New planning controls are due to be imposed in April, but documents reveal the government is prepared to allow councils another six months to devise their own plans around some train stations.
The state government is preparing to backtrack on its signature transport-oriented housing reforms by offering councils a stay of execution at some of the 31 train stations earmarked for higher-density development from next month.
“It’s not about going backwards from where the would get you to, it’s about going beyond,” Scully said. “We’re going through what councils have provided us, and we’ll have more to say on that.” Any deferral would require the council to “commit to implementing an alternate plan with equal or greater dwelling numbers”;Rather, “if council had a firm program to deal with all , the minister may consider a staged implementation, say with one to start in April 2024 and the others up to six months later”.
A six-month deferral for some stations could reduce the political heat of the issue until after September’s council elections. But Scully denied that was a factor. That would be achieved by changing planning controls within 400 metres of train stations to allow apartment blocks up to six storeys, no matter how the land is currently zoned. It would also discard minimum lot sizes and introduce a 3:1 floor space ratio., the program is part of a package of state government interventions to boost housing supply. But it has attracted opposition from some councils and community groups who call it an unwarranted incursion into local planning.
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