City of Melville Local Planning Strategy – February 2016 Ii Contents Introduction 1 Part 1 – Local Planning Strategy

CITY OF MELVILLE Local Planning Strategy Endorsed by the Western Australian Planning Commission 18 April 2016 Disclaimer This is a copy of the Local Planning Strategy at the date of endorsement produced from an electronic version of the Strategy held by the Department of Planning. Whilst all care has been taken to accurately portray the current Strategy provisions, no responsibility shall be taken for any omissions or errors in this documentation. Consultation with the respective Local Government Authority should be made to view a current legal version of the Strategy. Please advise the Department of Planning of any errors or omissions in this document. Department of Planning website: www.planning.wa.gov.au Gordon Stephenson email: House corporate@planning.wa.gov.au 140 William Street Perth WA 6000 tel: 08 6551 9000 fax: 08 6551 9001 Locked Bag 2506 National Relay Service: 13 36 77 Perth WA 6001 infoline: 1800 626 477 City of Melville Local Planning Strategy Prepared in Conjunction with Local Planning Scheme No.6 February 2016 Page left blank intentionally City of Melville Local Planning Strategy – February 2016 ii Contents Introduction 1 Part 1 – Local Planning Strategy ........................................................................................................ 2 1. Vision and Planning Principles .................................................................................... 2 1.1 Vision ........................................................................................................................... 2 2. Planning objectives ...................................................................................................... 3 2.1 Social and cultural ....................................................................................................... 3 2.2 Economic ..................................................................................................................... 3 2.3 Environmental .............................................................................................................. 4 2.4 Governance .................................................................................................................. 4 3 Strategic plan ............................................................................................................... 4 3.1. Residential areas. ......................................................................................................... 6 3.2 Industrial and business locations ................................................................................. 6 3.3 Retail and commercial centres by type and function ................................................... 7 3.4 Regional open space .................................................................................................. 19 3.5 District open space ..................................................................................................... 20 3.6 Existing and future local open space ......................................................................... 21 3.7 Natural resource management and environmental protection areas .......................... 21 3.8 Visual landscape protection and management areas .................................................. 21 3.9 Strategically significant natural resource areas .......................................................... 21 3.10 Constraints ................................................................................................................. 22 3.11 Existing and proposed major transport routes ........................................................... 22 3.12 Existing and future transport interchanges ................................................................ 24 3.13 Existing and future utilities ........................................................................................ 25 4. Strategies and actions................................................................................................. 25 4.1 Commerce, industry and employment ....................................................................... 25 4.2 Transport .................................................................................................................... 27 4.3 Utilities ...................................................................................................................... 29 4.4 Environment .............................................................................................................. 30 4.6 Heritage...................................................................................................................... 31 4.7 Tourism ...................................................................................................................... 32 4.8 Housing ...................................................................................................................... 33 5. Implementation .......................................................................................................... 34 5.1 Future opportunities – focus on Strategic Development Areas ................................. 34 6. Monitoring and review............................................................................................... 47 7. Map ............................................................................................................................ 48 City of Melville Local Planning Strategy – February 2016 iii Part 2 – Background Information and Analysis ................................................................................ 50 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................ 50 2 State and regional planning context ........................................................................... 50 2.1 State Planning Strategy .............................................................................................. 50 2.2 State planning framework .......................................................................................... 54 2.3 State planning policies ............................................................................................... 59 2.5 Regional planning schemes ....................................................................................... 78 2.6 Regional and sub-regional structure plans ................................................................. 79 2.7 Operational policies ................................................................................................... 79 2.8 Other relevant strategies, plans and policies .............................................................. 84 2.9 Guidelines forecast and reports. ................................................................................. 84 3. Local planning context............................................................................................... 84 3.1 Vision and mission statements ................................................................................... 84 3.2 Local Government’s strategic plan for the future 2011 - 2015 .................................. 97 3.3 Local planning policies. ........................................................................................... 105 4 Local profile ............................................................................................................. 113 4.1 Physical features, climate, natural heritage and natural resource management. ...... 113 4.2 Water management .................................................................................................. 114 4.3 Population and housing, including official forecasts ............................................... 115 4.4 Economy and employment ...................................................................................... 131 4.5 Tourism and visitors, including attractors and facilities .......................................... 156 4.6 Recreation and open space ....................................................................................... 159 4.7 Community facilities ............................................................................................... 165 4.8 Urban design, character and heritage ....................................................................... 168 4.9 Traffic and transport ................................................................................................ 172 4.10 Infrastructure services. ............................................................................................. 182 5 Opportunities for and constraints upon development. ............................................. 185 5.1 Opportunities ........................................................................................................... 185 5.2 Constraints ............................................................................................................... 185 6 Analysis of key issues. ............................................................................................. 185 6.1 Population growth .................................................................................................... 186 6.2 Employment self sufficiency ................................................................................... 186 6.3 Housing diversity ..................................................................................................... 186 6.4 Management of roads............................................................................................... 186 6.5 Murdoch

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