Design Standards

Improving the design of public and private built environment

For the first time in our planning system, the Planning, Development and Infrastructure Act 2016 enables the State Planning Commission to prepare Design Standards relating to the public realm or infrastructure.

Design Standards are supplementary tools for the Planning and Design Code that are linked to any spatial layer, including zones, subzones or overlays.

On 1 July 2019,  Phase One of the new planning system became operational in outback areas, but Design Standards do not apply.