It is resolved that:
(A) Council note the issues raised during the public exhibition of
Planning Proposal - Dwelling Retention as provided in the Summary of
Submissions, shown at Attachment A to the subject report;
(B) Council approve the Planning Proposal - Dwelling Retention, as
amended following public exhibition, shown at Attachment B to the subject
report, to be sent to the Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure to
be made as a local environmental plan under Section 3.36 of the Environmental
Planning and Assessment Act 1979, subject to the following amendments (additions
shown in bold italics):
Executive
summary:
The
City of Sydney (the City) has seen some reduction of dwellings due to the
redevelopment of existing residential flat buildings, particularly towards the
eastern suburbs. This occurs through the consolidation of two apartments into
one, replacement of residential flat buildings with a single dwelling house or
the speculative redevelopment of a large residential flat building containing
smaller apartments into a development containing significantly fewer, larger
apartments. This is concurrently leading to a reduction in the
diversity of housing in parts of the local government area…
…
In response to this ongoing loss of dwellings and diversity of housing supply,
this planning proposal introduces a new development standard to be inserted
into the Sydney Local Environmental Plan 2012 (LEP) that limits the reduction
in the number of dwellings through redevelopment of buildings that contain
dwellings. This is to ensure that development does not significantly reduce the
number and diversity of dwellings available particularly for
smaller and more affordable apartment sizes.
Explanation of provisions
Has an objective that seeks to minimise the loss of dwellings
and dwelling diversity resulting from the consolidation of existing
dwellings or the demolition of existing dwellings for the construction of new
dwellings.
Justification
The types of apartments currently being lost are smaller, unlikely
to be replaced and are relatively affordable. Average existing apartment sizes
in four of the above examples range from 32 to 42 square metres and are being
replaced with apartments averaging 133 to 192 square metres. In contrast,
developments under this proposed clause would result in average apartment sizes
that are larger than existing but smaller than proposed in the example
development applications. This will ensure that the number of dwellings
and dwelling diversity can be maintained and that redevelopment of
apartment buildings maintains smaller apartments while still offering the
opportunity to provide some larger dwellings in a redeveloped building; and
(C) authority be delegated to the Chief Executive Officer to make
minor amendments to the Planning Proposal - Dwelling Retention to correct any
minor errors prior to finalisation by the Department of Planning, Housing and
Infrastructure.
Carried unanimously.
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