MAITLAND RESIDENTIAL DENSITY GUIDE
The Maitland Residential Density Guide is a strategic planning document prepared for Maitland City Council, aiming to shift housing from predominantly single-detached homes (87% of stock) to diverse options like townhouses, dual occupancies, and apartments, especially in centres like Central Maitland, Rutherford, and East Maitland, to meet growth needs, support a pro-density culture, and align with the Hunter Regional Plan.
It's a step towards encouraging more infill development, providing choices for smaller households (couples, singles), and enabling residents to stay in the community as their needs change, addressing a current mismatch between supply and demographic trend.
This Residential Density Guide is the first step in this journey, providing a road map for Maitland to transform its approach to creating neighbourhoods and homes that better meet the needs of our communities. The Guide offers the community and other stakeholders insight into what density housing looks like, how it is measured, what is an appropriate density for Maitland and where it can be best located.
The guide explains density in the unique Maitland context. It provides an explanation of what density is, the value of density and illustrates this with case studies.
It provides metrics for what density looks like in different contexts.
| Location | Maitland, NSW | |
|---|---|---|
| Client | Maitland Council | |
| Policy Link | Maitland Council (JN) |
