New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WOLLONGONG CITY CENTRE LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 2007 - REG 37

37 Development for group homes

(1) The objective of this clause is to facilitate the establishment of:

(a) permanent group homes in which disabled persons or socially disadvantaged persons may live in an ordinary residential household environment instead of an institutional environment, and

(b) transitional group homes that provide temporary accommodation for disabled persons or socially disadvantaged persons in an ordinary residential household environment instead of an institutional environment for such purposes as alcohol or drug rehabilitation and half-way rehabilitation for persons formerly living in institutions and refuges for men, women or young persons.

(2) If development for the purpose of a dwelling house or a dwelling in a residential flat building may lawfully be carried out in accordance with this Plan, development for the purposes of a group home may, subject to this clause, be carried out.

(3) Consent is required to carry out development for the purposes of a transitional group home.

(4) Consent is required to carry out development for the purposes of a permanent group home that contains more than 5 bedrooms.

(5) Consent is required to carry out development for the purposes of a permanent group home that contains 5 or less bedrooms and that is occupied by more residents (including any resident staff) than the number equal to the number calculated by multiplying the number of bedrooms in that home by 2.

(6) Consent may not be refused under this clause unless an assessment has been made of the need for the group home concerned.

(7) Nothing in this clause requires consent to be obtained by the Department of Housing (or by a person acting jointly with the Department of Housing) to carry out development for the purposes of a transitional group home.