Local Planning Strategy and Local Planning Scheme Review
The Planning and Development (Local Planning Schemes) Regulations 2015 require every local government to have a Local Planning Strategy and a Local Planning Scheme. The Local Planning Strategy sets out the long-term planning vision, guiding land use and development. The Local Planning Scheme provides the statutory framework to implement this vision through zoning and development controls.
On 21 December 2020, the Western Australian Planning Commission endorsed Council’s resolution to repeal the existing Local Planning Scheme and Local Planning Strategy and develop new documents to replace them. As the Local Planning Strategy sets the vision, it must be progressed first. To inform its preparation, several sub-strategies have been prepared and adopted by Council, including:
• Public Open Space Strategy
• Economic Development Strategy
• Great Eastern Highway Urban Corridor Strategy
• Environment and Sustainability Strategy
A draft Local Housing Strategy has also been prepared concurrently to the draft Local Planning Strategy. The draft Local Housing Strategy will form an appendix to the draft Local Planning Strategy along with the other sub-strategies.
The City has prepared a draft Local Planning Strategy which reflects the key actions of the sub-strategies. It aligns with relevant State Planning Policies and the State’s Sub-Regional Planning Framework, providing a strategic basis for the City’s Local Planning Framework.
At the 25 March 2025 Ordinary Council Meeting, Council endorsed the draft Local Planning Strategy and its submission to the Western Australian Planning Commission for consent to advertise. The City is currently awaiting for consent to advertise the document.
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