State Environmental Planning Policy (Housing) 2021
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.
(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—
(a) residential flat buildings,
(b) buildings containing shop top housing.
(3) In this section, a storey does not include a basement within the meaning of the standard instrument.
s 176: Ins 2025 (81), Sch 1[3]. Am 2025 (291), Sch 1[28].