{"id":68626,"date":"2026-08-10T04:37:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T04:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/68626\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T04:37:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T04:37:10","slug":"cherrybrook-rezoning-clears-way-for-10000-homes-in-sydneys-north-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/68626\/","title":{"rendered":"Cherrybrook Rezoning Clears Way for 10,000 Homes in Sydney\u2019s North-West"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NSW government has locked in rezoning plans to provide up to 10,000 new homes at Cherrybrook in Sydney\u2019s north-west.<\/p>\n<p>The revised planning controls will allow for buildings up to 27 storeys in the town centre, near the station and along Castle Hill Road, a significant change to the current six-storey limit.<\/p>\n<p>Building heights will scale down to four to six storeys at the edge of the precinct.<\/p>\n<p>The plan\u2014centred on the Cherrybrook Metro Station opened in 2019\u2014will deliver a minimum of 5200 homes over the next two decades, the state said.<\/p>\n<p>Cherrybrook, on Dharug land and 27km from the Sydney CBD, will change from low density\u2014now at 1.35:1 floor space ratio\u2014to high density, allowing floor space ratios up to 4.1:1 in the town centre and 2.4:1 in surrounding neighbourhoods.<\/p>\n<p>Eighty per cent of submissions to the state planning department opposed the plan, and more than 60 per cent cited concerns around excessive height and density.<\/p>\n<p>In response, the government adjusted the exhibited 16 to 28 storey (52m to 90m) controls for the town centre to 9 to 27 storeys (48m to 96m).<\/p>\n<p>The plan mandates 5 per cent affordable housing in perpetuity across the precinct and a 15-year 10 per cent rate for the town centre, equal to 565 affordable homes.<\/p>\n<p>Bonus floor space and building height incentives awarded for 10 to 15 per cent in-fill affordable housing have been voided.<\/p>\n<p>Developers applying for the state significant pathway will have to meet an estimated value of $60 million, doubling the typical $30 million requirement.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cherrybrook-mid-edited.jpg\" alt=\"Five parks totalling 4.6ha will be delivered and tree canopy cover will be increased by more than 80 per cent.\"\/>\u25b2 Tree canopy cover in the Cherrybrook precinct will be increased from 26 per cent to 40 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>Five parks totalling 4.6ha will be delivered and tree canopy cover will be increased by more than 80 per cent and 20,000sq m of the critically endangered Blue Gum High Forest will be conserved as parkland.<\/p>\n<p>The precinct is split along Castle Hill Road with Hornsby Shire Council to the north and The Hills Shire Council to the south.<\/p>\n<p>Developers had voiced concerns that the proposed development contribution rate of 4 per cent was excessive and discouraging.<\/p>\n<p>Both councils said the rate could be too low to fully fund local infrastructure, including a new 3000sq m community centre and library, and parkland.<\/p>\n<p>The state planning department estimated a 4 per cent development contribution rate would be needed to meet infrastructure demand in the rezoning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFive new parks and 5ha of open space will give Cherrybrook families room to breathe as this community grows,\u201d planning minister Paul Scully said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NSW government has locked in rezoning plans to provide up to 10,000 new homes at Cherrybrook 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