Minister for Planning (New South Wales)

Minister for Planning and Public Spaces
Minister for Planning and Public Spaces
	Incumbent; Paul Scully; since 5 April 2023
	Department of Planning and Environment
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Governor of New South Wales
Inaugural holder	Sir John Fuller (as the Minister for Planning and Environment)
Formation	3 December 1973

The New South Wales Minister for Planning is a minister in the Government of New South Wales with responsibility for regional and urban planning with the goal of facilitating sustainable growth and employment in New South Wales, Australia.

The minister is supported in the administration of portfolio by the following ministers, all sworn in on 21 December 2021:[1]

The ministers administer the portfolios through the Planning and Environment cluster, in particular through the Department of Planning and Environment, a department of the Government of New South Wales, and additional agencies.[2]

Ultimately the ministers are responsible to the Parliament of New South Wales.

List of ministers

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Planning, or similar titles.[3][4]

Ministerial title	Minister [5]		Ministry	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
Minister for Planning and Environment	Sir John Fuller	Country	Askin (6)	3 December 1973	14 May 1976	2 years, 163 days
Minister for Planning	Harry Jensen	Labor	Wran (1)	14 May 1976	9 August 1976	87 days
Minister for Planning and Environment	Paul Landa		Wran (1) (2)	9 August 1976	29 February 1980	3 years, 204 days
	Eric Bedford		Wran (2) (3) (4) (5)	29 February 1980	10 February 1984	3 years, 347 days
	Terry Sheahan		Wran (6) (7)	10 February 1984	12 December 1984	306 days
	Bob Carr		Wran (7) (8) Unsworth	12 December 1984	21 March 1988	3 years, 100 days
Minister for Planning	David Hay	Liberal	Greiner (1)	21 March 1988	6 June 1991	3 years, 77 days
Minister for Planning	Robert Webster	National	Greiner (2) Fahey (1) (2) (3)	6 June 1991	4 April 1995	3 years, 302 days
Minister for Urban Affairs and Planning	Craig Knowles	Labor	Carr (1) (2)	4 April 1995	8 April 1999	4 years, 4 days
Minister for Urban Affairs and Planning	Andrew Refshauge		Carr (3)	8 April 1999	21 November 2001	3 years, 359 days
Minister for Planning	Andrew Refshauge		Carr (3)	21 November 2001	2 April 2003	3 years, 359 days
Minister for Infrastructure and Planning	Craig Knowles		Carr (4)	2 April 2003	3 August 2005	2 years, 123 days
Minister for Planning	Frank Sartor		Iemma (1) (2)	3 August 2005	5 September 2008	3 years, 33 days
	Kristina Keneally		Rees	8 September 2008	4 December 2009	1 year, 87 days
	Tony Kelly		Keneally	4 December 2009	28 March 2011	1 year, 114 days
Minister for Planning and Infrastructure	Brad Hazzard	Liberal	O'Farrell	3 April 2011	23 April 2014	3 years, 20 days
Minister for Planning	Pru Goward		Baird (1)	23 April 2014	2 April 2015	344 days
	Rob Stokes		Baird (2)	2 April 2015	30 January 2017	1 year, 303 days
	Anthony Roberts		Berejiklian (1)	30 January 2017	23 March 2019	2 years, 52 days	[6][7][8]
Minister for Planning and Public Spaces	Rob Stokes		Berejiklian (2) Perrottet (1)	2 April 2019	21 December 2021	2 years, 263 days	[9]
Minister for Planning	Anthony Roberts		Perrottet (2)	21 December 2021	5 April 2023	1 year, 150 days	[1]
Minister for Planning and Public Spaces	Paul Scully	Labor	Minns	5 April 2023	incumbent	45 days

