UDIA Submission Perth and Peel @3.5 million Photograph courtesy of www.lensealoft.com.au Contents List of Figures ............................................................................................................................................................................. 2 Structure of this Submission ...................................................................................................................................................... 3 Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Recommendations ..................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Summary Statement .................................................................................................................................................................. 9 Part 1 – Reframing the Paradigm of Perth ....................................................................................................................... 11 Part 2 – Policy of Constraint ............................................................................................................................................ 18 Beyond an Urban Growth Boundary ................................................................................................................................... 19 International Experience of Urban Growth Boundaries ...................................................................................................... 22 Impacts: Land and Housing Prices .................................................................................................................................. 23 The Process of Annexure ................................................................................................................................................ 25 Part 3 – Assumptions ....................................................................................................................................................... 26 Assumption Summary ......................................................................................................................................................... 27 Assumption 1: Footprint ..................................................................................................................................................... 28 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................... 29 Congestion ..................................................................................................................................................................... 30 Social Disadvantage........................................................................................................................................................ 32 The Perth Experience ..................................................................................................................................................... 32 Assumption 2: Density ....................................................................................................................................................... 37 International Comparisons ............................................................................................................................................. 38 Australian Comparisons ................................................................................................................................................. 39 Evolution of Density in Perth.......................................................................................................................................... 41 Assumption 3: Centralisation of Employment .................................................................................................................... 44 Assumption 4: Demographically Relevant Dwelling Stock .................................................................................................. 49 Assumption 5: Nutrient Management ................................................................................................................................ 53 Assumption 6: Use of Basic Raw Materials in Urban Development .................................................................................... 57 Assumption 7: Availability of Infrastructure ....................................................................................................................... 60 Part 4 – Commercial Realities .......................................................................................................................................... 62 Part 5 – Barriers of Infill Development ............................................................................................................................. 68 Part 6 – Precinct Scale Development ............................................................................................................................... 72 Part 7 – Specific Items ..................................................................................................................................................... 78 Staging and Sequencing....................................................................................................................................................... 79 Extraction of Fill - Sequential Development......................................................................................................................... 81 Water Source Areas – Jandakot and Gnangara Mounds ..................................................................................................... 83 Environmental Considerations ............................................................................................................................................ 84 Green Network ............................................................................................................................................................... 85 Landscape Value............................................................................................................................................................. 86 Bushfire Management .................................................................................................................................................... 87 Fragmentation and Deliverability ................................................................................................................................... 88 Documentation .............................................................................................................................................................. 89 Part 8 – Leveraging the Future ......................................................................................................................................... 90 Part 9 - Next Steps ........................................................................................................................................................... 94 Works Cited ............................................................................................................................................................................. 97 Appendix 1 ............................................................................................................................................................................. 100 1 | P a g e List of Figures Figure 1 Housing Size in Greater Perth 1993 - 2013 ................................................................................................................ 14 Figure 2 Growth in Public Transport Use (Charting Transport) ................................................................................................ 14 Figure 3 Journey to Work Mode Split to City Centres (source: Charting Transport) ................................................................ 15 Figure 4 Estimated Car Passenger kms per Capita by Financial Year BITRE/ABS ..................................................................... 15 Figure 5 Public Transport Trips (per capita) in Selected Cities ................................................................................................. 16 Figure 6 City of Portland Urban Services Area ......................................................................................................................... 21 Figure 7 Portland Zoning Map 2015......................................................................................................................................... 22 Figure 8 City of Portland Annexation History ........................................................................................................................... 25 Figure 9 Footprint of Perth and Adelaide at the Same Scale ................................................................................................... 29 Figure 10 International Congestion Comparison ..................................................................................................................... 30 Figure 11 Personal Vehicle Use Comparison as a Percentage of Journey to Work .................................................................. 31 Figure 12 ABS Highest Ranked Locations in Perth - Social Advantage ....................................................................................