News Articles for Western Australian Planning Commission

The late Eric Lumsden, Jahna Cedar and Christine Simpson Stokes are among 76 prominent Western Australians to be awarded Australia Day honours this year.

Planning Minister Rita Saffioti has approved changes to Subiaco's town planning scheme, with high-density development to be clustered in certain areas and heritage protections for character areas of the near-city suburb.

Developer Saracen Properties will start work early next year on a heritage restoration of East Fremantle's historic Royal George Hotel, after Planning Minister Rita Saffioti approved changes to planning guidelines to facilitate the development.

Tributes are flowing in for former Western Australian Planning Commission chairman and City of Perth chair commissioner Eric Lumsden, who passed away yesterday.

Canning Bridge is shaping up as Perth's newest billion-dollar precinct, with a suite of new projects collectively worth $595 million adding to more than $400 million worth of development under construction or recently completed.

Consistency across local governments and clear guidelines for decision makers are top priorities for the state government's comprehensive suite of planning reforms.

Wholesale changes to Western Australia's planning system, including a reduction in the number of development assessment panels, a more streamlined Western Australian Planning Commission, and standardised local government regulations have been welcomed as a boost to housing affordability and a catalyst for greater diversity of housing choice across the state.

Future high-density development in Subiaco will be clustered along main roads in close proximity to the suburb's town centre and train station, with new planning guidelines endorsed by council this week.

New rules will soon apply to high-density developments across the Perth metropolitan area, including minimum apartment sizes, guidelines around tree retention and natural light, and how projects integrate with the wider neighbourhood.

The state government is planning to restrict new residential developments in the west end of Port Hedland while also implementing a new regulatory framework for air quality in the town, which is located adjacent to large iron ore stockpiles.

The Western Australian Planning Commission is weighing its options after losing a recent appeal against a Board of Valuers' decision.

With public consultation on the state government's Westport project starting this month, we look back at more than 20 years of planning for an outer harbour at Kwinana.

A disconnect between urban infill ambitions in WA and the sector's ability to deliver is hindering the development of medium-density projects.

Two weeks after the Mangles Bay marina proposal was knocked back, it has emerged that a marina development in Rockingham could still materialise, with a development application for the neighbouring Port Rockingham project lodged late last month.

The state government has blocked a major residential project near Rockingham, following objections by local residents and environmentalists, with joint venturer Cedar Woods Properties saying this afternoon it was disappointed and would seek to recover its costs.

The state government has endorsed findings by the Environmental Protection Authority that will allow for urban development on a portion of land near an Alcoa waste dump in Perth's southern suburbs.

The state government has announced a new board to run the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority and LandCorp in the lead up to their planned merger, with just one board member from the MRA continuing on the new body.

Community acceptance of tall buildings has come a long way in Perth, but developers still face significant challenges in their efforts to add density to near-city suburbs.

Plans to widen a section of Guildford Road have been scrapped by the state government, following a recommendation by the Western Australian Planning Commission.

Frustration is mounting among developers in South Perth as they are forced to reassess projects after the second major change to the suburb's town planning guidelines in the past six years.

China-backed developer Zone Q Investments' plans for a South Perth apartment tower on MIll Point Road have been rejected for a second time by planning authorities, as uncertainty over the suburb's town planning scheme puts a cloud over future development.

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The bulk of Perth's local governments are missing the mark on long-term strategic planning, according to a new Property Council report into the sector.

Construction of some of Perth's tallest buildings was never part of the City of South Perth's plan to revitalise the suburb, according to Mayor Sue Doherty.

The rejection by planning authorities of a 44-storey apartment proposal on Mill Point Road in South Perth is unlikely to be the last word in the battle over the contentious project.

Landowners are capitalising on developer interest in the City of Melville, with neighbours joining forces to amalgamate lots and create medium-density residential opportunities close to Garden City Booragoon.

The City of Subiaco has been trumped by the metropolitan west development assessment panel, while residents in South Perth face a two-month wait to learn the fate of a contentious apartment project on Mill Point Road.

Brookfield Multiplex will start work by the middle of the year on a $350 million expansion of Mandurah Forum, with the redevelopment to make the southern suburbs mall the sixth-biggest shopping cen

Anne Arnold has been appointed as the new chairwoman of Heritage Council of WA. Ms Arnold has been a member of the Council for more than eight years. She is also a director at Landgate.

SPECIAL REPORT: Slowing population growth and a stalling economy are producing significant headwinds in the residential land sector.

The Shire of Kalamunda has moved to facilitate more infill development around transport infrastructure, but its proposed planning changes are restrictive and won't achieve the desired results, according to a prominent industry player.

LandCorp is close to releasing prime land in the inner western suburbs, with its Shenton Park Hospital site one of 30 redevelopment opportunities across the state expected to deliver more than 14,000 homes.

Western Australia's first micro-lots will be built at Ellenbrook, with a concept expected to be ready for the public in the second half of next year.

Developers say the extension of a buffer around industrial areas near Kwinana has the potential to set a dangerous precedent over the erosion of the rights to develop land.

The state government has released plans to formalise a ‘protection area' around the Western Trade Coast industrial area, pleasing existing industry but disappointing land developers.

Plans have been lodged for the first major project under the City of Melville's newly adopted guidelines for the Canning Bridge area, with Stirling Capital submitting an application to build a two-tower, 232-apartment development facing Ogilvie and Kishorn roads.

The rejuvenation of Fremantle's dilapidated and neglected east end has been given a boost, with Defence Housing Australia lodging plans for a 166-apartment project on Queen Victoria Street.

The first step towards a $750 million redevelopment at AMP Capital's Garden City Booragoon shopping centre has been made, with the institutional giant's joint venture partner, TRG Properties, apply

Developers are meeting the state government's goals for high-density residential projects around major transport routes and infrastructure, new research has revealed.

Developers are bringing the main street back to the suburbs by integrating them, as well as housing, into new shopping centre builds.