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    Madigan, Damian

    Bluefield Housing as Alternative Infill for the Suburbs, 2024, Volume: 1
    Book Chapter

    Chapter 16 outlines the kinds of planning policies necessary to achieve the co-location model of bluefield housing, focussing on a design-led and context appropriate approach to infill, with a reduced reliance on quantitative zoning metrics. Established as a densification model that slots into existing single-family home neighbourhoods, bluefield housing will be subject to zoning policies at two levels: : neighbourhood-level intensification measures that determine the number of dwellings permitted per lot; and building-level design metrics that will describe the permitted development envelopes for the housing based on local built patterns. In low density cities, the density increases achieved in low-rise neighbourhoods will be an immediate step-change. Terms such as 'laneway house' are what they say: a house that addresses a rear lane and by default is located behind an existing home that faces a primary street. Zoning policies and approval decisions are based on a conditional approach.