THE 5AS OF RETIREMENT LIVING

PROACTIVE PLANNING POLICY

ATTITUDE
Lead from the top. Facilitate cultural
change programs across the state that:
n Acknowledge the role of retirement
villages in catering for our ageing
population and the need to be
proactive to facilitate supply in the
face of additional constraints on
development
n Recognise the financial contribution
made by and the broader spin off
benefits from retirement living
development
ATTITUDE
AWARENESS
Use state government or regional/metro planning instruments
to develop retirement living policies, which outline:
n What retirement living development is
n How it differs from residential development
n Constraints of the regulated financial model
n Preferred housing design ideas
n Importance of integration and co-location with the
community and other uses
AWARENESS
ACCESSIBILITY
Through land use planning
instruments, identify:
ACCESSIBILITY n Retirement living as accepted

As development in all residential

ADAPTABILITY
Amend state or regional housing
strategies and use land use planning
instruments to:
n Articulate design outcomes for
retirement villages e.g. Use Infill
Development for Older Australian in
South East Queensland or NSW
Silver or Gold Liveable Housing
Design guidelines
n Reinforce design guidance rather
than mandated outcomes
n Facilitate redevelopment and
regeneration opportunities for
existing retirement villages through
supportive zoning and development
provisions
and some other zones including
Community Use zones
OF RETIREMENT n Removal of appeal rights for
LIVING developments where identified
as accepted
n Streamlined planning process for
retirement living developments
ADAPTABILITY AFFORDABILITY
AFFORDABILITY
Implement guidance material to assist assessment authorities to understand:
n How regulated financial models operate and implications on delivery
capacity
n The lower demand retirement villages have on some infrastructure
(and reflect in policy)
n Significant additional cost imposts on development and therefore the
ability to compete in the highest and best land use challenge
Use land use planning instruments to:
n Balance the additional imposts via suite of development yield
incentives, (eg. plot ratio, height, setbacks, carparking, open space,
heritage issues) where it can be demonstrated that it compliments
existing and future land uses or serves locality need
n Establish performance based design outcomes rather than prescriptive

Contact
Desiree Houston-Jones
Regional Technical Director - Planning RPS
T (07) 3237 8899