Last night at our very last Council meeting for this term, we had a major breakthrough in the process of reforming our planning codes to permit Granny Flats.
I moved to send our very overdue, torturously argued-over new LEP (our main zoning and planning instrument) 'to Gateway' – lodging with the State Government for comment and approval.
Crucially, the new LEP recommends that our planning zones change to permit 'Secondary Dwellings' - that is, 'Granny Flats' of up to 25% of the size of the main house, on rural acreage blocks (and subject to other constraints like flood height on a place-based approach).
As I pointed out in a recent video, your inability to do that now stood in frustrating contrast to the fact that you *can* build them next to houses on much smaller blocks in built up areas like Bligh Park!
This doesn't mean that Granny Flats are permitted now. But it does mean that this Council has, at the last gasp, done what I pushed hard for it to do and include this reform in the LEP that may be adopted next year. When it comes back from Gateway there will be full public consultation before final adoption.
In this video, my team-mate Ben Newton talks about this issue and about housing affordability generally.
We are asking for your support by voting for GROUP 'A' at the election. Pre-poll voting is open now at Windsor and Richmond.
http://councillorzamprogno.info/campaign/
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