Code Amendment ID: 10011 Accommodation Diversity

The Accommodation Diversity Code Amendment proposes to enhance housing diversity and provide more flexibility for building apartment-style homes and retirement living across the state.  These changes aim to make it easier to build much needed housing for South Australians.

Key features proposed in the Accommodation Diversity Code Amendment include:

• introducing a new form of ‘co-living’ accommodation for residences that rely on shared facilities, such as common kitchens or bathrooms

• allowing increased building height up to 4-6 storeys for large retirement villages and supported living developments to provide more accommodation for our ageing population to continue living in their own communities

• more flexibility in apartment design, by focussing on rules that contribute to a comfortable home, such as minimum bedroom and living area dimensions, rather than minimum total floor area

• more guidance on how shared rooms and open spaces are designed, including being  conveniently located near residences and having good access to sunlight, appropriate seating, lighting and other features

• providing better guidance on the provision of communal recreation spaces and shared facilities for student accommodation.

The changes proposed by the Code Amendment apply across the whole of the state.

A new Practice Guideline – Communal Recreation Spaces and Shared Facilities has also been prepared to assist in guiding the provision of communal indoor recreation spaces and shared facilities, such as communal kitchens and bathrooms, which are provided for student accommodation and co-living developments.