7Development on land in St Leonards South Area

7 Development on land in St Leonards South Area

7.1 Development on land in St Leonards South Area

(1) The objective of this clause is to promote, by providing building height and floor space incentives, residential development within the St Leonards South Area that provides for—

(a) community facilities, open space, including communal open space, and high quality landscaped areas, and

(b) efficient pedestrian and traffic circulation, and

(c) a mix of dwelling types in residential flat buildings, providing housing choice for different demographics, living needs and household budgets, including by providing affordable housing, and

(d) the amalgamation of lots to prevent the fragmentation or isolation of land.

(2) This clause applies to development that involves the erection of 1 or more new buildings for the purposes of residential flat buildings on land within the St Leonards South Area.

(3) Despite clauses 4.3 and 4.4, the consent authority may consent to development on land to which this clause applies that will result in a building with both of the following—

(a) a building height that does not exceed the increased building height identified on the Incentive Height of Buildings Map,

(b) a floor space ratio that does not exceed the increased floor space ratio identified on the Incentive Floor Space Ratio Map.

(4) Development consent must not be granted under this clause unless the consent authority is satisfied that—

(a) at least 20% of the total number of dwellings (to the nearest whole number of dwellings) contained in the development will be studio or 1 bedroom dwellings, or both, and

(b) at least 20% of the total number of dwellings (to the nearest whole number of dwellings) contained in the development will be 2 bedroom dwellings, and

(c) at least 20% of the total number of dwellings (to the nearest whole number of dwellings) contained in the development will be 3 or more bedroom dwellings, and