Page 748 - Week 03 - Tuesday, 26 February 2013
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The amended multi-unit housing development code includes a new housing replacement provision that requires at least one large dwelling to be provided for each block used for multi-unit redevelopment. This provision will ensure that housing choice is maintained in residential redevelopment in areas such as the inner north and allow families with children to remain in the area.
Other changes to the code include a plot ratio for multi-unit blocks in RZ1, allowing flexibility in the number of storeys in RZ3, RZ4 and RZ5 zones whilst strictly limiting overall building height. Amendments to principal private open space provisions and additional controls for multi-unit housing with four or more storeys are also included.
Variation 306 replaces the current residential subdivision development code with a new estate development code. It differs from the current code in format and some key policies, not least being new block compliance tables designed to achieve improved solar performance for new residential subdivisions. The block compliance tables have had interim effect since June 2011 and regulate the size, shape and orientation of blocks in new greenfield subdivisions. To achieve better solar outcomes they are biased against narrow blocks with an east-west orientation on land sloping to the south.
The new code requires blocks that do not comply with the compliance tables to be identified in the precinct code. This will alert prospective purchasers that they may be limited in the floor area of a house on such a block, particularly if a two-storey building is proposed. The new estate development code also makes changes to street networks and entity endorsements and introduces integrated housing development.
A new lease variation general code is introduced with variation 306. It includes specific matters for consideration for lease variations including the provision of car parking, traffic, waste management, and disposal and noise generation. It also provides rules by which some minor lease variations can be assessed under the code track.
The variation is consistent with the territory plan’s statement of strategic directions in terms of environmental, economic and social sustainability principles. The draft variation was released for public comment in June 2011 and attracted 76 public submissions. The main issues raised related to RZ2 redevelopment provisions and solar access provisions. A report on consultation was prepared by the Environment and Sustainable Development Directorate in response to the issues raised in the submissions. A copy of that report is included with the documents I have tabled.
Under section 73(2) of the Planning and Development Act, I referred the proposed draft variation to the Standing Committee on Planning, Public Works and Territory and Municipal Services for its consideration. The committee made 21Â recommendations in its report which was released in September 2012. The government agreed to 13 of the recommendations, noted one, and agreed in principle to the remainder. While some recommendations related directly to draft variation 306 as it then was, others related to territory plan variation processes and other associated issues. I directed the Planning and Land Authority within my directorate to revise the
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