Shire of Mundaring Environmental Management Strategy
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................... 1 1.1 Statutory context .............................................................................. 1 1.2 Role and purpose ............................................................................. 2 2.0 STATE AND REGIONAL PLANNING CONTEXT .......................................... 3 2.1 State Planning Strategy .................................................................... 3 2.2 State Planning Framework ............................................................... 8 2.2.1 General Principles for Land Use Planning and Development ........... 9 2.2.2 State Planning Policies ................................................................... 11 2.2.2.1 SPP 2 Environmental and Natural Resources Policy ...................... 11 2.2.2.2 SPP 2.4 Basic Raw Materials ......................................................... 16 2.2.2.3 SPP 2.5 Agriculture and Rural Land Use Planning ......................... 18 2.2.2.4 SPP 2.7 Public Drinking Water Source Policy ................................ 20 2.2.2.5 SPP 2.8 Bushland Policy for the Perth Metropolitan Region ........... 21 2.2.2.6 SPP 2.9 Water Resources .............................................................. 26 2.2.2.7 SPP 2.10 Swan-Canning River System .......................................... 31 2.2.2.8 SPP 3 Urban Growth and Settlement ............................................. 40 2.2.2.9 SPP 3.1 Residential Design Codes ................................................ 43 2.2.2.10 SPP 3.4 Natural Hazards and Disasters ......................................... 44 2.2.2.11 SPP 3.5 Historic Heritage Conservation ......................................... 46 2.2.2.12 SPP 3.6 Development Contributions for Infrastructure ................... 48 2.2.2.13 SPP 4.1 State Industrial Buffer Policy (Amended) (draft) ................ 54 2.2.2.14 SPP 4.2 Activity Centres for Perth and Peel ................................... 57 2.2.2.15 SPP 4.3 Poultry Farms Policy ........................................................ 59 2.2.2.16 SPP 5.1 Land Use Planning in the Vicinity of Perth Airport ............. 61 2.2.2.17 SPP 5.2 Telecommunications Infrastructure ................................... 66 2.2.2.18 SPP 5.4 Road and Rail Transport Noise and Freight .. Considerations in Land Use Planning ..................................................................... 70 2.2.3 Regional Strategies and Structure Plans ........................................ 71 2.2.3.1 Network city.................................................................................... 71 2.2.3.2 Foothills Structure Plan .................................................................. 76 2.2.3.3 North East Corridor Structure Plan ................................................. 78 2.2.3.4 North Eastern Hills Settlement Pattern Plan ................................... 79 2.2.3.5 Middle Helena Catchment Area Land Use and Water Management .. Strategy .......................................................................................... 86 2.2.3.6 Directions 2031 and Beyond .......................................................... 91 2.2.3.7 Outer Metropolitan Perth and Peel Sub-regional Strategy .............111 2.2.4 Strategic Policies ...........................................................................117 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2.2.4.1 Government Sewerage Policy: Perth Metropolitan Region ............117 2.2.4.2 Metropolitan Rural Policy...............................................................119 2.2.4.3 Bush Forever .................................................................................123 2.2.5 Operational Policies ......................................................................128 2.2.5.1 WAPC DC 1.6: Planning to Support Transit Use and Transit Oriented Development .................................................................................128 2.2.5.2 WAPC DC 2.3: Public Open Space in Residential Areas ...............128 2.2.5.3 WAPC DC 2.5: Special Residential Zones ....................................130 2.2.5.4 WAPC DC 3.4: Subdivision of Rural Land .....................................131 2.2.5.5 Liveable Neighbourhoods ..............................................................132 2.3 Metropolitan Region Scheme ........................................................133 2.4 Swan Region Strategy for Natural Resource Management ............137 2.5 Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council Regional Integrated Transport Strategy .........................................................................................142 2.6 Better Urban Water Management ..................................................146 2.7 Acid Sulfate Soils Planning Guidelines ..........................................154 2.8 Planning for Bush Fire Protection Guidelines ................................158 3.0 LOCAL GOVERNMENT POLICY AND STRATEGIC CONTEXT ................166 3.1 Corporate Business Plan 2013/14 – 2016/17 ................................166 3.2 Local Rural Strategy (1994) ...........................................................167 3.3 Local Commercial Strategy (1992) ................................................168 3.4 Public Open Space Strategy (2001) ..............................................170 3.5 Shire of Mundaring Environmental Management Strategy .............171 3.6 Precinct Plans ...............................................................................172 3.6.1.1 Mundaring – District Shopping Zone .............................................172 3.6.1.2 Mundaring – District Business Zone ..............................................174 3.6.2 Darlington ......................................................................................177 3.6.3 Glen Forrest ..................................................................................179 3.6.4 Parkerville .....................................................................................182 3.6.5 Mount Helena ................................................................................184 3.6.6 Chidlow .........................................................................................185 3.7 State of the Environment Report 2008...........................................186 3.8 Housing Options: Seniors and People with Disabilities (2006) .......190 3.9 Strategic Transport Plan (2009).....................................................191 3.10 Local Biodiversity Strategy (2009) .................................................194 3.11 Economic Development Strategy (2009) .......................................194 3.12 Private Land Conservation Incentives Strategy .............................196 TABLE OF CONTENTS 3.13 Access and Inclusion Plan 2011 – 2016 ........................................197 4.0 SHIRE PROFILE AND KEY ISSUES ..........................................................199 4.1 Physical features and environment ................................................199 4.1.1 Landforms and geology .................................................................199 4.1.2 Watercourses and waterbodies .....................................................205 4.1.3 Soils ..............................................................................................209 4.1.4 Fauna and Flora ............................................................................213 4.1.4.2 Flora ..............................................................................................216 4.1.5 Climate ..........................................................................................221 4.1.6 Aboriginal heritage ........................................................................222 4.1.7 Other cultural heritage ...................................................................223 4.1.8 Bushfire hazard assessment .........................................................226 4.2 Key environmental issues..............................................................228 4.2.1 Climate change .............................................................................228 4.2.1.1 Anticipated extent and impacts of climate change .........................229 4.2.1.2 Responses to climate change .......................................................234 4.2.2 Biodiversity protection ...................................................................244 4.2.2.1 Introduction ...................................................................................244 4.2.2.2 Local Biodiversity Strategy ............................................................245 4.2.2.3 Private Land Conservation Incentives Strategy .............................264 4.2.2.4 Local Planning Scheme No. 4 provisions ......................................265 4.2.2.5 Bush Forever implementation ........................................................268 4.2.2.6 Strategic Environmental Assessment ............................................270 4.2.3 Drinking water catchment protection .............................................271 4.3 Population and housing .................................................................274 4.3.1 Population .....................................................................................274 4.3.2 Population profile ..........................................................................276 4.3.3 Population projections ...................................................................283 4.3.4 Housing profile ..............................................................................289