In some circumstances, increasing the height or density of planting may improve screening. In others, the available space and operational constraints make meaningful screening physically impractical.

The NSW Government released its Industrial Lands Action Plan in 2025, acknowledging pressure from rising industrial land values, rents and, in some locations, extremely low vacancy. The Government has since established the Employment Land Development Program to actively manage the supply of development-ready employment land and coordinate infrastructure investment. The need is real. But there is a bigger question: What should the next generation of industrial land actual