Future plans for rural land and housing

Thank you for providing feedback on our draft Rural Land and Local Housing Strategies, these two important planning documents will guide how we plan and manage Maitland’s rural lands and housing for the next 20 years.

Through extensive consultation, you’ve told us you want to see a change in the way our rural lands and housing is planned and managed – these strategies are the result of what you’ve told us.

  • The draft Rural Land Strategy will guide how we respond to the pressures on rural land while increasing economic opportunity and protecting the natural, ecological and scenic quality of rural areas 

  • The draft Local Housing Strategy responds to population growth and demographic changes by looking at what types of future housing will be needed, where it can be best located and how we can help influence better housing outcomes. 

The documents are based on extensive community consultation from previous strategic plans, stakeholder engagement and recent results from the Community Satisfaction Survey.  

Public exhibition closed on Friday 4 November 2022.

Key points and recommendations
Read the full plans below
Rural Lands Strategy
Local Housing Strategy

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Key dates
27 September 2022

Strategies endorsed by Council

28 September 2022

Public exhibition opens

4 November 2022

Public exhibition closes

Related documents
Draft Local Housing Strategy 2041 (7.41 MB)
Draft Rural Lands Review 2021 (28.34 MB)
Draft Rural Lands Strategy 2041 (5.91 MB)
Key points and recommendations for the Rural Lands and Local Housing Strategies (224.24 KB)
Maitland Infill Housing Analysis and Appendices (9.16 MB)
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a 15 minute Neighbourhood?

A 15 minute neighbourhood is a neighbourhood in which you can access all of your most basic, day-to-day needs within a 15-minute walk or cycle from your home, e.g. a school, cafe, park and doctor's surgery. It will support people who want to live and work locally and who seek to get around without a personal vehicle. It’s already a concept that we can see in more traditional towns and suburbs developed before the 1960's, including Maitland.

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