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Department of Planning and Western Australian Planning Commission
Hon Sue Ellery asked:
E1: Could further information be provided to an answer previously received in relation to MRS Amendment 1210/41 and asks whether the minister could provide a list of the street numbers and street names of the properties in Claremont and Cottesloe where the reservation has been partially reduced as a result of the proposed amendments.
Answer:
Properties in Claremont where the reservation has been partially reduced are as follows:
Claremont Claremont (cont’d) Claremont (cont’d) Claremont (cont’d) 1 Airlie Street 208 Stirling Highway 250A Stirling Highway 343 Stirling Highway 10 Albert Street 211 Stirling Highway 251 Stirling Highway 344-352 Stirling Highway 2 Anstey Street 213 Stirling Highway 253 Stirling Highway 345 Stirling Highway 5 Anstey Street 215 Stirling Highway 255 Stirling Highway 355 Stirling Highway 1 Avion Way 216 Stirling Highway 256 Stirling Highway 356 Stirling Highway 53 Bay View Terrace 219 Stirling Highway 257 Stirling Highway 365 Stirling Highway 57A Bay View Terrace 220 Stirling Highway 259 Stirling Highway 367 Stirling Highway 58 Bay View Terrace 221 Stirling Highway 262 Stirling Highway 368 Stirling Highway 1A Cliff Road 222 Stirling Highway 263 Stirling Highway 372 Stirling Highway 2 Cliff Road 223 Stirling Highway 264 Stirling Highway 375 Stirling Highway 2A Cliff Road 224 Stirling Highway 265 Stirling Highway 378 Stirling Highway 3 Corry Lynn Road 225 Stirling Highway 266 Stirling Highway 379 Stirling Highway 1 Dean Street 227 Stirling Highway 267 Stirling Highway 380 Stirling Highway 1 Freshwater Parade 229 Stirling Highway 268 Stirling Highway 382 Stirling Highway 2 Freshwater Parade 230 Stirling Highway 269 Stirling Highway 389 Stirling Highway 2 Grange Street 231 Stirling Highway 271 Stirling Highway 392 Stirling Highway 137 Grant Street 232 Stirling Highway 272 Stirling Highway 394 Stirling Highway 139 Grant Street 233A Stirling Highway 273 Stirling Highway 395 Stirling Highway 18 Minderup Close 234 Stirling Highway 275 Stirling Highway 396 Stirling Highway 2 Parry Street 235 Stirling Highway 278 Stirling Highway 397 Stirling Highway 1 Prospect Street 236 Stirling Highway 280 Stirling Highway 397A Stirling Highway 2A Prospect Street 237 Stirling Highway 290 Stirling Highway 399 Stirling Highway 2D Prospect Street 238 Stirling Highway 303 Stirling Highway Lot 74 Stirling Highway 2 Queenslea Drive 240 Stirling Highway 308 Stirling Highway 410 Stirling Highway 1 Richardson Street 242 Stirling Highway 319 Stirling Highway 410A Stirling Highway 1D Richardson Street 243 Stirling Highway 322 Stirling Highway 412 Stirling Highway 20 St Quentin Avenue 247 Stirling Highway 324 Stirling Highway 414 Stirling Highway 204 Stirling Highway 248 Stirling Highway 324A Stirling Highway 437 Stirling Highway 206 Stirling Highway 249 Stirling Highway 327 Stirling Highway 441 Stirling Highway 207 Stirling Highway 250 Stirling Highway 331 Stirling Highway
Properties in Cottesloe where the reservation has been partially reduced are as follows:
Cottesloe Cottesloe (cont’d) Cottesloe (cont’d) Cottesloe (cont’d) 35 Albion Street 120 Forrest Street 519 Stirling Highway 471A Stirling Highway 37 Albion Street 14 McNamara Way 515 Stirling Highway 465 Stirling Highway 39 Albion Street 110 Napier Street 511 Stirling Highway 463 Stirling Highway 39 Boreham Street 3 Rockett Lane 507 Stirling Highway 461 Stirling Highway 40 Boreham Street 569 Stirling Highway 505 Stirling Highway 459 Stirling Highway 27 Burt Street 561 Stirling Highway 493 Stirling Highway 457 Stirling Highway 30 Burt Street 557 Stirling Highway 489 Stirling Highway 453 Stirling Highway 1 Congdon Street 543 Stirling Highway 483 Stirling Highway 451 Stirling Highway 3 Congdon Street 541 Stirling Highway 479 Stirling Highway 443 Stirling Highway 2B Dalgety Street 553 Stirling Highway 477 Stirling Highway 15 Edward Street 535 Stirling Highway 475 Stirling Highway 121 Eric Street 529 Stirling Highway 473 Stirling Highway
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Department of Planning and Western Australian Planning Commission
Hon Sue Ellery asked:
E2: Can the Minister provide a breakdown of the population forecasts between now and 2050 in five year periods for the Perth and Peel regions as part of the Green Growth Plan.
