How to comply with the Housing SEPP

Central Coast Council currently requires Seniors Housing to comply with the Apartment Design Guide, although most advice is at best mixed as to if it does or not. To be on the safe side, design your proposal to comply with SEPP 65 and well as the Housing SEPP. We have given council legal advice from a lawyer that it does not apply as the Housing SEPP is what should, council have said they received the opposite advice (although we have not sighted it and are not sure what their reasoning is). Play it safe and comply with both.

If your are looking at doing seniors living Independent Living Units, here are the main things to look for in a site:

Minimum area: 1000m²

Minimum frontage: 20m

Zone: RU5, R1, R2, R3, R4, E1, E2, E3, MU1, B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B7, B8, RE2

Access: within 400m of a bus stop with paths of a gradient of 1:14 or less to the bus stop. For further information, refer to Division 4 of the housing SEPP.