The City of Sydney Council is pushing to open up its draft planning strategy for the city’s central business district to community consultation, despite the government’s reluctance to endorse the plan.

Almost three years ago the City of Sydney presented to the government its draft strategy for managing development in the core of the CBD.

The City of Sydney presented its draft strategy about the core of the CBD to the government three years ago. Credit:Nick Moir

But in order for the strategy to be incorporated into planning controls, the Department of Planning and Environment has to allow the strategy to be exhibited. The department, however, has declined to endorse the strategy, and last year wrote to the council listing a range of concerns it had with the City of Sydney’s plans.

And now the council has attempted to break the deadline by itself opening up the strategy to public comments, according to council papers prepared for a meeting on Monday night.