In July 2021, Parramatta Council endorsed a new local infrastructure contributions plan for the Parramatta City Centre. This endorsed plan included higher percentage rates for land within the city centre.

Before coming into effect, the plan was reviewed in June 2022 at the request of the Minister for Planning. This amendment re-applied the existing 3% rates for land with the city centre that was excluded or effectively deferred from the Parramatta CBD planning proposal at various stages of the process.

Land that was excluded or deferred applied to:

• land north of the Parramatta River,
• land at the Phillip Street block – being land generally bounded by Phillip Street, Smith Street, the Parramatta River and Charles Street,
• land within the Parramatta Park Edge Highly Sensitive Area, and
• land in the western vicinity of Auto Alley.

This land is shown on the land application map below and is coloured orange (Area A). The remainder of the city centre continued to adopt the higher percentage rates. The final plan came into effect on 14 October 2022.

On 15 December 2023, the Department published the Church Street North Precinct SEPP, which increased the development potential in the Church Street North Precinct with new height and FSR controls. These changes will come into effect on 1 July 2024.