Moved by the Chair (the
Lord Mayor), seconded by Deputy Lord Mayor Maxwell -
It is resolved that:
(A)
the Central Sydney
Planning Committee 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)
the Central
Sydney Planning Committee 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 resoluting 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.
(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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