Amendment 16A - Response to the Low Rise Housing Diversity Code, Amendment to Medium Density Minimum Lot sizes in LEP 2015

Blue Mountains City Council has prepared a Planning Proposal for draft Amendment 16A to Local Environmental Plan (LEP) 2015 and is now seeking your feedback.

The planning proposal is in response to the State Government’s Low Rise Housing Diversity Code and is seeking to amend clause 4.1B of LEP 2015 to standardise minimum lot size requirements for dual occupancies and introducing minimum lot size requirements for multi dwelling housing (terraces and manor houses).

Summary of proposed amendment to Clause 4.1B of LEP 2015

• Include multi dwelling housing and manor homes with minimum lot sizes.
• Remove clause 4.1B (3) which allowed for dual occupancy dwellings to be developed on 750m² lots, providing that one dwelling would not exceed 100m².
• Amend minimum lot sizes as follows:
  1. All dual occupancy = 1000m² (no difference between attached or detached)
  2. Multi dwelling housing (i.e. terraces) = 1300m²
  3. Manor houses = 1300m²

Draft Amendment 16A to LEP 2015 is on public exhibition until Wednesday 13 September 2023.

You can make a written submission by one of the following methods:

1. Via the below submission form
2. Email to council@bmcc.nsw.gov.au
3. Mail to Chief Executive Officer, Blue Mountains City Council, Locked Bag 1005, Katoomba, NSW, 2780. Please include ‘Submission to Amendment 16A to LEP 2015’ in your subject heading.

The public exhibition period ended 13 September 2023. Submissions are now closed. This project is currently under review.

For further information, please contact the City Planning Team on 02 4780 5000.