Caydon signs $10k-a-dwelling state levy deal for Harris Park DA

Caydon Harris Street Pty Ltd has executed a voluntary planning agreement tied to DA/776/2022 on Harris Street, Harris Park, in the City of Parramatta, with the agreement, SVPA2026-11, dated 9 October 2026 on the NSW Planning Portal. The agreement followed a notification period that ran from 24 August to 21 September 2026.

The published agreement sets a monetary contribution of $10,000, subject to indexation, for each residential dwelling approved under the development consent already granted for DA/776/2022. The money is directed to designated State public infrastructure as defined by clause 8.1 of the former Parramatta Local Environmental Plan 2011, which the agreement states still applies to this consent through the savings provision at clause 1.8A of Parramatta Local Environmental Plan 2023. The agreement does not set out any affordable housing contribution or separate public benefit works.

A 2022 application document for DA/776/2022 refers to 203 residential units. It is a scanned panel file we could not check against a machine-readable record, so treat that count as a lead, not a confirmed figure.

Why it matters

For a Parramatta developer working the Sydney pipeline, the agreement shows how a state infrastructure levy is being settled on a consent already granted. Executing SVPA2026-11 fixes the contribution regime for DA/776/2022. Indexation on the $10,000 figure means the amount payable per dwelling will move over the life of the development rather than staying fixed at the 2026 rate. The agreement’s dependence on the former 2011 Parramatta Local Environmental Plan, carried over only through the transitional clause in the 2023 plan, shows this consent is still being administered under a superseded instrument rather than the current one.

The numbers

SVPA2026-11 sets a $10,000 contribution per approved residential dwelling under DA/776/2022, indexed over time, directed to designated State public infrastructure under clause 8.1 of the former Parramatta Local Environmental Plan 2011. The agreement was executed 9 October 2026, after a notification period of 24 August to 21 September 2026. No affordable housing figure or separate public benefit works contribution is stated in the agreement.

What’s next

With the agreement executed, the $10,000-per-dwelling contribution is fixed for every dwelling approved under DA/776/2022. The published agreement does not set out a construction start date, staging, or how many dwellings have reached approval so far under DA/776/2022, and none of that appears here because it is not stated in the record.