Former ministerial titles

Public Works

Title	Minister[5]		Ministry	Term start	Term end	Time in office
Secretary for Public Works	Edward Flood	No party	Forster	1 October 1859	26 October 1859	25 days
	Geoffrey Eagar		Forster	27 October 1859	8 March 1860	133 days
	William Arnold		Robertson (1) Cowper (3)	9 March 1860	15 October 1863	3 years, 220 days
	Arthur Holroyd		Martin (1)	16 October 1863	2 February 1865	1 year, 109 days
	William Arnold		Cowper (4)	3 February 1865	19 October 1865	258 days
	Thomas Smart		Cowper (4)	20 October 1865	21 January 1866	93 days
	James Byrnes		Martin (2)	22 January 1866	26 October 1868	2 years, 278 days
	John Sutherland		Robertson (2) Cowper (5)	27 October 1868	15 December 1870	2 years, 49 days
	James Byrnes		Martin (3)	16 December 1870	13 May 1872	1 year, 149 days
	John Sutherland		Parkes (1)	14 May 1872	8 February 1875	2 years, 270 days
	John Lackey		Robertson (3)	9 February 1875	21 March 1877	2 years, 40 days
	James Hoskins		Parkes (2)	22 March 1877	16 August 1877	147 days
	Edward Combes		Robertson (4)	17 August 1877	17 December 1877	122 days
	John Sutherland		Farnell	18 December 1877	20 December 1878	1 year, 2 days
	John Lackey		Parkes (3)	21 December 1878	4 January 1883	4 years, 14 days
	Henry Copeland		Stuart	5 January 1883	28 March 1883	82 days
	Francis Wright		Stuart	28 May 1883	6 October 1885	2 years, 131 days
	Henry Badgery		Dibbs (1)	7 October 1885	31 October 1885	24 days
	William Lyne		Dibbs (1)	2 November 1885	21 December 1885	49 days
	Jacob Garrard		Robertson (5)	22 December 1885	25 February 1886	65 days
	William Lyne		Jennings	26 February 1886	19 January 1887	327 days
	John Sutherland	Free Trade	Parkes (4)	20 January 1887	16 January 1889	1 year, 362 days
	James Fletcher	Protectionist	Dibbs (2)	17 January 1889	7 March 1889	49 days
	Bruce Smith	Free Trade	Parkes (5)	8 March 1889	13 August 1891	2 years, 158 days
	James Young	Free Trade	Parkes (5)	14 August 1891	22 October 1891	69 days
	William Lyne	Protectionist	Dibbs (3)	23 October 1891	2 August 1894	2 years, 283 days
	James Young	Free Trade	Reid	3 August 1894	3 July 1899	4 years, 334 days
	Charles Lee	Free Trade	Reid	3 July 1899	13 September 1899	72 days
	Edward O'Sullivan	Protectionist	Lyne	14 September 1899	27 March 1901	1 year, 194 days
	Edward O'Sullivan	Progressive	See	28 March 1901	14 June 1904	3 years, 78 days
	Walter Bennett	Progressive	Waddell	15 June 1904	29 August 1904	75 days
	Charles Lee	Liberal Reform	Carruthers Wade	29 August 1904	20 October 1910	6 years, 52 days
Minister for Public Works	Arthur Griffith	Labor	McGowen Holman (1)	21 October 1910	15 March 1915	4 years, 145 days
Minister for Public Works	John Cann	Labor	Holman (1)	15 March 1915	15 November 1916	1 year, 245 days
Secretary for Public Works	Richard Ball	Nationalist	Holman (2)	15 November 1916	12 April 1920	3 years, 149 days
	John Estell	Labor	Storey Dooley (1)	12 April 1920	20 December 1921	1 year, 252 days
	Sir Thomas Henley	Nationalist	Fuller (1)	20 December 1921	20 December 1921	7 hours
	John Estell	Labor	Dooley (2)	20 December 1921	13 April 1922	114 days
	Sir Thomas Henley	Nationalist	Fuller (2)	13 April 1922	19 June 1922	67 days
	Richard Ball	Nationalist	Fuller (2)	28 June 1922	17 June 1925	2 years, 354 days
	Martin Flannery	Labor	Lang (1)	17 June 1925	26 May 1927	1 year, 343 days
	Bill Ratcliffe	Labor	Lang (2)	27 May 1927	18 October 1927	144 days
	Ernest Buttenshaw	Country	Bavin	18 October 1927	3 November 1930	3 years, 16 days
	Mat Davidson	Labor	Lang (3)	4 November 1930	15 October 1931	345 days
	Mat Davidson	Labor (NSW)	Lang (3)	15 October 1931	13 May 1932	211 days
	Reginald Weaver	United Australia	Stevens (1)	16 May 1932	10 February 1935	2 years, 270 days
	Bertram Stevens		Stevens (2)	10 February 1935	21 August 1935	192 days
	Eric Spooner		Stevens (2) (3)	22 August 1935	21 July 1939	3 years, 333 days
	Bertram Stevens		Mair	21 July 1939	5 August 1939	15 days
	Alexander Mair			5 August 1939	16 August 1939	11 days
	Lewis Martin			16 August 1939	16 May 1941	1 year, 273 days
	Joseph Cahill	Labor	McKell (1) (2) McGirr (1) (2) (3)	16 May 1941	2 April 1952	10 years, 322 days
	Jack Renshaw		Cahill (1) (2)	3 April 1952	15 March 1956	3 years, 347 days
	John McGrath		Cahill (3)	15 March 1956	1 April 1959	3 years, 17 days
Minister for Public Works	Norm Ryan		Cahill (4) Heffron (1) (2) Renshaw	1 April 1959	13 May 1965	6 years, 42 days
	Davis Hughes	Country	Askin (1) (2) (3) (4)	13 May 1965	17 January 1973	7 years, 249 days
	Leon Punch	Country	Askin (5) (6) Lewis (1) (2)	17 January 1973	14 May 1976	3 years, 118 days
	Jack Ferguson	Labor	Wran (1) (2) (3) (4)	14 May 1976	10 February 1984	7 years, 272 days
	Laurie Brereton		Wran (5) (6) (7)	10 February 1984	6 February 1986	1 year, 361 days
Minister for Public Works and Ports	Laurie Brereton		Wran (8) Unsworth	6 February 1986	26 November 1987	1 year, 293 days
Minister for Public Works	Peter Cox		Unsworth	26 November 1987	21 March 1988	116 days
	Wal Murray	National	Greiner (1) (2) Fahey (1) (2)	21 March 1988	26 May 1993	5 years, 66 days
	Ian Armstrong	National	Fahey (3)	26 May 1993	4 April 1995	1 year, 313 days
Minister for Public Works and Services	Michael Knight	Labor	Carr (1)	4 April 1995	15 December 1995	255 days
	Carl Scully		Carr (1)	15 December 1995	1 December 1997	1 year, 351 days
	Ron Dyer		Carr (2)	1 December 1997	8 April 1999	1 year, 128 days
	Morris Iemma		Carr (3)	8 April 1999	2 April 2003	3 years, 359 days

