Policy QD 2: Design Concept Statements and Concept Master Plans

The Department will require the submission of a Design Concept Statement, or where appropriate a Concept Master Plan, to accompany all planning applications for residential development. A Concept Master Plan will be required for planning applications involving: (a) 300 dwellings or more; or (b) the development, in part or full, of sites of 15 hectares or more zoned for housing in development plans; or (c) housing development on any other site of 15 hectares or more. In the case of proposals for the partial development of a site zoned for housing the Concept Master Plan will be expected to demonstrate how the comprehensive planning of the entire zoned area is to be undertaken. Any proposal for housing that would result in unsatisfactory piecemeal development will not be permitted, even on land identified for residential use in a development plan.