Medium Density Design Guidelines

Tasmania is facing a critical need for more diverse housing options. Currently, almost 90 per cent of the state’s housing stock consists of single detached dwellings, limiting housing choices for a growing and changing population.

The Medium Density Design Guidelines have been developed as a non-statutory, advisory document to support the delivery of high-quality, well-designed and located medium-density housing in Tasmania.

Medium-density housing — such as terraces, townhouses, and low- to mid-rise apartments — can provide greater housing diversity, improve affordability, and help revitalise urban areas, and draw on existing infrastructure, limiting the need for new infrastructure.

The guidelines offer practical advice on site planning, building design, streetscape integration, environmental sustainability, and liveability to assist developers, planners, architects, and the broader community deliver better housing outcomes for Tasmania.

The guidelines are available to download at the following link.

• Medium Density Design Guidelines – web version