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Fonzie Flats and Manor Homes considered to squeeze more people into Sydney; New "Manor homes" to be built on street corners and '"Fonzie Flats'" to be encouraged over garages
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Manor homes, Fonzie flats mooted under government plan to boost housing diversity, affordability

October 15, 2013
Nicole Hasham

New ''manor homes'' would be built on street corners and ''Fonzie flats'' will be encouraged over garages under a state government plan to squeeze more people into Sydney's fastest-growing suburbs.

But critics say the plan, which includes smaller housing lots, will strip streets of their character and produce the ''lowest common denominator'' housing options.

The government's housing diversity plan would allow townhouses and other higher-density house types across more suburbs in Sydney's north-west and south-west growth areas, changing the appearance of many residential areas.

It says western Sydney residents are turning away from traditional detached homes on big blocks, and planning rules are preventing more ''innovative housing options''.

The proposal encourages so-called ''Fonzie flats'' - self-contained studios built over garages. The flats are named after the Fonz character in the hit TV series, Happy Days, who lived in a studio over the Cunningham family's garage. Such flats already exist, but could be strata subdivided from the main home under the plan.

The proposal includes new ''manor homes'' in low density suburbs. The buildings, to be built on street corners, would look like large two-storey homes but contain four separate units.

Townhouses and terraces would also be allowed in low density areas.

The government says the plan, which affects growth centres around the Hills, Blacktown, Camden, Campbelltown and Liverpool council areas, will increase affordability and housing choice and help create more than 180,000 new homes over the next 30 years.

But Hills Shire Council has raised serious concern over the proposal, which it says would permit higher densities in areas far from shops, services and amenities.

The plan would also allow lot sizes as small as 125 square metres in higher density areas - about half the council's current minimum. The council did not support the manor homes plan in low density areas, due to the building size and potential conflict with neighbours.

It backed the Fonzie flats, saying they provide good children's play spaces, home offices or affordable housing, but warned developers were often unwilling to build them due to ''feasibility'' concerns.

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