State Environmental Planning Policy (Housing) 2021

The aim of this chapter is to improve the design of residential apartment development in New South Wales for the following purposes—

to ensure residential apartment development contributes to the sustainable development of New South Wales by—

providing socially and environmentally sustainable housing, and

being a long-term asset to the neighbourhood, and

achieving the urban planning policies for local and regional areas,

to achieve better built form and aesthetics of buildings, streetscapes and public spaces,

to maximise the amenity, safety and security of the residents of residential apartment development and the community,

to better satisfy the increasing demand for residential apartment development, considering—

the changing social and demographic profile of the community, and

the needs of a wide range of people, including persons with disability, children and seniors,

to contribute to the provision of a variety of dwelling types to meet population growth,

to support housing affordability,

to minimise the consumption of energy from non-renewable resources, to conserve the environment and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions,

to facilitate the timely and efficient assessment of development applications to which this chapter applies.

This chapter recognises that the design of residential apartment development is significant because of the economic, environmental, cultural and social benefits of high quality design.