2017-04-11 P&E Agenda Attachment 1 to Item 1 Housing Needs Assessment

2.3.2    State Planning Policy – State Interest Guideline, Housing Supply and Diversity,
         April, 2016
The State Planning Policy (SPP) State Interest Guideline for Housing Supply and Diversity
(Queensland Government 2016c) outlines the State Government’s expectations for Local
Governments to contribute to diverse, accessible and well-serviced housing (and land for
housing) including core concepts such as:

       Housing in well-serviced locations including locations close to facilities and services,
        transport, education and health services, employment opportunities, community services
        and leisure/lifestyle opportunities;
       Diverse housing options providing a wide range of housing types, sizes and tenures
        required to meet the needs of the particular communities – including variations in lot size,
        house size, dwelling type, built form, density, cost, adaptability, location and tenure;
       Well-designed housing;
       Adaptable housing providing for the accommodation needs of users of all ages and
        abilities;
       Non-resident workforce accommodation.

There are four policies in the guideline for integrating the principles of housing supply and
diversity into planning schemes, being:

       Locating land for housing development and redevelopment in areas that are accessible
        and well connected to services, employment and infrastructure;
       Facilitating a diverse and comprehensive range of housing options that cater for the
        current and projected demographic, economic and social profile of the Local Government
        Area;
       Providing for best-practice, innovative and adaptable housing design;
       Providing sufficient land to support the projected workforce population where housing is
        required for non-resident workforce accommodation associated with large-scale approved
        mining, agriculture, industry or infrastructure projects.

 Amendments have been made to the policy through an updated State Planning Policy Draft for
 Consultation, which was open for public comment from 21 November 2016 to 10 February
 2017, to commence alongside the new planning legislation on 3 July 2017. The draft State
 Planning Policy (SPP) strengthens the requirement for Local Governments to support affordable
 and social housing outcomes through the planning system. This includes ensuring there is
 sufficient and appropriately zoned land for housing, specifying the lowest level of assessment
 for residential land uses to avoid or minimise regulatory barriers or inefficiencies, and
 considering the use of incentives for the delivery of affordable and social housing, particularly in
 areas in close proximity to services and amenities.


 All the following policies must be considered and appropriately integrated in policy and
 development assessment outcomes in a local planning instrument.

 1)     Land for housing development and redevelopment in areas that are accessible and well-
        connected to services, employment and infrastructure is identified.
 2)     Develop residential land to address and cater for all groups in the current and projected
        demographic, economic and social profile of the Local Government Area, including
        households on low to moderate incomes.



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