Assistant Ministers for Planning

The following individuals have been appointed as Assistant Minister for Planning, or similar titles.[3][4]

Ministerial title	Minister [5]		Ministry	Term start	Term end	Time in office
Minister Assisting the Minister for Infrastructure and Planning (Planning Administration)	Diane Beamer	Labor	Carr (4)	2 April 2003	3 August 2005	2 years, 123 days

Minister Assisting the Minister for Planning	Barbara Perry	Labor	Keneally	8 December 2009	28 March 2011	1 year, 110 days
Minister for the State Plan	Linda Burney	Labor	Keneally	8 December 2009	28 March 2011	1 year, 110 days

Assistant Minister for Planning	Rob Stokes	Liberal	Baird (1)	23 April 2014	2 April 2015	344 days
Assistant Minister for Planning	Mark Speakman	Liberal	Baird (2) Berejiklian (1)	2 April 2015	30 January 2017	1 year, 303 days

References

"Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.
"Administrative Arrangements (Administrative Changes—Public Service Agencies) Order 2019 [NSW] (159)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 2 April 2019. p. 7-8. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
"NSW Parliamentary Record (11 August 1824 - November 2007)" (PDF). Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly. Parliament of New South Wales. VIII. November 2007. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
Hasham, Nicole (3 April 2015). "Premier Mike Baird's new NSW cabinet sworn in: Gladys Berejiklian and Gabrielle Upton first female Treasurer and Attorney-General". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
Part 6 Ministries since 1856 (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
"NSW reshuffle: Gladys Berejiklian axes Adrian Piccoli and Duncan Gay from cabinet". The Guardian. Australia. 29 January 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
Robertson, James (28 January 2017). "Anthony Roberts, Brad Hazzard take key roles in Gladys Berejiklian reshuffle". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
"Refreshed NSW cabinet sworn in". Sky News. Australia. AAP. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
"Government Notices (30)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 2 April 2019. p. 1088-1090. Retrieved 3 April 2019.

External links

New South Wales Department of Planning and Environment

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[Gazette_2021-12-21-1] "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.

[gazette-20190402admin-2] "Administrative Arrangements (Administrative Changes—Public Service Agencies) Order 2019 [NSW] (159)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 2 April 2019. p. 7-8. Retrieved 4 April 2019.

[nswpr-3] "NSW Parliamentary Record (11 August 1824 - November 2007)" (PDF). Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly. Parliament of New South Wales. VIII. November 2007. Retrieved 3 August 2014.

[smh_Baird_2-4] Hasham, Nicole (3 April 2015). "Premier Mike Baird's new NSW cabinet sworn in: Gladys Berejiklian and Gabrielle Upton first female Treasurer and Attorney-General". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 April 2015.

[Ministries-5] Part 6 Ministries since 1856 (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 November 2020.

[6] "NSW reshuffle: Gladys Berejiklian axes Adrian Piccoli and Duncan Gay from cabinet". The Guardian. Australia. 29 January 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2017.

[7] Robertson, James (28 January 2017). "Anthony Roberts, Brad Hazzard take key roles in Gladys Berejiklian reshuffle". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 January 2017.

[gladys-refreshed-8] "Refreshed NSW cabinet sworn in". Sky News. Australia. AAP. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.

[gazette-2019-04-02-9] "Government Notices (30)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 2 April 2019. p. 1088-1090. Retrieved 3 April 2019.

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