Shire of Cuballing Local Planning Strategy Endorsed by the Western Australian Planning Commission th 27 June 2019 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 [email protected] 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 Shire of Cuballing Local Planning Strategy Prepared by Edge Planning & Property for the Shire of Cuballing www.edgeplanning.com.au June 2019 Table of Contents Table of Figures 1 Introduction 3 Figure 1 Location Plan 1.1 What is a Local Planning Figure 2 Strategy Plan - District Strategy? 3 Figure 3 Strategy Plan – Cuballing 1.2 The Role and Purpose of a Local townsite and surrounds Planning Strategy 3 Figure 4 Strategy Plan – Popanyinning 1.3 State Planning Framework 3 townsite and surrounds 1.4 Regional Planning Framework 4 1.5 Local Planning Framework 4 List of Attachments 1.6 Regional Economic Development Framework 4 1 Tenure - District 1.7 Revocation of former Local 2 Tenure – Cuballing townsite Planning Strategy 4 3 Tenure – Popanyinning townsite 2 Local Profile 5 and surrounds 2.1 Population 5 4 Settlement Patterns 5 Context and Constraints – 2.2 Settlements 7 Cuballing townsite and 2.3 Infrastructure 8 surrounds 2.4 Economics and Employment 11 6 Context and Constraints – 2.5 Environment and Conservation 12 Popanyinning townsite and 2.6 Hazards 14 surrounds 2.7 Heritage 15 7 Transportation and 3 Strategic Direction 18 Infrastructure 3.1 Vision and Key Objectives 18 8 Economic and Employment 3.2 Strategy Plans, Strategies and 18 9 Rainfall Isohyets Actions 10 Minerals and Basic Raw 3.3 Settlements 19 Materials 3.4 Infrastructure 21 11 Department of Biodiversity, 3.5 Economics and Employment 23 Conservation and Attractions 3.6 Environment and Conservation 26 Estate and Water Catchments 3.7 Hazards 28 12 Salinity Risk 3.8 Heritage 30 13 Native Vegetation on non- 4 Implementation 31 Department of Biodiversity, 4.1 Local Planning Scheme 31 Conservation and Attractions 4.2 Local Planning Policies 31 Land 4.3 Monitoring and Review 31 14 Bushfire Prone Areas 15 Extract from Cuballing/ Popanyinning Bushfire Hazard Level Assessment 16 Threatened and priority fauna and declared rare and priority flora 17 Heritage 1 Introduction 1.3 State Planning Framework 2 1.1 What is a Local Planning Strategy? The State Planning Framework identifies the State Planning Strategy 2050 as the principal Local planning strategies are strategic strategy guiding land use and development in documents that set out the longer-term Western Australia. planning direction for a local government area, apply State and regional planning Together, the State Planning Strategy 2050 policies and provide the rationale for the and the strategic policies (State planning zones and provisions set out in the local policies) and operational policies planning scheme. (development control policies) of the Western Australian Planning Commission For this reason, a local government is (WAPC) provide the framework within which required to prepare a local planning strategy this Strategy has been prepared. as part of the process of reviewing the local planning scheme1. Of particular relevance to this Strategy are: 1.2 The Role and Purpose of a Local Planning (a) State Planning Policy No. 1: State Strategy Planning Framework; (b) State Planning Policy No. 2: Local planning strategies are the main Environment and Natural Resources framework for planning at the local level. Policy; They enable the local government authority (c) State Planning Policy No. 2.4: Basic to plan for the future and outline the local Raw Materials; government authority's strategic vision, (d) State Planning Policy No. 2.5: Rural policies and proposals and reflect local needs Planning; and aspirations. In doing so, they provide the (e) State Planning Policy No. 2.9: Water rationale for the zones, reservations and Resources; provisions of a local planning scheme. (f) State Planning Policy No. 3: Urban Growth and Settlement; Local planning strategies are primarily (g) State Planning Policy No. 3.4: Natural concerned with 'spatial' or 'land use' Hazards and Disasters; considerations such as the location, and (h) State Planning Policy No. 3.5 Historic distribution of land uses, the relationships Heritage Conservation; between various land uses, subdivision, (i) State Planning Policy No. 3.6: development and the infrastructure required Development Contributions for to support subdivision and development. Infrastructure; They are also the key instrument for (j) State Planning Policy No. 3.7: implementing State and regional planning Planning in Bush Fire Areas; and strategies and policies at the local level. (k) State Planning Policy No. 5.2: Telecommunications Infrastructure. The Strategy is intended to operate for between 10 - 15 years. 