North Sydney, Parramatta and Bondi Junction.
2. Sites can only have one of a height or FSR limit.
Today, zones and controls:
1. Remove height limits/FSR entirely in CBD, North Sydney, Parramatta and Bondi Junction.
2. Sites can only have one of a height or FSR limit.