The Berejiklian government's new planning cluster has inherited a range of unfinished work on the environment from climate action to marine parks, some of it delayed for as long as a decade.

Among the first steps for the new Energy and Environment minister Matt Kean will be to release the NSW Statement of the Environment. The triennial report was completed at the end of 2018 by the Environment Protection Authority and requires Parliament to resume before it can be tabled.

A new management plan for the Royal National Park is among 40 still awaiting approval across the state. Credit:Louise Kennerley

The management of the EPA itself, though, is likely to receive early attention from Mr Kean and the minister in charge of the expanded planning cluster, Rob Stokes.

The pollution watchdog still has no permanent chief executive and chair after Barry Buffier resigned from both roles in January 2018. Mark Gifford, the chief environmental regulator is currently acting head of both positions.