The Court held that the definition of 'walking distance' in the State Environmental Planning Policy (Housing) 2021 requires the selection of the shortest route to preferentially use public footpaths and pedestrian crossings as far as reasonably practicable, rather than merely prescribing how a pre-selected shortest route is measured, with the result that the subject land fell outside the low and mid rise housing inner area and the development application for a residential flat building was refused.
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