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The findings of the cost exercise have shown that the new 2018 apartment planning guidelines will reduce construction costs on a “like for like” basis when compared against the 2015 apartment planning guidelines by a range of 3-15% depending on the nature of the apartment development itself.
Cost analysis of the updated Sustainable Urban Housing: Design Standards for New Apartments, Guidelines for Planning Authorities
Apartment development is specifically required, not only to meet much needed housing demand, but also to give effect to national planning policy priorities that seek to focus on increased construction of new residential supply in our cities and urban areas.