1 For further information refer to Regulation 11(1) of the 2 Planning and Development (Local Planning Scheme) Set out in State Planning Policy No. 1: State Planning Regulations 2015, available online from: Framework, available online from: https://www.planning.wa.gov.au/publications/7295.aspx https://www.planning.wa.gov.au/publications/1160.aspx 3 1.4 Regional Planning Framework Many of the objectives and priority projects in the economic development strategies have The Wheatbelt Regional Planning and land use planning implications. Infrastructure Framework3 (December 2015) establishes the vision, objectives, planning 1.7 Revocation of former Local Planning approach and sets out key regional Strategy infrastructure projects. Upon endorsement of the Strategy by the 1.5 Local Planning Framework WAPC, the Shire of Cuballing Local Planning Strategy (21 December 2004) is revoked. The Strategy builds on the original local planning strategy endorsed by the WAPC on 21 December 2004 and the Shire of Cuballing Strategic Community Plan 2014-20244 endorsed by the Council on 17 July 2014. The Strategy reiterates the vision from the Strategic Community Plan. 1.6 Regional Economic Development Framework Complementing the Wheatbelt Regional Planning and Infrastructure Framework are key regional economic development strategies. In particular they include: (a) Wheatbelt Regional Investment Blueprint (2015)5; (b) Wheatbelt South Sub-Regional Economic Strategy6 (2014); and (c) Greater Narrogin Region Growing Our Community: An Economic Development and Implementation Strategy7 (2015) which covers the Shires of Narrogin and Cuballing. 3 The Wheatbelt Regional Planning and Infrastructure Framework is available online from: http://planning.wa.gov.au/6971.asp 4 The Shire of Cuballing Strategic Community Plan 2014- 2024 is available online from: http://www.cuballing.wa.gov.au/Documents/ 5 The Wheatbelt Regional Investment Blueprint is available online from: http://www.wheatbelt.wa.gov.au/publications/wheatbelt -blueprint/ 6 The Wheatbelt South Sub-Regional Economic Strategy is available online from: http://www.wheatbelt.wa.gov.au/publications/economic- development-plans/ 7 Greater Narrogin Region Growing Our Community: An Economic Development and Implementation Strategy is available online from: http://www.wheatbelt.wa.gov.au/publications/economic- development-plans/ 4 2 Local Profile (c) the median age of 44 is higher than the WA average of 36. The Shire of Cuballing (to be called the 9 ‘district’) covers approximately 1250 square Western Australia Tomorrow 2015 sets out kilometres. The Cuballing townsite is located multiple population forecasts for the district, 192 kilometres southeast of Perth and 14 each of which has been prepared using kilometres north of Narrogin. The district is slightly different simulations. The forecasts located in the southern Wheatbelt and is have been broken into five 'bands', with the outlined in Figure 1. median value of each band being used to give five forecasts - Band A contains the lowest The district is predominantly an agricultural simulations and Band E the highest area. The district’s main townsites are simulations. The forecast for Band C (the Cuballing and Popanyinning with the smaller middle band) is also the median value for all settlement of Yornaning. Land tenure is forecasts. outlined in Attachments 1-3. The WAPC's population forecasts for the The Dryandra Woodland is a key district, to the year 2026, range from 670 to environmental and recreational asset and is 1100. With regard to the Shire of Cuballing's located in the western portion of the district, 2016 population, this represents population while the Hotham River flows through the change somewhere between a decline of 193 district. residents and growth of 237 residents. The median population forecast is for 880 Narrogin is the regional centre for the residents, which represents a negligible southern Wheatbelt. While the Cuballing population increase of about 17 residents. townsite has its own character, it is in part a ‘satellite’ town to Narrogin. The nearby town In addition to