Answer:
The Western Australian Planning Commission’s (WAPC) draft Perth and [email protected] sub-regional planning frameworks and the draft Perth and Peel Green Growth Plan for 3.5 million population estimates are outlined in the following table.
Table: Population – Perth metropolitan and Peel regions, five yearly increments
2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 2036 2041 2046 2050
Population 1,838,022 2,127,658 2,368,064 2,601,283 2,878,181 3,092,680 3,296,258 3,489,697 3,637,896
Source: WAPC (2015)
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Department of Planning and Western Australian Planning Commission
Hon Peter Katsambanis asked:
E3: Can the Minister provide details on whether there is a time frame for the actioning of the eight tasks given to the Department for Planning and/or the Office of Land and Housing Supply as part of the Affordable Housing Strategy 2010-2020: Aiming Higher action plan Phase Two.
Answer:
All eight actions are currently underway with the majority expected to be delivered within the Affordable Housing Strategy 2010-2020: Aiming Higher action plan’s two year period (2015-16 to 2016-17).
The eight actions include:
1. Pursue options to introduce planning incentives for affordable housing into local planning schemes (Office of Land and Housing Supply, Planning) - Ongoing
2. Work with the private sector and local government to develop effective design guidelines and standards for apartments and medium density housing (Planning) - Near finalisation of draft policy
3. Progress the Draft Central Sub-Regional Planning Framework in Perth to provide more guidance to the community, councils and the private sector on priority locations for density and infill development, including activity centres and key transport links (Planning) - Near finalisation
4. Investigate and identify options for government and the private sector to address the major impediments to delivery of infill, such as land assembly and cost of infrastructure (Planning) - Ongoing
5. Investigate barriers and opportunities to repurpose or redevelop large dwellings and underutilised non-residential buildings for additional housing (Office of Land and Housing Supply, Planning) - Initiated
6. Identify potential initiatives to incentivise the development of long-term vacant sites in high amenity locations for new housing (Office of Land and Housing Supply, Planning, Housing) - Ongoing
7. Implement Planning Makes it Happen: Phase 2 reforms to improve the efficiency of the planning system and encourage more responsive land supply (Planning) - Ongoing
8. Work with the private sector to identify impediments to the timely and efficient supply of housing, including building, health, local government and environmental laws and regulations. Identify priority areas and options for reform (Office of Land and Housing Supply) - Ongoing
Source: Affordable Housing Strategy 2010-2020: Aiming Higher LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ESTIMATES COMMITTEE
Department of Planning and Western Australian Planning Commission
Hon Ken Travers asked:
E4: Can the Minister provide details on the average figures for subdivisions in the inner city or central zone and what the average lot size is there versus the average lot size in some of the outer greenfield sites. In addition, figures for the number of lots in the outer metropolitan area that are over 400 square metres, under 400 square metres and under 200 square metres with a range of the number of lots that are subdivided, what sizes they are and the locations.
Answer:
The State Lot Activity report is published on the Department of Planning website quarterly. The report categorises approvals for subdivision into lot size cohorts with the smallest category currently reported being less than 320m2. Using data from the State Lot Activity report, the table below details three lot size ranges and provides the median lot size for each metropolitan sub region.
Table: Lots Approved and Median Lot Size - Perth and Peel – July 2015 to March 2016
Metro sub-region Under 320 320-499 500-999 Median lot size (m2) (m2) (m2) (m2) Central 775 902 285 382 North-East 754 753 138 358 North-West 640 842 288 395 South-East 579 1203 545 387 South-West 722 1226 413 344 Peel 94 269 172 499 Perth and Peel total 3,564 5,195 1,841 385
Data source: Department of Planning State Lot Activity Note: Peel includes Mandurah, Murray and Waroona.
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Department of Planning and Western Australian Planning Commission
Hon Sue Ellery asked:
E5: Can the Minister provide details on the critical time lines of the three stage process for the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre Master Plan and details as to when the existing leases are set to expire.
Answer:
Staging adopted for the purposes of the Perth Convention Precinct Masterplan are:
• Stage 1: 2016-2039 • Stage 2: 2040-2050 • Stage 3: beyond 2050
Lease details are:
• Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre (PCEC) – 35 year lease of Crown land commenced in 2004, expires in 2039 – lessee Wyllie PCEC Pty Ltd • PCEC Office Lease (Ernst & Young building) – 99 year lease of Crown land commenced in 2004, expires in 2103 – lessee Multiplex PCEC Office Landowner Pty Ltd • PCEC Hotel Lease – 99 year lease of Crown land commenced in 2004, expires in 2103 – lessee PCEC Mounts Bay Road Pty Ltd • PCEC Car Park Lease – 99 year lease of Crown land commenced in 2004, expires in 2103 – lessee City of Perth
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Department of Planning and Western Australian Planning Commission
Hon Lynn MacLaren asked:
E6: Can the Minister provide a breakdown and time analysis of the average cost per policy and planning hour with a breakdown of which activities involve costs and what those costs were.
