'Rural' to 'Industrial' and 'Reserve - Parks & Recreation' - Multiple Lots Along Stock Road and Great Northern Highway, Bullsbrook

Ordinary Meeting of Council 15 December 2010 Cr Marino disclosed an interest affecting impartiality in Item 3.4 and left the Chamber at 5.53pm and was absent during the whole of the debate on Item 3.4 and did not speak or otherwise participate in the decision making process. 3.4 PROPOSED METROPOLITAN REGION SCHEME AMENDMENT - REZONING FROM 'RURAL' TO 'INDUSTRIAL' AND 'RESERVE - PARKS & RECREATION' - MULTIPLE LOTS ALONG STOCK ROAD AND GREAT NORTHERN HIGHWAY, BULLSBROOK (North Ward) (Statutory Planning) KEY ISSUES • The City of Swan has received a request from the Western Australian Planning Commission (WAPC) for initial comment on a proposed Metropolitan Region Scheme (MRS) amendment to rezone the subject sites from ‘Rural’ to ‘Industrial’ and ‘Reserve - Parks and Recreation’. • The land the subject of the MRS amendment is generally bounded by the Perth- Geraldton Railway to the west, Stock Road to the south, Great Northern Highway to east and the RAAF Base Pearce to the north. • The proposed MRS amendment is considered to be generally consistent with the relevant WAPC and City of Swan strategic planning framework. • The applicant has demonstrated that based on a preliminary investigation there are no significant environmental issues that would limit the potential of the subject area to be developed for industrial purposes. • The applicant has demonstrated that essential services are, or are likely to be, available to facilitate the development of the subject area for industrial purposes. The applicant has not, however, demonstrated that the delivery of these essential services will be economically efficient and that they have the agreement of the service providers with regard to the staging and financing of infrastructure. It is recognised, however, that the applicant will have great difficulty in demonstrating either of these points in any detail so early in the planning process. • The applicant has indicated that they will seek an LPS17 amendment that rezones the subject area to ‘Special Use’ in order to require the preparation and endorsement of a structure plan over the study area. It is recommended that Council resolve to grant ‘in principle’ support for the proposed Metropolitan Region Scheme amendment to rezone the subject sites from ‘Rural’ to ‘Industrial’ and reserve a portion of the site containing the Ellen Brook and associated buffers as ‘Parks and Recreation’. Page 1 Ordinary Meeting of Council 15 December 2010 AUTHORITY/DISCRETION Under s.124(3) of the Planning and Development Act 2005, if a region planning scheme is amended and is inconsistent with a local planning scheme, the local government is required to initiate an amendment to the local planning scheme to ensure that this inconsistency is corrected. If the proposed amendment for the subject site is granted final approval by the Minister for Planning and is published in the Government Gazette, the City of Swan will have 90 days from the date of Gazettal to initiate an amendment to LPS17 to rezone the subject area to ensure that it is consistent with the objectives of the ‘Industrial’ zone under the MRS. BACKGROUND Applicant: Chappell Lambert Everett on behalf of Saracen Properties Pty. Ltd. (Directors: Maree Ann Saraceni and Luke Saraceni; Alternate Directors: Dennis William Parker and Joel James Saraceni) Owner: Multiple Land Owners – See below Zoning: TPS - General Rural MRS - Rural Strategy/Policy: Bullsbrook Townsite & Rural Strategy Development Scheme: Local Planning Scheme No. 17 Existing Land Use: Rural Pursuit, Light Industrial and general rural activities Lot Size: Varied – Total area of approximately 471 hectares (see below) LAND OWNERSHIP Address Ownership Lot Size (Ha) Lot 1 Dewar Road BULLSBROOK WA S Spark and R Spark 8.6931 Kembah Pty Ltd (Directors: 15 Butternab Road BULLSBROOK WA Emma Jane Siviour and Kym 6084 Andrew Siviour) 2.0967 2427 Great Northern Highway BULLSBROOK WA 6084 N Smith 1.7926 45 Dewar Road BULLSBROOK WA 6084 D Henderson 3.1574 41 Dewar Road BULLSBROOK WA 6084 P Green and S Walsh 16.3839 Coolsun PTY LTD and T Hall Lot 300 Almeria Parade BULLSBROOK and others (Directors: Robert WA Geoffrey Stowe) 20.2856 Page 2 Ordinary Meeting of Council 15 December 2010 Address Ownership Lot Size (Ha) 94 Warren Road BULLSBROOK WA 6084 M Tropiano and S Tropiano 16.9025 DK Salter Pty Ltd (Directors: 2299 Great Northern Highway David Francis Salter and Kylie BULLSBROOK WA 6084 Jane Salter) 9.7983 2 Warren Road BULLSBROOK WA 6084 J Felber 9.7063 35 Warren Road BULLSBROOK WA 6084 T Karmelich and J Karmelich 10.6710 Lot 188 Stock Road BULLSBROOK WA G Hawkins and J Hawkins 9.6293 Keyflash PTY LTD (Directors: 2279 Great Northern Highway Alan John Olive and Susan Ann BULLSBROOK WA 6084 Olive) 11.5856 