The question of how much weight should be given to development viability often arises in urban planning debates. It is a difficult and controversial topic. The Greater Sydney Commission’s paper ‘A Metropolis that Works’ makes a hefty contribution to this topic. The Paper deals with planning for employment land in Sydney. It makes a strong case for the need to provide small and large industrial precincts evenly across the Sydney metropolis in order to cater for everyday ‘urban

Fast growing cities and spiralling unaffordability are making apartment living a more common way of life. However the housing market is largely creating standard apartment commodities, often geared to investors and whilst in Victoria the Better Apartment Standards have put more emphasis on internal amenity there is still a fairly standard approach to the layout and features of apartments. A segment of the market comprising well informed consumers are seeking more bespoke hous