75Design requirements

75 Design requirements

75 Design requirements

(1) This section applies to development to which this Part applies only if Chapter 4 applies to the building resulting from the development.

(2) In determining an application for the modification of a development consent or a development application for the carrying out of development to which this section applies, the consent authority must—

(a) be flexible in applying the design criteria set out in the Apartment Design Guide, including, in particular, the design criteria set out in Part 4, items 4E, 4G and 4K, and

(b) in its consideration of the objectives set out in the Apartment Design Guide, Part 4, consider the following—

(i) the amenities proposed to be provided to tenants residing in the building through common spaces and shared facilities and services,

(ii) whether the configuration and variety of dwellings in the building will provide adequate options to prospective tenants in relation to the size and layout of the dwellings,

(iii) whether tenants residing in the building will be able to relocate to other dwellings in the building that will better accommodate their housing requirements if their requirements change.

s 75: Am 2023 (664), Sch 1[38].