A ttachment 1 to item 094 Draft Hawkesbury Local Housing Strategy date of meeting:26 May 2020 location:by audio- visual link time:6:30p m Hawkesbury Local Housing Strategy Prepared for Hawkesbury City Council May 2020 Contents 1.0 Introduction .............................................................................................. 15 Hawkesbury LGA snapshot............................................................................................ 15 Housing vision ............................................................................................................... 17 Study objectives and purpose ....................................................................................... 18 Approach ....................................................................................................................... 19 Structure of this document ........................................................................................... 20 2.0 Planning Policy and context ....................................................................... 22 NSW Government policies ............................................................................................ 22 Greater Sydney Region Plan ............................................................................ 22 Western City District Plan ............................................................................... 24 Western Sydney City Deal 2018 ...................................................................... 25 Future Transport 2056 .................................................................................... 25 Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley Flood Management Review Stage One .............. 26 Resilient Valley, Resilient Communities Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley Flood Risk Management Strategy January 2017 ....................................................... 26 Outer Sydney Orbital ...................................................................................... 27 Hawkesbury City Council policies .................................................................................. 28 Hawkesbury Community Strategic Plan .......................................................... 28 Hawkesbury Residential Lands Strategy 2011 ................................................ 29 Hawkesbury Affordable Housing Policy .......................................................... 29 Hawkesbury Homelessness Action Plan (2014) .............................................. 30 Statutory Planning framework ...................................................................................... 31 State Environmental Planning Policy (Housing for Seniors or People with a Disability) 2004 ............................................................................................... 31 State Environmental Planning Policy (Affordable Rental Housing) 2009 ........ 32 State Environmental Planning Policy No. 65 and Apartment Design Guide ... 32 State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008 .................................................................................................... 34 North West Growth Centre Structure Plan 2006 and State Environmental Planning Policy (Sydney Region Growth Centres) 2006 (the Growth Centres SEPP) ............................................................................................................... 34 S9.1 Local Planning Direction 1.5 – Rural Lands .............................................. 35 Hawkesbury Local Environmental Plan 2012 .................................................. 36 Land use zones ................................................................................................ 36 Hawkesbury Development Control Plan ......................................................... 43 Implications ................................................................................................................... 44 3.0 Evidence of housing needs ......................................................................... 47 Demographic overview ................................................................................................. 47 Population ....................................................................................................... 48 1 Population growth .......................................................................................... 48 Age structure................................................................................................... 49 Place of Birth ................................................................................................... 54 Household Income .......................................................................................... 55 Employment .................................................................................................... 56 Industry of Employment ................................................................................. 57 Education ........................................................................................................ 60 Housing demand ........................................................................................................... 62 Household type ............................................................................................... 62 Household size ................................................................................................ 64 Housing market ............................................................................................... 66 Housing Supply .............................................................................................................. 67 Dwelling Type .................................................................................................. 67 Number of Bedrooms...................................................................................... 69 Housing Tenure ............................................................................................... 69 Caravans and improvised homes .................................................................... 70 Dwelling approvals .......................................................................................... 71 Dwelling completions ...................................................................................... 73 Development pipeline 2019-2021 .................................................................. 73 Recent rezonings ............................................................................................. 74 Projected housing demand ........................................................................................... 76 Population projections .................................................................................... 76 Household projections .................................................................................... 77 Housing Affordability .................................................................................................... 78 Rents ............................................................................................................... 78 Mortgages ....................................................................................................... 79 Housing stress ................................................................................................. 81 Housing supply gaps ...................................................................................................... 84 4.0 Constraints and opportunities ................................................................... 86 Constraints .................................................................................................................... 86 Flooding........................................................................................................... 86 Bushfire ........................................................................................................... 90 Biodiversity ..................................................................................................... 91 Heritage ........................................................................................................... 92 Village and landscape character ..................................................................... 94 Metropolitan Rural Area ................................................................................. 95 RAAF Base and ANEF zones ............................................................................. 98 Infrastructure ................................................................................................ 100 Opportunities for housing growth .............................................................................. 105 Dwelling potential in centres ........................................................................ 105 Dwelling potential in release areas ............................................................... 113 Urban investigation areas ............................................................................. 118 5.0 Housing Priorities .................................................................................... 122 2 Current issues ............................................................................................................. 122 Land use constraints ..................................................................................... 122 Low-rise centre development ....................................................................... 122 Mismatch in medium density housing delivery ...........................................