Future Homes decisions guidelines

• guides designers to prepare a Future Homes design that is high quality and respects the program’s objectives and principles
• helps decision-makers including the design adaptation panel to understand what are acceptable approaches, outcomes and variations for a Future Homes design
• provides best-practice approach to apartment design in a suburban context for those who are interested to improving the quality of residential development in Victoria
• gives the community clarity and confidence about what a Future Homes design might look like and what it can achieve.

The Future Homes exemplar designs: Adaptation guide comprises 2 parts:

• Part 1 Objectives and principles: sets out the 8 objectives that a Future Homes seeks to achieve. It also provides the principles, the criteria a Future Homes development will be assessed against.

• Part 2 Adaptation guidance : provides general adaptation guidance for each of the exemplar designs. It provides specific approaches to adapting for a particular site and context by illustrating how a designer can manage common design challenges.

The DELWP, the DAP and Council will assess applications against Part 1 of the guidelines. DELWP and Council will also assess application against Clause 51.xx-1 of the relevant planning scheme.