Sydney Fish Market site in Blackwattle Bay Precinct

Proposal: The Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure (the Department) received a Planning Proposal from Infrastructure NSW to rezone land at Blackwattle Bay (Area 17) as a State Assessed Rezoning Proposal under the State Significant Rezoning Policy. The policy aims to identify land to address the housing and employment needs of NSW’s growing population.

The site is located at the existing Sydney Fish Market site (known as Area 17) in the Blackwattle Bay Precinct.

The Rezoning Proposal removes a clause in the Sydney Local Environmental Plan 2012 that requires a minimum amount of non-residential floor area to be included in future development of Area 17 in the Blackwattle Bay Precinct.

The project aims to deliver approximately 320 new homes and contribute to housing supply in close proximity to infrastructure, public transport, open spaces and jobs. 

The Rezoning Proposal, Explanation of Intended Effect and accompanying documents were on public exhibition from 12 December 2024 to 31 January 2025. The Department will review the feedback received during the exhibition period to finalise the planning documents in 2025. 

For more information, visit the Infrastructure NSW website

The Blackwattle Bay Precinct (Infrastructure NSW) Planning Agreement was also on exhibition from 12 December 2024 to 31 January 2025. For more information, visit the Department’s Planning Portal State Voluntary Planning Agreement Register at https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/svpa (reference number SVPA2024-33).