Planning Reform
Improving the NSW planning system
NSW Housing Code
On 8 May 2008, the NSW Government released the NSW Housing Code for public comment, which outlines a simplification to the State's development approval system for housing and related residential developments.
The release of the NSW Housing Code follows a comprehensive NSW government planning reform consultation process, including exhibition of a detailed discussion paper Improving the NSW planning system in November 2007.
The NSW Housing Code provides a simple approval process for some forms of housing and related residential development. The NSW Housing Code establishes a number of key principles of good housing design, identifies a clear compliance path for streamlining approvals and offers a number of significant benefits to applicants, including:
- streamlining the approval process for housing developments
- reduced delays in receiving approval for housing developments
- standardising the application of common exempt and complying housing development requirements across the State
- clearer processes for certification of common housing developments.
Over time, there will be a variety of codes developed for the NSW Housing Code for different house types - single storey, two storey, duplex, terrace houses - and for varying lot sizes. This first NSW Housing Code document covers single-storey dwellings on lots 600 square metres or larger (and alterations and additions to these homes), internal renovations for two storey dwelling houses, as well as exempt development in residential and rural zones.
The Department has issued a media statement clarifying inaccurate local newspaper media reports about heritage issues.
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Have your say
Comments are invited on the draft NSW Housing Code until 4 July 2008.
Mail to: Planning Reform, Department of Planning, GPO Box 39 Sydney NSW 2001
Email: planningreform@planning.nsw.gov.au
Inquiries: 1300 305 695