Infill development is key to ensuring Tasmania can continue to deliver more homes, sooner.

Minister for Housing, Planning and Consumer Affairs, Felix Ellis, announced today that a re-elected Liberal Government will allow the building of more housing above shops and commercial premises in urban centres.

"Across our urban centres, double-story shop fronts are prominent features; however, many are not being utilised to their full potential with top floors sitting empty," Minister Ellis said.

"There are win-wins across the State that will stimulate economic development, invigorate our urban centres, provide jobs, and of course, more homes for more Tasmanians.

"We will introduce targeted exemptions and make regulatory changes that will make it easier to build vacant shop-top homes.

"A re-elected Tasmanian Liberal Government will also support more diverse housing types by simplifying the process for adding an extra home or granny flat on your own block of land by increasing the size restrictions within the Tasmanian Planning Scheme from 60m2 to 90m2.

"This will add value to homeowners wanting to build an additional home on their blocks, with the potential to rent them out, or provide for a growing family.

"To ensure this key development is not stalled, a re-elected Liberal Government will also block any new Federal red tape from driving up the cost of Tasmanian homes, with a nation-first six-year freeze on new mandatory National Construction Code requirements.

"This freeze will give builders and homebuyers the certainty they need, while protecting Tasmanians from unnecessary and costly regulation that adds tens of thousands of dollars to the price of a new home.

"This is about providing more homes, giving Tasmanians jobs and telling investors that Tassie is open for business.

"While Labor and the Greens argue, we’ve been delivering better healthcare, more housing, and responsible cost-of-living relief.

"And we’ve got more to do."