Bankstown zoning paves way for terraces, townhouses
Parts of 24 suburbs in the former Bankstown council area could have terraces and townhouses built there under current council planning controls.
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Parts of 24 suburbs in the former Bankstown council area could have terraces and townhouses built there under current council planning controls.
The NSW Government wants to increase medium density housing to help solve Sydney’s housing woes and recently released a draft medium density housing code.
The code says terrace and townhouses only account for 10 per cent of Sydney housing approvals but there is the potential for almost 280,000 medium-density homes based on council planning controls.
The NSW Department of Planning said under the code such housing would only be built “in zones where these housing types are permitted under councils’ Local Environmental Plans”.
In Bankstown, dual occupancy and multi dwelling housing, which includes terrace houses, can be built in R2 (low density) zones.
A total of 24 suburbs in the former Bankstown LGA have pockets of R2 zoning.
In Canterbury, no terraces can be built in low-density areas because only single dwelling and dual occupancy are permitted in that zone.
If the draft code is approved, it would mean developers would not need to get development applications approved.
One Padstow resident, who did not wish to be named, strongly opposed the draft code.
“People should know that they want to put medium houses into low density and the council aren’t advertising this,” she said.
“We bought in low density, we chose to live in low density, we don’t want to live in medium density.”
The draft code is on public exhibition until December 12.
A spokesman for Canterbury-Bankstown Council spokesman said they were “reviewing the draft medium density housing code to better understand its implications on the city” and would prepare a submission.
Public submissions:planspolicies.planning.nsw.gov.au
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