What’s new
On 16 July 2025, the NSW Government launched the Housing Pattern Book (Pattern Book) and a new Pattern Book Development Code in the State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008 (Codes SEPP 2008). The initiative provides a ten-day approval pathway for eligible sites, using selected residential housing designs.
Designs available now
The Pattern Book provides eight (8) selected designs for:
- semi-detached or dual occupancy homes
- terraces
- manor homes
- row homes
(mid-rise apartment buildings up to 6 storeys will be in a separate pattern book due late 2025)
(Pattern Book Designs)
Each Pattern Book Design normally costs $1,000, but is subsidised to $1 during the six-month launch period of the Pattern Book, currently listed as subsidised until 31 January 2026 on the official shop. [...]
