Tesch welcomes help for 'knockdown rebuilds'
Member for Gosford Ms Liesl Tesch has welcomed new information on the NSW Planning Portal for residents considering "knockdown rebuilds".
"My Home Planner is an easy-to-use digital platform that takes away the guesswork when doing a new build, providing reliable information on key steps, obligations, and approvals, in a single location.
"This is a fantastic resource for helping people research, plan and design a home.
"I have taken a look through My Home Planner and it is clear that it is a comprehensive 'single source of truth' for current and prospective homeowners.
"Building a new home can be exciting and equally it can be fraught with complexity, which can lead to information overload.
"It is wonderful to see how practical information from 48 government sites has been brought together to guide users step by step."
"We need more homes built and expanding this digital resource to include information on knockdown rebuilds makes it that little bit easier."
She said current and prospective homeowners could enter the property address and gain access to relevant council information, zoning, ratings, easement information, developer guidelines such as building heights and minimum block size, and relevant planning controls such as bushfire and flood risk.
"Reforms to low and mid-rise housing, which commenced on July 1 this year, allow development applications for dual occupancies and semi-detached dwellings to be submitted in more R2 residential zones, such as duplexes and semis.
"Enabling dual occupancies in these locations allows homeowners with suitable blocks two replace one existing home with two dwellings.
"Other low and mid-rise housing reforms will commence later in 2024.
"These will include townhouses, terraces and two storey apartment blocks near transport hubs and town centres in R2 low density residential zones."
Ms Tesch said the My Home Planner was developed in collaboration with the Department of Customer Service and is available at the NSW Planning Portal at www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/myhome-planner
She said the NSW Planning Portal received more than 12 million page views each year.
SOURCE:
Media release, 25 Sep 2024
Liesl Tesch, Member for Gosford