Answer
This is an indicator of the Department of Planning’s cost efficiency in providing policy and planning services to the Western Australian Planning Commission for Service 2 Land accessibility planning and policy development activities.
The indicator reflects the average cost per hour spent on policy activities such as planning for land and environmental management, spatial information and research, transport route planning, planning for remote settlements, state design review studies and management of regional open space contaminated sites. The indicator is the average cost per hour of resources allocated to planning activities within this service.
Calculation: The indicator is calculated by taking the total attributable cost (including overhead) of these activities divided by the number of hours spent on these activities within the reporting period.
The breakdown and time analysis of this KPI are as follows:
• 2014-15 Actual $161.10/hr = $24,987,062 / 155,100 hrs • 2015-16 Estimated Actual $145.26/hr = $21,291,729 / 146,572 hrs • 2016-17 Budget Target $151.28/hr = $21,958,073 / 145,151 hrs
For the 2016-17 Budget, the total number of hours relating to Service 2 Land accessibility planning and policy activities is estimated to be 145,151 hours. This includes approximately 133,738 hours of Department staff time and 11,413 of external consultant hours.
For the 2016-17 Budget, the Total Costs of Services for Service 2 Land accessibility planning and policy development is $57.011 million, as shown in the table on page 816. Of this, $21.96 million is attributable to the cost of policy and planning.
Total costs of policy and planning are broken down into the following activities as shown in the table below:
2014-15 Actual 2015-16 Estimated Actual 2016-17 Budget Employment costs $7m $6.90m $7m Consultancy costs $1.53m $2.83m $2.46m Corporate overhead $5.92m $5.27m $5.97m Other expenses $10.54m $6.29m $6.53m TOTAL $24.99m $21.29m $21.96m
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Department of Planning and Western Australian Planning Commission
Hon Ken Travers asked:
E7: Can the Minister provide details on the number of times a discretionary approval has occurred, the locations and the reason the discretion was exercised for the financial year 2014-15 and up to the current point of this financial year.
Answer
The Western Australian Planning Commission (WAPC) has exercised discretion to approve subdivisions outside what the Residential Design Code for that area would normally allow on nine occasions in 2014-15 and eleven occasions in the current financial year to date, as shown in the table below.
Table: Location of subdivision approvals where discretion exercised (2014-15 and 2015-16 to date)
Meeting Date Location Reasons for decision 09-Sep-14 Balcatta 1 14-Oct-14 Doubleview 1 14-Oct-14 Embleton 2,3,4,9 14-Oct-14 Cottesloe 3,4,5,6 20-Jan-15 Kewdale 4,8 20-Jan-15 Manning 4,8 10-Feb-15 Claremont 6,9 10-Feb-15 Claremont 4,6,7,8,9 12-May-15 East Victoria Park 1,3,4,9 24-Nov-15 Mount Claremont 10 24-Nov-15 Mount Claremont 10 15-Dec-15 Mount Hawthorn 4,8,9 15-Dec-15 East Fremantle 3 09-Feb-16 Claremont 2,6 09-Feb-16 Dianella 1 22-Mar-16 East Victoria Park 1,6,8 22-Mar-16 Bassendean 4,9 22-Mar-16 Churchlands 6,9 22-Mar-16 Churchlands 1,2,4,5,6 22-Mar-16 Melville 6,9
Data source: Statutory Planning Committee Meeting Minutes
The reasons for exercising discretion included:
1. Variation satisfies the provisions of the WAPC's Development Control Policy 2.2 'Residential Subdivision'; 2. The variation to the average lot size required is minor in nature; 3. The proposal is consistent with the general intent of the local planning scheme; 4. The proposal accords with State level policy and strategy which supports the strategic increase in density and infill of existing urban land; 5. The proposed configuration is better orientated; 6. Each lot is regularly shaped and could accommodate a dwelling in keeping with the character of the streetscape; 7. Precedent exists for the subdivision as a boundary realignment; 8. The proposal will create lots that meet the minimum lot size requirement; 9. The variation provides a community benefit in the form of additional housing choice, the potential for adverse precedent will be limited and it allows for development which is consistent with existing dwellings in the immediate locality. 10. Town Planning Scheme does not represent contemporary planning. Supported subject to conditions.