Lot 187 Stock Road BULLSBROOK WA B Morrison 7.1108 2261 Great Northern Highway BULLSBROOK WA 6084 A Sarich 10.8132 2441 Great Northern Highway BULLSBROOK WA 6084 R Smith and N Smith 7.9510 2341 Great Northern Highway BULLSBROOK WA 6084 G Cianciosi 8.9275 Kembah Pty Ltd (Directors: 2403 Great Northern Highway Emma Jane Siviour and Kym BULLSBROOK WA 6084 Andrew Siviour) 7.0146 19 Dewar Road BULLSBROOK WA 6084 C Johnson and G Johnson 6.5773 Kembah Pty Ltd (Directors: 2411 Great Northern Highway Emma Jane Siviour and Kym BULLSBROOK WA 6084 Andrew Siviour) 1.0174 2395 Great Northern Highway BULLSBROOK WA 6084 P Watson and A Watson 0.2752 Eligrow Pty Ltd (Directors: 2455 Great Northern Highway Cecilia Bonomi and Andrew BULLSBROOK WA 6084 Bonomi) 6.2971 Lot 3 Great Northern Highway Moondyne Farms Pty Ltd BULLSBROOK WA (Directors: Francene Mary 4.1686 Begley and Patrick Michael Page 3 Ordinary Meeting of Council 15 December 2010 Address Ownership Lot Size (Ha) Begley) 2481 Great Northern Highway H Bellman and S Bellman and BULLSBROOK WA 6084 others 6.7279 41 Butternab Road BULLSBROOK WA 6084 J Fletcher 9.2964 63 Warren Road BULLSBROOK WA 6084 S Foggerdy and R Foggerdy 11.3363 137 Warren Road BULLSBROOK WA 6084 L Hateley and S Thomson 9.7262 131 Warren Road BULLSBROOK WA 6084 D Wilks and K Wilks 9.9179 111 Warren Road BULLSBROOK WA 6084 K Hegarty 21.2970 B Bates and T Bates and Lot 6 Stock Road BULLSBROOK WA others 21.8429 80 Warren Road BULLSBROOK WA 6084 J Koenders and J Koenders 6.0815 68 Warren Road BULLSBROOK WA 6084 R Houghton and S Houghton 10.0831 Lot 184 Stock Road BULLSBROOK WA A Pirozzi 10.4242 DETAILS OF THE PROPOSAL The applicant is proposing an amendment to the MRS to rezone approximately 471 hectares of land immediately south of the RAAF Base Pearce from ‘Rural’ to ‘Industrial’, in addition to reserving a portion of land adjacent to and including the Ellen Brook as ‘Parks & Recreation’. The rezoning is proposed in order to facilitate the development of the subject area for industrial purposes in line with the recommendations of the relevant WAPC and City of Swan strategic framework. DESCRIPTION OF SITE The subject site is located to the south-west of the Bullsbrook town site, and is bordered by Great Northern Highway to the east, Stock Road to the south, the Perth- Page 4 Ordinary Meeting of Council 15 December 2010 Geraldton freight rail line to the west and the RAAF Base Pearce to the north, as shown in Attachment I. The site is characterised by a mixture of land uses, including agricultural and rural pursuits, poultry farming, light industrial and transport/storage uses. The site is predominantly cleared of native vegetation and incorporates a section of the Ellen Brook which runs through the centre of the subject area on a north-south axis. The site is generally flat, ranging from a height of 46m AHD in the north-east to a low of 26m AHD in the south. The land is divided into 32 parcels of land (as outlined above) which together with road reserves make up a total area of approximately 471 hectares of land. APPLICANT'S SUBMISSION In support the application the following has been provided: • “The rezoning of this land is a timely response to the recognised state wide shortage of available industrial land and will enable the development of a high quality industrial estate servicing the north eastern corridor of Perth, providing an industrial facility to service the needs of the mid-west and north-west of Western Australia”; • “Rezoning of the subject land to Industrial is consistent with the WAPC’s strategic direction to create an industrial estate in the Bullsbrook locality as recently outlined in Directions 2031 and Beyond (2031), the Outer Metropolitan Perth and Peel Sub-Regional Strategy (2010), and the Industrial Land Strategy – Perth and Peel (2009). These strategies confirm that there is an identified shortfall in the amount of industrial zoned land available for development within the north-east metropolitan area and that the provision of a strategically located industrial estate is vital to support Western Australia’s resources sector and related service, transport and manufacturing industries”; • “The importance of an industrial precinct in this location is not limited to supporting Western Australia’s resource sector, but it also provides a significant employment generator which will assist in meeting the State Government’s targets for employment self sufficiency in new urban areas”; • “The strategic importance of the Bullsbrook industrial facility and suitability for industrial development is clearly evident: − Comprehensive land assembly has resulted in unified support for industrial development in this location by the large majority of landowners; − The industrial land is identified in a number of State strategic planning documents

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