11Site controls for dual occupancy and multi-unit housing development

11 Site controls for dual occupancy and multi-unit housing development

11 Site controls for dual occupancy and multi-unit housing development

(1) The objectives of this clause are to—

(a) prescribe minimum lot areas and lot widths for certain development in Zones Nos 2 (a1), 2 (a), 2 (b), 2 (c), 2 (d) and 2 (e) that will—

(i) allow development that promotes housing choice, and

(ii) preserve available development potential for multi-unit housing, and

(iii) achieve an appropriate separation between buildings and site boundaries, and

(b) preserve the amenity of internal residential lots by limiting dual occupancy development to standard lots only.

(2) Despite any other provision of this plan, the council must not consent to dual occupancy on an internal lot in Zone No 2 (a1), 2 (a) or 2 (b).

(3) The council must not grant consent to the erection of a building in a residential zone for the purpose of a dual occupancy unless that building will be located on a lot with an area that is in accordance with the controls for the zone set out in Table 2 below—

Table 2 Site Controls for Dual Occupancy

| | Attached: minimum area | Detached: minimum area | | Zone No | standard lot | internal lot | standard lot | internal lot | | 2 (a1) | 750 m2 | not permissible | 850 m2 | not permissible | | 2 (a) | 750 m2 | not permissible | 850 m2 | not permissible | | 2 (b) | 650 m2 | not permissible | 750 m2 | not permissible | | 2 (c) | 550 m2 | 600 m2 | 650 m2 | 700 m2 | | 2 (d) | 550 m2 | 600 m2 | 650 m2 | 700 m2 | | 2 (e) | 550 m2 | 600 m2 | 650 m2 | 700 m2 |

(4) The council must not grant consent for the erection of multi-unit housing within Zone No 2 (c), 2 (d) or 2 (e) unless that housing will be located on a lot with an area and a width that is in accordance with the controls for the zone set out in Table 3 below—

Table 3 Site Controls for Multi-unit Housing

| Zone No | Standard lot minimum area | Internal lot minimum area | Minimum lot width | | 2 (c) | 800 m2 | 900 m2 | 15 m | | 2 (d) | 800 m2 | 900 m2 | 18 m | | 2 (e) | 800 m2 | 900 m2 | 20 m |

(5) For the purposes of this clause, the area of a lot does not include the area of any access corridor or right-of-carriageway.