A Liberal Government in NSW would give local communities back their voice on how homes are delivered and housing targets are met.
The policy is called Low and Mid Rise (LMR) Alternate Plan Pathway.
Liberal candidate for Camden Mick Willing (pictured above on the campaign trail) has welcomed the proposed policy, which would allow local councils to submit an alternate housing delivery plan that meets or exceeds their existing LMR housing allocation.
“The Camden community has had enough of the Minns Labor Government ignoring our local needs and unique requirements,” Mr Willing said.
“We need more homes, but we also need good planning – which means local voices should be heard, instead of being shut out.
“The Camden community should have a say in where housing goes, and that’s exactly what our policy will deliver.”
Under this proposal, councils would be able to submit an alternate housing delivery plan that meets or exceeds their existing LMR housing allocation.
Any proposal would be independently assessed and certified by the Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure.
In practice, this means:
• The same, or a greater, number of homes gets built, so housing targets are protected, not watered down.
• Councils that want to be part of the solution get a genuine, formal way to design better outcomes for their community rather than a rigid one-sized fit all approach of the current LMR.
• If a council does nothing, the existing LMR settings simply continue to apply.
• Existing development applications already in the system are not affected.
The announcement comes as the Minns Labor Government’s flagship LMR policy continues to significantly underperform.
The Government promised the policy would deliver 112,000 homes over five years, yet as of February 2026 only 4,900 homes had been approved under the scheme; just 22 per cent of where the policy should have been two years into its rollout.
