#Medium definition code#
Tracking the uptake of the Code via the Planning Portal from 1 July 2020.Īmendments to the Code have been made to clarify the intent and operation of the Code as well as provide certainty for councils, developers and the community, and ensure that any changes made to Council Local Environmental Plans will have the desired effect.Ensuring the Code does not apply to unsewered land.Providing an opportunity for councils to better target the Code’s application by allowing councils to set a minimum lot size for Manor Houses and Terraces in LEPs.Renaming the Low Rise Medium Density Code the Low Rise Housing Diversity Code to better reflect the diverse housing types contained in the Code.
Minor amendments to the Code were made on 1 July 2020 in response to the recommendations of the Independent Review and stakeholder feedback. Independent Review Report: Low Rise Medium Density Housing Code (PDF, 519 KB).It is also committed to promoting more ‘missing middle’ development, such as low-rise dual occupancies, manor houses and terraces through a strategically led planning system.Īn Independent Review of the Code in 2019 identified strong support for more housing diversity, such as the ‘missing middle’-type housing that the Code seeks to provide. The NSW Government remains committed to delivering more diverse housing to meet the needs of a growing and changing population. NSW Government’s response to the Independent Review To help maintain local character of neighbourhoods the Code sets a two-storey height limit. The Code and the accompanying Design Guide ensure that amenity, privacy and design is considered and incorporated into developments standards, as well as ensuring a consistent approach to good design. The Code promotes faster housing approvals saving homeowners time and money. Terraces, dual occupancies and manor houses can provide private open space, in most cases at ground level, which allows families to socialise, play, garden and exercise in their own home. Dual occupancies, manor houses and terraces also improve housing affordability by providing smaller homes on smaller lots that still provide the amenities of a single dwelling. Typically, it requires less land area and is more sustainable for growing families, singles and empty nesters. It increases the diversity of housing available giving people choice and catering for changing demographics. The Code provides for housing types that are an alternative to traditional freestanding houses and apartments. The Code is currently operating in all local government areas across NSW.īenefits of the Low Rise Housing Diversity Code Good housing design goes beyond the look of a building and its architectural style - it can add social, economic and environmental value and can assist to create robust neighbourhoods and communities that are fit for future challenges and change.ĭual occupancies, manor houses and terraces built as complying development are only allowed in R1, R2, R3 and RU5 zones where this type of housing is already permitted under a council's Local Environmental Plan (LEP).ĭevelopment must meet all of the development standards in the Code and the Design Criteria in the Low Rise Housing Diversity Design Guide for complying development. The Low Rise Housing Diversity Code and the Low Rise Housing Diversity Design Guide address housing choice by encouraging more variety in the form of dual occupancies, manor houses and terraces. The Code allows well designed dual occupancies, manor houses and terraces (up to two storeys) to be carried out under a fast track complying development approval.Ī complying development approval can be issued within 20 days if the proposal complies with all the relevant requirements in the State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008 (Codes SEPP). The Low Rise Housing Diversity Code (Code) – formerly the Low Rise Medium Density Housing Code – facilitates a diverse range of housing.
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