State Environmental Planning Policy (Housing) 2021

Attached dwellings, multi dwelling housing and multi dwelling housing (terraces) ch 6, pt 3: Ins 2025 (81), Sch 1[3]. Division 1 Preliminary ch 6, pt 3, div 1: Ins 2025 (81), Sch 1[3]. 170 Development permitted with development consent Development for the purposes of multi dwelling housing or attached dwellings is permitted with development consent on land to which this chapter applies in a low and mid rise housing area in Zone R2 Low Density Residential. s 170: Ins 2025 (81), Sch 1[3]. 171 Landscaping—multi dwelling housing or multi dwelling housing (terraces) (1) This section applies to development for the purposes of multi dwelling housing or multi dwelling housing (terraces) in a low and mid rise housing area in the following zones— (a) Zone R1 General Residential, (b) Zone R2 Low Density Residential, (c) Zone R3 Medium Density Residential, (d) Zone R4 High Density Residential. (2) Before granting development consent to development to which this section applies, the consent authority must consider the Tree Canopy Guide for Low and Mid Rise Housing , published by the Department in February 2025. s 171: Ins 2025 (81), Sch 1[3]. Division 2 Non-discretionary development standards—the Act, s 4.15 ch 6, pt 3, div 2: Ins 2025 (81), Sch 1[3]. 172 Non-discretionary development standards—multi dwelling housing (1) This section applies to development for the purposes of multi dwelling housing on land in a low and mid rise housing area in the following zones— (a) Zone R1 General Residential, (b) Zone R2 Low Density Residential, (c) Zone R3 Medium Density Residential, (d) Zone R4 High Density Residential. (2) The following non-discretionary development standards apply in relation to development for the purposes of multi dwelling housing— (a) a minimum lot size of 600m 2 , (b) a minimum lot width at the front building line of 12m, (c) if no environmental planning instrument or development control plan that applies to the land specifies a maximum number of car parking spaces per dwelling—a minimum of 1 car parking space per dwelling, (d) a maximum floor space ratio of 0.7:1, (e) a maximum building height of 9.5m. (3) The following non-discretionary development standards apply in relation to development for the purposes of multi dwelling housing (terraces)— (a) a minimum lot size of 500m 2 , (b) a minimum lot width at the front building line of 18m, (c) if no environmental planning instrument or development control plan that applies to the land specifies a maximum number of car parking spaces per dwelling—a minimum of 0.5 car parking spaces per dwelling, (d) a maximum floor space ratio of 0.7:1, (e) a maximum building height of 9.5m. s 172: Ins 2025 (81), Sch 1[3]. 173 Non-discretionary development standards—subdivision for multi dwelling housing (terraces) (1) This section applies to development involving subdivision for the purposes of multi dwelling housing (terraces) on land in a low and mid rise housing area in the following zones— (a) Zone R1 General Residential, (b) Zone R2 Low Density Residential, (c) Zone R3 Medium Density Residential. (2) This section applies only if— (a) development consent was granted for the multi dwelling housing (terraces) on or after 28 February 2025, or (b) the development results from a development application made on or after 28 February 2025 for the subdivision of the land and the erection of multi dwelling housing (terraces) on the land. (3) The following non-discretionary development standards apply— (a) each resulting lot must contain no more than 1 dwelling, (b) each resulting lot must be 6m wide at the front building line, (c) each resulting lot must have lawful access and frontage to a public road, (d) each resulting lot must have an area of at least 165m 2 . (4) This section does not apply to strata subdivision. s 173: Ins 2025 (81), Sch 1[3].