State’s housing pattern book, launching in 2025, seeks to cut red tape and reduce development application times with pre-approved designs

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Five winning terrace and apartment designs will be pre-approved in a new NSW government “pattern book” in a bid to fast-track housing development in the state.

The designs were selected from more than 200 in the state government’s Pattern Book Design Competition, submitted by architects from Australia and around the world.

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