Apartments, townhouses and granny flats will become more common in Lake Macquarie in years to come after the council adopted a housing strategy which preferences infill development.
The Lake Macquarie Housing Strategy, which was exhibited from November to February, outlines the housing needs of the city and how council will guide residential development over coming decades.
The council received 109 responses to the strategy during exhibition, including 16 submissions and 93 survey responses, which informed some minor changes.
Under the strategy, the council will aim to ensure 60 per cent of all new residential development in the city to 2036 is infill housing, where more dwellings are added to existing housing areas by way of redevelopment.
Greenfield housing like subdivisions will make up only 40 per cent of all new residential redevelopment, a substantial shift from the historic supply of housing.
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