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#### 157 Affordable housing parking spaces
157 Affordable housing parking spaces
> > (1) This section identifies a development standard for development under this chapter that, if complied with, prevents the consent authority from requiring more onerous standards for the matters.
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> > Note—
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> > See the Act, section 4.15(3), which does not prevent development consent being granted if a non-discretionary development standard is not complied with.
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> > (2) Development to which section 156 applies must provide the following number of parking spaces for each affordable housing dwelling required under that section—
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> > > (a) for each dwelling containing 1 bedroom—0.4 parking space,
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> > > (b) for each dwelling containing 2 bedrooms—0.5 parking space,
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> > > (c) for each dwelling containing 3 or more bedrooms—1 parking space.
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> > (3) This section prevails over a provision in another chapter of this policy or another environmental planning instrument to the extent that other provision permits a lower number of parking spaces for dwellings used for affordable housing on the land.
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> **s 157:** Ins 2024 (135), Sch 1\[12\].