Urban Digest Weekly: 52 NSW SSD Updates – 5 October 2026

NSW planning and development intelligence

52 NSW State Significant Development Updates – 5 October 2026

This weekly review tracks new NSW State Significant Development applications, projects entering public exhibition and applications moving to determination.

Weekly SSD activity summary

Status
Determination
13
 
Exhibition
9
 
Prepare EIS
8
 
Assessment
8
 
SEARs
6
 
Response to Submissions
3
 
LGA
The Hills Shire
6
 
Willoughby City
5
 
Blacktown
3
 
Woollahra Municipality
3
 
Singleton Shire
2
 
Strathfield
2
 
Development Type
HDA Housing
16
 
In-fill Affordable Housing
8
 
Waste collection, treatment and disposal
4
 
Data Storage
4
 
Residential & Commercial ( Mixed use)
3
 
Warehouse or distribution centres
2
 
Explore this week’s SSD activity on the interactive map, including new projects, exhibitions, determinations and other status changes across NSW.
Map of Weekly Digest SSD updates across New South Wales

New Projects

6

New SSD applications recorded in the NSW planning system this week.

Entered Exhibition

9

SSD applications that entered the public exhibition stage this week.

SSD-96054212
Exhibition

Mixed Use Development at O’Riordan St, Mascot

Bayside

Concept approval for a mixed-use development containing ~1400 dwellings and detailed stage 1 for early works including demolition, earthworks, remediation, supporting infrastructure and site subdivision and construction of ~250 dwellings.

SSD-98417209
Exhibition

Penshurst Road Mixed Use Development

Canterbury-Bankstown

Demolition of existing pub and short term accommodation and construction of a shop top housing development including a pub, retail premises, residential accommodation and associated works

SSD-96776964
Exhibition

845 Pacific Highway Chatswood shop top housing

Willoughby City

Construction of 56 storey shop top housing development containing approximately 500 dwellings (inc. 15% affordable housing), and amendments to the Height of Building control and introduction of Shop Top Housing within Willoughby LEP 2012.

Moved to Determination

13

SSD applications with a determination recorded this week.

SSD-80814238
Approved

Road 1 Data Centre

City of Ryde

Construction and operation of a data centre with a power capacity of 34.3 MW and maximum building height of 73.4 m (10 Storeys) including plant and equipment, part road construction, car parking, landscaping and public domain works.

SSD-99910476
Approved

Early Works at 17-24 Loftus Cr, Homebush

Strathfield

Early works to support a separate mixed use development, including the demolition of all existing structures and removal of trees, remediation of the land, shoring and bulk excavation works and augmentation of services infrastructure

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