State Environmental Planning Policy (Housing) 2021

The Housing SEPP has made the planning system simpler by consolidating 5 former housing-related policies:\r\n\r\n- State Environmental Planning Policy (Affordable Rental Housing) 2009 (ARHSEPP)\r\n- State Environmental Planning Policy (Housing for Seniors and People with a Disability) 2004 (Seniors SEPP)\r\n- State Environmental Planning Policy No 70 - Affordable Housing (Revised Schemes) (SEPP 70)\r\n- State Environmental Planning Policy No 21 - Caravan Parks\r\n- State Environmental Planning Policy No 36 - Manufactured Home Estates\r\n \r\n\r\nIntroducing two new housing types to meet changing needs:\r\n\r\n- Co-living housing\r\n- Independent living units\r\n \r\n\r\nImproving the way existing types of homes are delivered including:\r\n\r\n- Boarding houses\r\n- Build-to-rent housing\r\n- Seniors housing\r\n \r\n\r\nIncluding the planning rules for:\r\n\r\n- Caravan parks and manufactured home estates\r\n- Group homes\r\n- Retention of existing affordable rental housing\r\n- Secondary dwellings (sometimes known as granny flats)\r\n- Social and affordable housing\r\n- Short term rental accommodation (sometimes known as STRA)