Planning and Development (Ministerial Power Repeal) Bill 2019

Public bill · Private Member · Introduced

Would remove a ministerial power in planning law and cancel two sets of planning guidelines: the 2018 apartment design standards and the 2018 urban development and building heights guidance. In practice, it would strip away the rules that currently shape how apartments are designed and how tall urban buildings can be, giving planning authorities different ground rules to work with. It matters because those guidelines affect housing supply, apartment size and layout, and the scale of development in cities.

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Bill entitled an Act to amend the Planning and Development Act 2000 and to repeal the following guidelines issued to planning authorities thereafter, namely Sustainable Urban Housing: Design Standards for New Apartments, March 2018, and Urban Development and Building Heights, December 2018.

Last updated 13 February 2020