Lake Macquarie Housing Strategy

The Housing Strategy guides the decisions that Council and the private sector will make to deliver a greater diversity of housing to accommodate population growth and demographic change. The housing strategy also guides the design and location of housing into the future.

Council has a role setting and implementing planning controls that regulate housing supply and form and infrastructure planning. Combined with rate setting and community service delivery Council guides the form of housing in response to needs.

To date, Council’s focus has aimed to facilitate an efficient housing market so the supply side of the housing market can respond as smoothly as possible to local demand.

The local plans and strategies that support the Housing Strategy are numerous, however the strategic document that places the Housing Strategy in context to ensure the coordination of its delivery with transport, jobs and the environment is the Local Strategic Planning Statement.