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Ripley Valley Development 2026: Inside the $5 Billion Build That’s Only 15% Done
Ripley Valley has already absorbed $5 billion in housing and infrastructure spending, and by independent local reporting it is still only about 15% built out. The Ripley Valley development covers 4,680 hectares south east of Ipswich, and it just opened its second major town centre in May 2026 while a 90-bed health campus, a new…
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Yarrabilba Development 2026: The $1.2 Billion Pipeline Behind 50,000 New Neighbours
Yarrabilba’s population has nearly tripled since the last census, and the Queensland government has already locked in $1.2 billion for the roads, water and wastewater the corridor needs to keep growing. The Yarrabilba development sits inside a 2,222-hectare Priority Development Area 20 kilometres south of Logan Central, and its town centre, industrial precinct and retail…
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From Dairy Farm to $2.3M Homes: The Oran Park Development Boom
Two brothers turned a dairy farm and a closed racing circuit into a suburb of more than 20,000 people. Houses on one street have sold for $2.35 million. Oran Park development now carries a $680 million construction pipeline across four years. That figure comes from the developer. Yet the largest retail approval in the town…
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Aerotropolis Precincts 2026: The Four Still Not Rezoned
The policy defines nine Aerotropolis precincts. Five of them carry zoning. Four have sat outside the land application map since the day the policy commenced in October 2020. Every project in the Aerotropolis pipeline sits in those five. The other four hold no precinct plan, no published rezoning date and no departmental page. This article…
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Wianamatta South Creek Flooding Policy 2026: What It Controls
The Wianamatta South Creek flooding policy sets a threshold most landowners will find surprisingly low. A development that raises flood levels on neighbouring property by more than 10 millimetres counts as a significant adverse impact. The Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure finalised the policy in March 2026 and published it in April. It governs…
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Badgerys Creek Precinct 2026: Every Project and Its Status
Four projects hold approvals or sit in assessment inside the Badgerys Creek Precinct. One of them carries an expected end value of $1.9 billion on its own. The precinct wraps the eastern side of Western Sydney International Airport. Planning documents rule out housing here, so every project on the list is employment floor space. This…
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Aerotropolis Core Development 2026: Every Bradfield Project and Its Status
The Aerotropolis Core carries six active development projects around Bradfield, the first new city Australia has built in a century. Approvals and lodged applications commit more than $2.3 billion of private capital. The NSW Government approved its eighth State Significant Development across the whole 11,200-hectare Aerotropolis in July 2026. Six years of the planning framework…
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Mamre Road Stormwater Charge 2026: What Developers Pay and Why
Every hectare developed in the Mamre Road Precinct carries a Mamre Road stormwater charge, and the industry spent two years arguing about how big it should be. IPART settled it in November 2024 at around $850,000 per hectare. This article sets out who argued what, and which parts of a site attract no charge at…
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St Marys Metro Station 2026: Entries, TOD Controls and Central Park
The St Marys metro station will sit beneath the platforms already there. Two entries, one on Station Street and one on Harris Street. That detail decides more than the suburb name does. This is what the public record confirms about the station, the airport line, the town-centre park and the planning controls. This article was…
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Liverpool CBD Development 2026: Every Project and Its Status
Amendment 52 rezoned the Liverpool city centre for mixed use back in 2018, and the projects it made possible are now arriving at the same time as three fixed dates: Western Sydney International opened to passengers on 25 October 2026, the $1.4 billion Fifteenth Avenue upgrade is due to start work at the end of…