On 13 December 2023, Council resolved to commence an Affordable Housing Policy. The policy aims to support and encourage the delivery of affordable housing developments on the Redlands Coast by providing incentives to Community Housing Providers (CHPs) seeking to deliver affordable housing.
The incentives available under the policy and available to CHPs for development applications for affordable housing include:
- Free access to Council’s pre-lodgement service.
- A 50% discount (aggregate) on development application fees and adopted charges, up to a maximum value of $250,000 per development application.
- Reduced assessment timeframes for code assessable, material change of use development applications which meet certain criteria.
Under the policy and associated guideline, CHPs can apply to Council to obtain these discounts.
The policy establishes ‘affordable housing development areas’ being allotments that are fully or partially located within a one (1) kilometre radius of the Cleveland train station or Capalaba bus station. However, CHPs can still apply for the incentives if a development application is outside of these areas. Where this occurs, a decision on the application for incentives will be determined at a General Meeting of Council.
The total funding pool available under the policy equates to $1 million and the incentives under the policy will be available until 30 June 2029 or until the funding pool is expended (whichever occurs sooner).
Incentives only apply to that part of a development application which involves an affordable housing development component.
The policy, guideline and relevant resolution of council can be accessed here:
- LUP-004-P Affordable Housing Policy
- LUP-004-001-G Affordable Housing Guideline
- General Meeting minutes 13 December 2023 (refer to item 15.1)
For further information about the affordable housing policy and guideline, please contact Council’s Strategic Planning team on (07) 3829 8999.