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176Development standards—low and mid rise housing outer area
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#### 176 Development standards—low and mid rise housing outer area
176 Development standards—low and mid rise housing outer area
> > (1) This section applies to land in a low and mid rise housing outer area in Zone R3 Medium Density Residential or R4 High Density Residential.
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> > (2) Development consent must not be granted for development for the following purposes if a resulting building will have a building height of up to 17.5m unless the consent authority is satisfied that the building will have 4 storeys or fewer—
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> > > (a) residential flat buildings,
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> > > (b) buildings containing shop top housing.
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> > (3) In this section, a storey does not include a basement within the meaning of the standard instrument.
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> **s 176:** Ins 2025 (81), Sch 1\[3\]. Am 2025 (291), Sch 1\[28\].