Residential Strategy

The Residential Strategy provides a vision and framework for how we deliver future housing in our towns and villages over the next 20 years.

We want residents to feel part of a community where there is a choice of homes to suit their current and future needs.

At the 14 March 2024 meeting, Council resolved to approve the Byron Shire Residential Strategy 2041, with amendments.

The Residential Strategy 2041 was then sent to the NSW Department of Planning, Housing & Infrastructure (DPHI) for endorsement. Council received conditional endorsement in June 2024.

DPHI Endorsement letter to Council(PDF, 137KB)

View the Strategy

A number of changes to the Strategy text and content have been made in accordance with the DPHI endorsement letter to Council. The final versions are provided below:

We will also be updating our content to help you understand the:

Strategy Actions
Implementation and Delivery Plan
Development Sequencing Plan.

This is likely in the coming weeks.

Residential Strategy 2020 Refresh

We revised the Residential Strategy that was adopted by Council in 2020 but never endorsed by the state government. Endorsement is required so that rezoning proposals for residential investigation areas may be progressed.

The Residential Strategy refresh considered:

the peer review of the Strategy, requested by DPE
the NSW Flood Inquiry Report recommendations following the 2022 floods
Council's After the Floods Discussion Paper
Australia Bureau of Statistics staged 2021 census data released in mid 2022
DPE’s updated North Coast Regional Plan 2041
Council’s Housing Options Paper(PDF, 10MB)

A report on the feedback received on the Housing Options Paper was considered at the 14 December 2023 Council meeting.

The ‘refreshed’ Residential Strategy was reported to Council’s 14 March 2024 Planning meeting for consideration and decision where it was adopted with amendments as Byron Shire Residential Strategy 2041.

NSW Reconstruction Authority - Resilient Land Strategy

The Northern Rivers Resilient Lands Strategy aims to provide more housing choices for flood impacted residents across the Northern Rivers.

Visit NSW Reconstruction Authority’s Resilient Lands Program for more information.