KARRINYUP / GWELUP Local Area Plan - City of Stirling

Principles and Objectives of Local Area Planning
The Local Area Planning Process is guided by the following principles and objectives
Principles
Sustainability
Sustainability integrates positive community, environmental and economic
outcomes to provide quality of life for today’s and tomorrow’s communities.
Accessibility
Planning should maximise opportunities for community members of varied
abilities and backgrounds to access the facilities and services they require.
Diversity and Choice
Planning should provide for diverse community needs, including housing
and employment, and build on the strengths that diversity in communities
affords.
Community Building
Planning should work to create and enhance places that people feel
connected to and foster interaction between community members.
Appropriateness
Good planning is sensitive to what is appropriate for an area, with regard to
regional context and practices.
Objectives
• To develop a commonly embraced ‘vision’ for each Local Area which
recognises areas of local significance and key attributes contributing to
each area’s sense of place;
• To identify issues of priority to local communities and work with them
to develop practical solutions to these, within the context of a regional
framework;
• To review key planning issues, policies and forces acting on Local
Areas within the City, and develop a coordinated response to these;
• To identify specific ‘opportunities’ and ‘constraints’ within each Local
Area and develop strategies to address these;
• To foster open lines of communication between the City and the
community;
• To create a sound and comprehensible statutory and strategic
planning framework for each Local Area to allow realisation of the
vision for the
area; and
• To help ensure that each Local Area operates in a sustainable way
and in accord with surrounding precincts and other areas of influence.
CITY OF STIRLING 14
KARRINYUP-GWELUP LOCAL AREA PLAN
February 2010