Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2021
131APattern Book development
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131A Pattern Book development
131A Pattern Book development
(1) This section applies to an application for a complying development certificate for development under State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008, Part 3BA.
(2) An application to which this section applies must contain a written statement from an accredited designer stating—
(a) which of the following types of development the application relates to—
(i) development for the purposes of dual occupancies,
(ii) development for the purposes of manor houses,
(iii) development for the purposes of multi dwelling housing,
(iv) development for the purposes of multi dwelling housing (terraces), and
(b) the pattern selected for that type of development, and
(c) that the proposed development will comply with the development standards, location requirements, technical drawing set and technical information specified in that pattern.
(3) In this section—
accredited designer means—
(a) a qualified designer, or
(b) a person accredited as a building designer by the Building Designers Association of Australia.
pattern has the same meaning as in State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008, Part 3BA.
s 131A: Ins 2025 (354), Sch 1[2].