Update: draft Accommodation Diversity Code Amendment

The draft Accommodation Diversity Code Amendment was open for consultation from 5 December 2024 to 27 February 2025.

More than 420 submissions were received from community, councils, advocacy groups, industry and state government agencies during the consultation.

Submissions provided a range of feedback and comments on a wide range of topics.

The main topics of feedback regarding co-living and student accommodation were:

• concern about shared toilets and bathrooms in co-living accommodation
• requests for increased on-site car parking for co-living accommodation
• requests from industry for reduced rates of communal/private open space for student accommodation
• concern that the Draft Practice Guideline – Communal Recreational Spaces and Shared Facilities is too prescriptive.

The main topics of feedback regarding retirement facilities and supported accommodation were:

• concerns from community and a number of councils about 4 to 6 storey building heights, particularly in the Established Neighbourhood Zone
• concerns about associated commercial floor area allowances and on-site car parking
• requests from industry to decrease the 1-hectare threshold for 4 to 6 storey building heights, with concerns the policy addressing interfaces with neighbouring residences is too restrictive.

All feedback and topics raised will be considered in finalising the Accommodation Diversity Code Amendment to be submitted to the Minister for Planning.

For further details read our 'What we heard' summary.