29Residential apartment development

29 Residential apartment development

29 Residential apartment development

(1) A development application that relates to residential apartment development must be accompanied by a statement by a qualified designer.

(2) The statement must—

(a) verify that the qualified designer designed, or directed the design of, the development, and

(b) explain how the development addresses—

(i) the design principles for residential apartment development, and

(ii) the objectives in Parts 3 and 4 of the Apartment Design Guide.

(3) If the development application is accompanied by a BASIX certificate for a building, the design principles for residential apartment development do not need to be addressed to the extent to which they aim—

(a) to reduce the consumption of mains-supplied potable water or greenhouse gas emissions related to the use of—

(i) the building, or

(ii) the land on which the building is located, or

(b) to improve the thermal performance of the development, or

(c) to quantify and report on the embodied emissions attributable to the development.

(4) The additional fee payable for a development application for residential apartment development that is referred to a design review panel for advice is specified in Schedule 4.

Note—

See State Environmental Planning Policy (Housing) 2021, Chapter 4 in relation to referrals of development applications to design review panels.

(5) This section does not apply to development to which State Environmental Planning Policy (Housing) 2021, Chapter 7 applies.

s 29: Am 2022 (520), Sch 2[2]; 2023 (662), Sch 1[2]–[4]; 2025 (634), Sch 1[1].